Innvoices to the Ballarat School of Minesm.b. john, m.b. john brass founder, f. mitchell, f. mitchell brassfounder and engineer, city cycle works

Made by students and staff at the School of Mines Ballarat in 1983 and donated to the then fledgling ATCV. Photo attached shows staff Robert Brouwers and Gayle Spicer accepting the donation.........The boxes have been in the safe keeping of Terry Peacock at the Adelaide CVA office.....terry recalls that the only injury treated using the box he recalls was when the box slammed forward when the bus stopped abruptly and hit his head...Basic safety was important from the very first projects. ATCV/CVA later developed a formidable safety culture.Wooden boxes for storage and transport of First Aid materials on ATCV/CVA tasks/projects.Grey cross in white circle on sideof, school, ballarat, peacock, mines, safety, first, aid, terry

The Davey Paxman Experimental Steam Engine was purchased as the result of a bequest from Thomas Bath. The 'substantial sum' was used to build an Engineering Laboratory. The Ballarat School of Mines Council minutes of 08 November 1901 record: - Plans for [the] proposed building were submitted ... and ... it was resolved that a temporary building for an Engineering Laboratory be put up.' This laboratory, as an existing building, is first mentioned in the Ballarat School of Mines President's Annual Report of 1901, presented on 28 February 1902, reporting 'the erection of a building 67ft long by 33 ft wide' This report also lists all the equipment that would be accommodated in the Engineering Laboratory, including the experimental steam engine and boiler. The experimental Davey-Paxman steam engine arrived in Ballarat towards the end of 1902. The Engineering Laboratory was opened on 14 August 1903 by His Excellency Sir Sydenham Clarke. This engineering laboratory remained in use till about 1945. By 1944 preparations were under way at the Ballarat School of Mines to expand existing facilities, to be ready for the influx of returned soldiers. A new Heat Engines laboratory was built, this time of brick construction, replacing the previous corrugated-iron shed. In the early stages the steam engine was used to drive an overhead transmission shaft for machinery in the adjacent workshop. Later the steam engine was moved to a space that became the Heat Thermodynamics Laboratory. At the end of 1969 the engine was relocated to the Thermodynamics Laboratory at the then Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education (BIAE) Mt Helen Campus. It was donated to Sovereign Hill in 2006. According to the research of Rohan Lamb in 2001 around five experimental steam engines were made by Davey Paxman, and three of these had similar configuration to the Ballarat School of Mines Steam Engine, however, each of these was also unique with different valve arrangements. The list, which was on a scrap of paper in a folio held in the Essex Archives, confirmed that one was sent to India. The Ballarat steam engine can be dated to late 1901 to early 1902. Zig Plavina was responsible for moving the steam engine to Mount Helen, and worked on it as a technician for many years. He observed the following: * The condenser is driven by the low pressure engine. * The following arrangements are possible: i) the high pressure engine alone, exhausting to atmosphere. Condenser not used, crankshaft flanges not coupled. ii) crankshafts coupled, mains pressure (120 psi) steam supplied to high pressure engine, partially expanded steam delivered to low pressure engine (Tandem operation). Choice available re exhaust steam: either to the condenser or to atmosphere. iii) crankshafts not coupled, reduced pressure steam supplied to low pressure engine. Exhaust steam - either to the condenser or to atmosphere. * Valve arrangement - a choice of Pickering cut-off or throttle governor. On low pressure engine - throttle governor only. Black and white photograph of an experimental steam engine which was produced for the Ballarat School of Mines. It was designed for experimental purposes, such as testing of efficiency, etc. The laboratory which housed the steam engine was lit with gas lighting. davey paxman experimental steam engine, model steam engine, davey paxman, steam, thomas bath, thermodynamics

A number of colour photographs taken of the exterior entrance of the SMB A Building during the 2020 refurbishment . ballarat school of mines, administration building, a building, buildings, smb campus, lydiard street south, red brick, heritage victoria

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A weatherboards Boathouse on Lake Wendoureeballarat school of mines boat house, boat house, lake wendouree, library, reference librarian

Bluestone gaol gates and Governor's and Warden's Residences. gribble building, lydiard street south, ballarat school of mines, baballarat, ballarat gaol, gaol gates

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Left to right: D?, ?, Barry Jones, John Mildren, M.P..small business centre, ballarat school of mines small business centre, barry jones, john mildren, doug sarah

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Colour photograph showing students undertaking classeslibrary, audio visual, canteen, computer centre, student centre, counselling, typing, canoeing, pottery, woolclassing, bricklaying, welding, biology, motor mechanics, ballarat school of mines, alumni

Colour photograph of the Federation University SMB Campus, Lydiard Street, Ballarat.smb library, ballarat school of mines, smb campus, ballarat technical art school, administration building, former wesley church, former ballarat gaol

5 men in the electrical engineering laboratory at the Ballarat Schol of Mines.electrical engineering, scientific instruments, ballarat school of mines, generators

Photograph of evidence of Assay Kiln in The Old Chemistry Buildingballarat school of mines, old chemistry building, c building, assay kilns

Black and white photograph of hockey players on White Flat Oval. Some boys are dressed as girls. ballarat school of mines, white flat, hockey, sport

Black and white photograph of students in the Ballarat School of Mines.grounds.ballarat school of mines, gordon hale, student activities

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