The Museum of the Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1872. The curator in 1882 was Ferdinand M. Krause. Prefatory Notice by James Oddie). The want of a guide through the technical collections of The School Mines has long been felt by visitors and students - a guide , not so much to those who merely 'look' at the various exhibits in the Museum, but an instructor to those who desire to take away with them some practical information on the natural occurrence and economical value of the objects exhibited. This want is being filled by the labour of Mr. Krause, whose first installment - 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Minerals' - is herewith represented to the visiting public." Introduction to the catalogue: " The collection is still in its early growth, and far from being a complete representation of the Mineral Kingdom; many varieties, species, and even whole groups are absent. This state of incompleteness will, no doubt, be adjusted in the sequence, and progressive lists issued from time to time. 'Ad interin' the present catalogue will, be found useful to students and visitors of the School. As far as practicable, the classifications of the minerals accords with that adopted at the Royal School of Mines, London. The numbers prefixed to the species in the catalogue agree with those on the descriptive labels which accompany each specimen, and also with those attached to the specimens themselves. On the descriptive labels the chemical composition of the minerals is expressed in formulae usually employed in standard mineralogical works. Students who have note paid attention to mineralogical chemistry will note that each dot over a symbol is equivalent to one atom of oxygen, .... A bar through a symbol denotes a double atom of the base, .... " In 1882 the collection was housed in 33 cases. The catalogue outlines the specimen types housed in each case. The classification of minerals accords with that adopted at the Royal School of Mines, London. Leather covered book of 94 pages with gold lettering on the front, including "F.M. Krause". The book includes a plan of the museum layout, plan of the grounds and buildings of the Ballarat School of Mines and a prefatory notice by James Oddie.ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines museum, museum, krause, ferdinand krause, fm krause, oddie, james oddie, geology, mineralogy, charles boyd, f.m. krause, minerals, curator

Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period from 01/06/1968 to 02/12/1968.Book with deep red and white cover back and front, spiral bound. staffing advertisements, master builders' scholarship, jeff white, robert kerr, smb progress at mt clear, peter dudley, rio tinto scholarship, smb computer centre, art in the sunshine, stock exchange award to min j loo, commonwealth inquiry re salaries, analogue computer, apex projects, business studies group from mildura, ben burrow to united states, defence standards laboratory melbourne, gas company scholarships, john grant, ian day, visitors from maryborough, secondary teachers art and craft course, new exam report, vandals at smb building site, look first decide later on careers, visitors' day at smb, diplomas for 51 students, smb staff visit 20 schools, high priority for smb residences at mt helen, brewing course, autonomy for colleges, completion of woolclassing building, mr g mainwarring to paint picture for australian war museum canberra, demolition of old gaol wall, smb titles for main sections, $130, 000 computer for smb, error over water supply connection at mt helen, basketball premiers, ugandan minister on visit to school, teachers' college wins annual sports, smb won annual trades fours, ballarat rowing association, visit to ambulance station, david pell top student in accountancy, bendigo visit by smb, michael young sculptor prize winner, united states and australia communications re tertiary education, josephine brelaz trust fund

Sets of Australian and New Zealand stamped commemorative envelopes. Australia: 1AR, RAAC- Cambrai, 1 AR Standard, Armoured Centre, 2 Cav, 3 Cav, 4 Cav, 1/15 RNSWL, 2/14 LH (QMI), 3/9 SAMR, 4/19 PWLH, 8/13 VMR, 10 LH, 12/16 HRL, Beersheba. New Zealand: Otago University Medical Corps, RNZ Education Corps, Home Guard, Ordnance, Start of War, Disbanding of RNZ Service Corps, Anniversary of South Africa, NZ Army Day.