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Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Booklet, 'Breaking New Ground: Outlining the Origins of the University of Ballarat' by Jack Barker, 2014
E.J. Barker was the Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines, and the first Director of the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. In one booklet, a letter from 6th February 2014 states that this copy has been forwarded to Ex-Staff Association Members from Verna Barry, secretary of BESA.Booklet outlining the memories of E.J. Barker, the first Director of the Federation University Mt Helen Campus (then Ballarat College of Advanced Education). Two booklets, each 28 pages. Bound with plastic comb binding, has thicker card for back cover. One booklet has a typed paper letter taped in the back.e.j. barker, jack barker, mount helen, mount helen campus, ballarat school of mines, ballarat institute of advanced education, melbourne college of advanced education, alf reed, martin committee, mount clear, ray bell, lord casey, sir zelman cowen, 1870s founders hall, peter karmel, state college victoria ballarat, john dawkins, turning the sod, history, verna barry, ex-staff association, breaking new ground, university of ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, E.J. Barker, Letter concerning the search for a new site for the Tertiary division of the Ballarat School of Mines, 1966, 16/09/1966
The tertiary division of the Ballarat School of Mines was built at Mt Helen. The sod was turned in 1967, and the first student attended the Mt Helen Campus in 1970.Typed copy of a letter from E.J. Barker, Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines, concerning the site of a new campus for the tertiary division of the Ballarat School of Mines. ballarat school of mines, tertiary division, mount helen campus, ballarat institute of advanced education, jack barker, e.j. barker, kepert, morgan b. john, craig's hotel -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, David Burke, 30 Days On Australia's Railways - A diary of September journeys, 2014
... that the first sod was dug for the Trans-Australian Railway across ...An entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September - from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order. For some strange reason, September has been a month when particularly memorable railway events tend to occur. Author David Burke has crafted a 'diary' which documents, day by day, major happenings to do with railways in Australia - from the days of steam, to diesel, to diesel-electric and electrification, covering the first trains that ran between New South Wales and Queensland, and to Melbourne. It was in also September that the first sod was dug for the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor to Perth. The book is heavily illustrated with historic photographs, both black and white and colour, newspaper cuttings, sketches and maps, and features 13 paintings by renowned railway artist Phil Belbin. Names that leap to the fore among those who made railway history happen include Ben Chifley, the locomotive driver who became Prime Minister of Australia, engineer Dr John Bradfield, designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and responsible for putting Sydney's city trains underground, James Fraser, first Australian-born Chief Commissioner for Railways, and Harold Young, the Scotsman who designed the C38 engine and the Silver City Comet. Cover picture shows: Climbing the steep Fassifern Grade with a heavy coal train maakes for plenty of Bayer-Garrett action in Phil Belbin's painting of the AD60 class at work on the Shorty North line to Newcastle New South Wales Australia.ill. p.172.non-fictionAn entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September - from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order. For some strange reason, September has been a month when particularly memorable railway events tend to occur. Author David Burke has crafted a 'diary' which documents, day by day, major happenings to do with railways in Australia - from the days of steam, to diesel, to diesel-electric and electrification, covering the first trains that ran between New South Wales and Queensland, and to Melbourne. It was in also September that the first sod was dug for the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor to Perth. The book is heavily illustrated with historic photographs, both black and white and colour, newspaper cuttings, sketches and maps, and features 13 paintings by renowned railway artist Phil Belbin. Names that leap to the fore among those who made railway history happen include Ben Chifley, the locomotive driver who became Prime Minister of Australia, engineer Dr John Bradfield, designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and responsible for putting Sydney's city trains underground, James Fraser, first Australian-born Chief Commissioner for Railways, and Harold Young, the Scotsman who designed the C38 engine and the Silver City Comet. Cover picture shows: Climbing the steep Fassifern Grade with a heavy coal train maakes for plenty of Bayer-Garrett action in Phil Belbin's painting of the AD60 class at work on the Shorty North line to Newcastle New South Wales Australia.railroads -- australia -- history., railroad travel -- australia -- history.