Federation University Australia was established on 1 January 2014. Formerly known as the University of Ballarat, its enabling legislation was the University of Ballarat Amendment (Federation University Australia) Act 2013. Although formally created as a University in 1994, the University of Ballarat has a lineage back to 1870 with the establishment of the School of Mines Ballarat, making it the third institution of higher learning to be established in Australia and the first to be established in regional Australia. On 1 January 1994, Ballarat University College became the University of Ballarat and in 1998 the University merged with three TAFE Institutes to become a dual sector institution with multiple campuses. On 1 January 2014, the University of Ballarat amalgamated with the Monash University Gippsland Campus to form Federation University Australia. The Gippsland Campus also had a long lineage dating back to 1928 with the establishment of the Yallourn Technical School which became a predecessor institution to the Gippsland College of Advanced Education formed in 1968. In 1990, it was renamed the Monash University College and in 1993 became the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. In 2016, Federation University Australia announced plans to take possession, over a two-year period, of Monash’s Berwick Campus in the south-east corridor of Melbourne. Federation University Australia, or FedUni, is headquartered in Ballarat and offers programs in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training to regional Victoria and beyond. The University’s commitment to educational and social equity, teaching excellence, research distinction, environmental sustainability and regional capacity building has enabled it to develop in a way that draws on its proud heritage to inform its future. Its regional character sets a framework for the University’s priorities but does not constrain it from serving wider community interests, nationally and internationally. The name Federation University Australia was chosen to convey the scope and capacity of an expanded regional university with a federated network of campuses.Hard Cover book, partly bound in leather with Ballarat School of Mines Council Minutes, and Finance Committee minutes. ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines council, ballarat school of mines council minutes, ballarat school of mines finance committee, josephine brelaz schlarship, a.j. affleck, h.l. allnut, arblaster, h.e., aston, robert, barker, k.c., barrell, g.w., beaston, c.w, benney, v, blackwood, r.r., noel brelaz, brelaz guido, brinsden, neville bunning, james caldwell, callow, n.l, clelland, john, corbould, day, p.l., dewsnap, n.f., w.g. durant, elliott, m., faulkner, f, ferguson, f.e., finn, william, gallagher, b., garner, l, gordon, i.r., hancock, v, heseltine, mary, hooper, noel, hullick, k, m.b. john, johnson, alan ernest, johnson, b.a., bullarto, bullarto excursion, ballarat gaol, m.b. john brassworks, motor mechanics huts, 90th anniversary, josephine brelaz, v. hancock, alfred mica smith, john wolfe, s.d. wynes, r.w. richards award, spargo creek, spargo creek excursion

Geoffrey Blainey was the inaugural Chancellor of the University of Ballarat (later Federation University Australia)Seven typed pages of an address made by Professor Geoffrey Blainey at the launch the Ballarat School of Mines history book.ballarat school of mines history, warren perry, geoffrey blainey, alfred mica smith, mount isa, william corbould, david avery, gloatation process, redmond barry, rivett henry bland, thomas learmonth, maurice copland, rontgen, x-ray, xray, frederick martell, mcdougall, andrew anderson, bella guerin, harold herbert, speech, alumni

The Fink Report was important for the social, economic and educational history of Victoria. It gave an insight into a broad cross section of Victorian life at the turn on the century. Eight staff from the School of Mines Ballarat were interviewed as part of the Royal Commission.Two books with orange/yellow covers outlining the Royal Commission into Technical Education in 1899 -1901 .1 has 256 pages .2 has 579 pagesStamped withdrawn on front cover and first page and UB stamped on the side.victorian education, royal commission, technical education, andrew anderson, gilbert dawbarn, thomas hart, frederick martell, richard middleton, alfred mica smith, robert pinnock, walter wynne, ponsonby carew-smyth, maude glover, herman h. schlapp, william knox, frederick paul, herbert h. smith, william macdonald, theodore fink, stawell school of mines, daylesford school of mines

Large black album with sticky strips to keep photographs in place. A890 - Vicki Williamson A1028 - Chancellor David Caro B1030 - Alan Webb C772 - Robert Hook D1157 Alice Mills D1171 - Dianne Campbelldavid caro, graduation, founders hall, university mace, honoraray doctorate - alan webb, alan webb, bill pryor, bagpipes, robert hook, alfred mica smith bust, kerry cox, alice mills, anne beggs sunter, janice newton, wayne robinson, dianne campbell, val runyan, university women

Black hard covered book red spine. It holds handwritten notes covering the formation of the Ballarat School of Mines Past Students Association until 1950. ballarat school of mines, a. f. heseltine, h.r. murphy, e.j. mcconnon, j. sutherland, alfred mica smith, j.r. blight, e.j. tippett, william williams, craig's hotel, daniel walker, w.h. fleahy, j.b. robinson, a.e.c. kerr, a. farrar, f.c. middleton, j.m. sutherland, j.r> blight, h.r. brown, w. cornell, h.f. owen, h.h. smith, a.e. kerr, j.w. fisher, r. blight, j.a. richardson, hubert l. coburn, l.b. williams, f.v. middleton, f. barrow, k. wilkie, l. hillman, e. mann, edith lawn, k. brady, j. hassell, geoff biddington, a. senior, r. walker, r.w. whiteside, r. downeyg. myers