Photo album with red cover with label on the spine 'Personalaities of CTC'. Photos date from 1977 and are of Collingwood Technical College staff and families at Buxton camp (Westlake) 1977. Staff named incude Ian Scott, Elaine Parsons, Trevor Cook, Harry Rothwell, Alex Cuthbertson, Laurie Bayley, John Roberts, Ewart Anderson, George Cain. Also a few photos of the Building of Otter Street, April 1977 – February 1981 collingwood technical school, westlake camp, buxton camp, otter street building, staff, nmit

20-page program booklet for Bendigo Scottish Week 23rd - 29th November 1987. Price $2 Colour photo of a castle beside a Scottish Loch on front cover. Message from the Bendigo Mayor Cr C.M. Nankervis on page 1. An article written by Jim Millar about Robert Burns on page 4. Program of events on page 3. Illustrated with B&W photos. Also adverts of local Bendigo businesses. scotland, scottish week

In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with William Frederick Hillman. Son of Robert James Hillman (who was a fitter for the Victorian Railways), and Elizabeth Hebden. William was born in 1917. He attended school at Gravel Hill State School, 1922-1931. William married Bernice Alwyn Hillman in 1943. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, william frederick hillman

Letter written by Mr A O'Toole of Wallace wishing to enroll his son Robert at BJTS. He requested information of uniform, fees, etc. Mr Garner replied and explained that he must make an application through the Head Teacher at the Wallace State School Yellow paper typedballarat junior technical school, leslie garner, head master, mr a o'toole, wallace, application form, wallace head teacher, robert o'toole

Editorial, Fumes from the lab, The Practice of Chemistry, A trip to America, Arts & Crafts gossip, Echoes of the past, Sport, The Junior Techs, Answers to correspondents, Excursion to Broken Hill and Port Pirie, Alumni: Alfred Mica Smith, In memoriam: Robert James Dowling,Beige soft covered magazine.ballarat school of mines, magazine, alumni, alfred mica smith, broken hill, in memoriam: robert james dowling, robert james dowling, e. kift, ethel kift, r. t. crosthewaite, c. mcilvena, h. finlayson, e. mckissock, f. russell, c. s. hunt, j. r. pound, a. leask, m. timmings, professor alfred mica smith, robert james dowling, e. j. mcconnon, r. g. cox, edwin a. brophy, raymond fricke, nancy humphries