A large group of students who studied Perfoming Arts at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy.performing arts, arts academy, university of ballarat

This tiny urn was found in an antique shop in Queenscliff in 1996 and purchased and returned to the school by old collegian R Alister Cannon (1953). The urn was featured in Ring-a-roo July 2033 p.24 in the hope of someone knowing its provenance but without result. Silver urn shaped trophy with double handles and Ballarat College crest on face of urn130mm Halister-cannon, ballarat-college, trophy

Photograph of Federation University Arts Academy, looking towards the rear of the Ballarat Mining Exchange.camp street, arts academy, ballarat mining exchange

Architectural plan for the New Classrooms at the Ballarat School of Mines, later known as the Administration Building.ballarat school of mines, new classrooms, administration building, a building, architectural plans

Architectural plan for the New Classrooms at the Ballarat School of Mines, later known as the Administration Building.ballarat school of mines, new classrooms, administration building, a building, architectural plans

A two page handwritten letter requesting information on studying Engineering at the Ballarat School of Mines. ballarat school of mines, engineering, aslie j. kingston

Typed letted from R.W. Richards, Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines, to G.P. Paterson.ballarat school of mines, r.w. richards, dick richards, g.p. paterson, steam meter

Hondas and BMWs in close formation riding around a track at Ballarat Showgrounds. Circa 1973police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; honda motorcycle; bmw motorcycle

"The United Pyrites Company's Works are situated about three quarters of a mile from Spargo Brothers, and are on the northern side of the Marong road, in Pinch-gut Gully. Two processes are followed at these works, viz., the amalgamating process and the treatment by means of chlorine gas. The latter is called the Newbery-Vautin system, and the mode pursued is that laid down by Mr. Cosmo Newbery and Mr Vautin, whose names have been given to the process. Mr. Edwards manages these works. Three reverbatory furnaces are used to roast the pyrites, which is weighed in the truck before being put into the furnaces. At this weighbridge a sample of each lot is kept, and if the yield is not equal to expectation, the works are carefully gone over to see where the fault occurs. Care is taken at the furnace to regulate the heat, otherwise the pyrites might slag instead of roasting evenly right through. An immense revolving furnace (made of boiler iron) was used at these works. It was found to be suitable for treating blanket sand, but was not a success for roasting coarse pyrites. The process of amalgamating by means of Chilian mills is the same in these works as at the Western Works, but the United Works are on a larger scale, and eleven mills are utilised. It is the chlorine gas process which is most interesting here. The gas is made from sulphuric acid, black oxide of manganese, and common salt, and the gas is introduced into huge vats, where it works its way through a filter of pieces of quartz and then through the bed of roasted pyrites lying above. The action of the gas transforms the gold into chloride of gold. This is easily dissolved in water, and in that form is drawn off into huge delf jars, where the use of sulphate of iron precipitates the gold to the bottom. A small battery—eight head of stamps in two boxes—is in use here to crush small consignments of stone sent for trial. Test crushings come from all the Australasian colonies, and even from India. The jars used are manufactured at Epsom, and some of the salt used is also of home manufacture, from the Salt Lakes on the Northern plains. Mr. Edwards took us over a new building in course of erection, and in which the chlorine gas is to be generated in the midst of the pyrites— a still further advancement in the new process. There is some very good machinery in this new building, and the tailings from the ordinary pyrites works will also be treated by this chlorine gas system, which has been found to work well at Mount Morgan, in Queensland. The purest of gold is obtained by this process, the gold passing in solution into a charcoal filter, from which it emerges in the shape of metallic gold. We saw some nice cakes of retorted gold at the works. One of 26oz. was from some New Zealand pyrites (2½ tons), and assayed over 23 carats. There were also cakes of Avoca gold, of silver, and of the tremulous amalgam." (The Argus, 4 February 1887)Two handwritten letters to the Ballarat School of Mines on Bendigo United Pyrites Company Letterhead.bendigo united pyrites company, pyrites, ballarat school of mines, j.j. deeble, joel deeble, joel james deeble, a.m. dean, fred j. martell, martell, s.h. cowan, letterhead

Trevor Day retired from Federation University Australia in April 2017 Trevor Day after 41.5 years service to the University. Black and white photograph of Trevor Day, Ballarat University College Printing Centre Supervisortrevor day, print centre, printing

Digitised directly from 'Blackfellows of Australia' by Charles Barrett and A.S. Kenyon (Sun Books)Black and white depiction of an Aboriginal ballarat from a painting by Mrs Albert Le Souef) aborigine, aboriginal, battle, le souef

Colour photograph of Bob Allan, ceramacist and former Head of the University of Ballarat Art School.robert allan, bob allan, adademic gown, university of ballarat art school, ceramics

Photocopy of black and white photograph of group from the Ballarat Teachers' College taken at the Grampiansballarat teachers' college, grampians, photograph, black and white photograph

Photocopy of black and white photograph of group from the Ballarat Teachers' College taken at the Grampians. Grampians Sept in lead pencil on the backballarat teachers' college, grampians, photograph, black and white photograph

Team and Managers at cricket ground. Photographed in front of a clubroom location not known possibly Ballarat.Lists Members of Team on back.sport, cricket

Some interesting laces collected by Elwyn Kinnane, a Lucas "girl".Colour photograph of lace as collected by Elwyn Kinnane who worked at the Lucas Factory in Ballarat.lace, kinnane, dressmaker, lucas' girl, elwyn kinnane

A number of colour photographs showing the urban creep bording farmland at Lucas, a suburb of Ballarat.dyson drive, lucas, farmland, urban sprawl

This book was written and illustrated in Gallipolli by the Men of Anzac for teh benefit of Patriotic Funds connected with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp.Leather covered book that was part of the reading room collection of the Old Colonists' Club, Ballarat.anzac, army, old colonists' club reading room, old colonists' club, w.r. birdwood, a.r. perry, a.l. pemberton, james sprent, hecor dinning, am park, n. ash, v.n. hopkins, e. cadogan, a. carruthers, f.c. dunstan, e.m. smith, george h. smith, kinismonth, w.r. wishart, w. otho hewett, david barker, c. leyshon-white, ted colles, r.t. goulding, f.j. leigh, charles bean, galipolli

Yields information about the interior of the Ballarat Scrubber tram tank.Black and White photograph print of the interior of the Ballarat Scrubber tram, showing the water tank.trams, tramways, scrubber tram, interiors, scrubber

VA 466 Governor (including Lieutenant Governor 1851-1855 and Governor's Office)Eureka Stockade:A letter from a young Englishman living in Ballarat supporting the diggers movementtrial, defending the diggers, scobie murder