Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, library

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus.geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus. He speaks to Kennice Battersby and Todd Walker. geoffrey blainey, kennice battersby, todd walker, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library, library

The Ballarat School of Mines is the oldest site of technical education in Australia, and is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. The Mount Helen campus was originally the tertiary division of the Ballarat School of Mines until 1976. Green covered printed book.mount helen, ballarat institute of advanced education, mount helen campus, harrison, h.j. harrison, vernon, l.h. vernon, j.b. vernon, architecture, campus plan, ballarat school of mines and industries

Geoffrey Blainey at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, in the Federation University E.J Barker Library, Mount Helen Campus. He speaks to Vice-Chancellor David Battersby (centre) and E.J. Barker (left)geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library, jack barker, david battersby

Federation University Mount Helen Campus was open to students in 1970. In that year Mr Dowling as photographed beside a big Tasmanian bluegum which was used a the centre Mount Helen Campus concept plan, and later became known as the Tree of Knowledge. Mr Dowling watered the tree after it was planted by his mother, Elizabeth Downing, on Arbour Day 1896. Mrs Downing raised her large family on the site of the Mount Helen Campus, which included an orchard and milking cows. The Tree of Knowledge is actually two trees, the trunks have fused together over time, and there is further evidence of fusion. The Downing farmhouse was situated in the vicinity of the present Administration and Caro Conference Centre buildings and the tree was planted beside the "dunny". It was carefully watered by the nine Downing children from a brick-lined well situated under what is now the Albert Coates Building. As the tree grew to maturity, it was used to hang a meat safe after slaughtering a sheep for the family table. Some years ago, when the foundations were being dug for the E-Building, an old rusted percussion pistol was found. One of Mrs Downing's sons, at that time well into his nineties, remembered getting into trouble for playing with it without permission, and losing it. The land was purchased in 1966 as part of a 241-acre site for Ballarat's new tertiary institution. When the architects and planners inspected the site, they decided "The Big Tree" must remain as a central landmark in preparing the layout of the campus amenities. In 1982, the spread of the tree was 36 metres, girth 7 metres, and height 36 metres. By 2003 the spread was 39.5 metres (N-S) and 35.5 metres (E-W), girth 7.75 metres, and height 42.5 metres. A man in overalls and jacket stands beside the Federation University Tree of Knowledge. Stage one buildings on the Mount Helen Campus are evident in the background.elizabeth downing, downing, tree of knowledge, big tree, mount helen campus, mount helen

.1 White covered booklet with blue writing and briwn coloured squares .2 Booklet with blue cover, white writing and multicoloured picture in the middlenon-fiction.1 is a report done by the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information as part of the Commission on Preservation and Access .2 is a booklet about Digital Image Collections: Issues and Practice.university of ballarat, preservation, access, digital images, digital collections, practice, issues, report, commission on preservation and access, library

University of Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University Black spiral bound document with clear plastic front cover and light blue back cover with black print.university of ballarat, rsi, prevention exercises, caval

Ballarat Teachers College is a predecessor of Federation University Several pages of Music paper with the Graduation Hymn of Ballarat Teachers College hand written on it (notes and words) for 1955. Part of it is bound with a metal spiral.ballarat teachers' college, graduation hymn, sheet music, handwritten

Co-operative learning is a new initiative by Federation UniversityA4 sized coloured pamphlet regarding Co-operative leraning federation university, co-operative learning, pamphlet

Broadsheet newspaper from World War Two. world war two, douglas macarthur, lae, new guinea, italy, map, soviet front, luftwaffe, war loan, women volunteers, vegetables