The first building at the Mt Helen Campus was opened in October 1970. Students first starting using the campus in the same year. The programme includes the following historical information: "On 26th October, 1870, Sir Redmond Barry officially opened the first venture into formal technical education in Australia - the Ballarat School of Mines. Over the preceding year a small group of Ballarat citizens interested in mining had conceived and brought into being the idea of creating such a school. They leased a derelict Court House next to the Ballarat Gaol in Lydiard St., at a nominal rental for15 years, and started classes with 4 students and an honorary lecturer. The School developed its courses beyond the initially intended range of studies related to mining, increased in enrolments, took over neighbouring properties and buildings and developed three levels of education - tertiary, trade and secondary. From the latter part of the 19th Century, even though remaining under the control of its own autonomous Council, it developed close links with the State Education Department. From the earliest times the School achieved widespread recognition and a particularly high reputation, and its graduates spread across Australia and the world. For several years it was affiliated with Melbourne University. In the last decade its scope has been further broadened by the introduction of new tertiary courses. During 1965 the State Government created the Victoria Institute of Colleges - a non-teaching body empowered to award degrees and directed towards the task of co-ordinating and developing tertiary education in Victorian in institutions other than universities. the tertiary division of the School became affiliated with the V.I.C. at the end of that same year. Subsequently the Council of the School decided that, whilst retaining for the whole establishment the time honoured title - The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat - it should more distinctly sub-title the three divisions. the tertiary division then became known as the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. On receipt of substantial Commonwealth-State Grants, made to it as a college of advanced education, the Council was enabled at the start of 1967, to purchase for the Institute the 20 acre campus at Mt Helen. A master plan has been produced to develop this beautiful and spacious site as a tertiary institution enrolling, in due course, some 3000 full time students. the first sod was turned, to initiate this development, by the then Governor General of Australia, The Right Honourable Lord Casey, on 19th October, 1967. The first building group, now completed and occupied, has involved an expenditure approaching $1,000,000. It contains the departments of Mechanical, Civil and Mining Engineering, Metallurgy and Geology. it also contains the Computer Centre, a temporary Library and temporary student amenities. Over the next two years a further four buildings, costing about $2,500,000, will be erected, and a further major portion of the Institute will move to Mt Helen. these buildings, in addition to one for direct teaching work, will include a Library, a Union and the first stage of a Hall of Residence."White, folded, paper programme printed on the occasion of the official opening of the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education (BIAE) Mount Helen Campus on the occasion of the centenary of the Ballarat School of Minesuniversity of ballarat, ballarat school of mines, biae, mount helen, mt helen campus, mb john, jack barker, e.j. barker, rolly parfenovics, parfenovics, nigel bown, campus. victorian institute of colleges, m.b. john

Newspaper cuttings relating to Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. These are from various newspapers and include The Age, Ballarat Courier, The Australian, The Herald. The cuttings cover the period from 12 December 1971 to 1 May 1972. Book with orange cover, front. Spiral bound.ballarat institute of advanced education, biae, employment advertisements, application for enrolment, outline of courses, victorian institute of colleges staff association, jack barker sees danger, fourth university use up funds, technical teachers at annual conference, professor at seminar, middle courses needed in engineering field, 1973 for biae library, student poster to sovereign hill, john crebbin, graeme trevena, gary murphy, group leadership is important, mr kevin murray, pollution threat to biae at mt helen, $300000 for biae student housing, academic registrar for institute, decision on mt helen clay pit, a l mckenzie president, japanese exchange group in ballarat, study grant for metallurgist, planners agree on fourth uni, pmg training at institute, melbourne site recommended, fourth uni should reach out, leaders slate report, pressure from country - fourth uni, gates to be removed - former gaol, 60 year old fleece found, john sharrock, youth is his thing, industry shows lack of interest, great blow to decentralisation, develop flexibility advise to chemical society, australian science education project, fourth uni not wanted - councillor, biae library taking shape, $500 scholarship to anne mills, bush their classroom, smb cabaret ball, greg govan - pottery student, prize commemorates early industrialists, e j tippett apprenticeship prize, daryl eason athletics champion, goon's giftthrough ballarat, technical teachers at protest meeting, stock exchange award to anne mills, chamber of manufactures scholarship to david ward, arblaster award for smb, new course - bachelor of applied science in metallurgy

E.J. Barker is a past principal of the School of Mines Ballarat and the Library at the Mt Helen Campus is named after him. School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityVarious documents and reports relating to Victorian Institute of Colleges victorian institute of colleges, affiliation, school of mines and industries ballarat, application for affiliation, possible future building developments, e.j. barker, report to council, r.w. hinkley, vicsac, newsletter, ballarat centenary issue, john sharpham, media information, evan walker, jack barker, western business, bcae fights for its name, sir henry bolte, smb to have high priority, act, report, ballarat college of advanced education

E.J. Barker is a past principal of the School of Mines Ballarat and the Library at the Mt Helen Campus is named after him. School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityReports done over a three year period (Triennium) triennium, school of mines and industries ballarat, victorian institute of college, john sharpham, john grant, directions for the future, minister for education, commonwealth advisory committee, advanced education, susan ryan

E.J. Barker is a past principal of the School of Mines Ballarat and the Library at the Mt Helen Campus is named after him. School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityVarious Letters, Reports Newspaper articles and notes collected by E.J. Barker on the proposed Fourth University for Victoria victorian institute of colleges staff association, r.w. hinkley, e.j. barker, ballarat institute of advanced education, vicsac, fourth university, summary, k.l jennings, mr swanson, australian universities commission, plea on varsity staff rejected, list of visitors, professor p.h. karmel, professor f.b. bull, sir ernest coates, dr w.l. hughes, sir samuel jones, professor a.r. main, professor p.h. partridge, r.a. simpson, professor sir sydney sunderland, t.b. swanson, r.h. arthur, a. freebody, sir willis h. connolly, l.h.s. thompson, geelong advertiser, newspaper articles, the age, i.c. smith, city of ballarat, j.a chisholm, 16 named to plan fourth university, newsletter, report, future developement of tertiary education, summary of statements, education age, m.b. john, tertiary education advisory council, a.s buchanan, the chartered engineer, dr. d.m. myers, r. law, victorian institute of colleges, a.s. craig, meetings, mr hamer, h.p. mason, bendigo institute of technology, mary p. lawn, k.d. green, premiers department, recommendations, k. beazley, a.m mackinnon, gordon institute of technology, e. szomanski

E.J. Barker is a past principal of the School of Mines Ballarat and the Library at the Mt Helen Campus is named after him. Papers relate to building extensions. roads, speeches over three decades. Various documents, charts, correspondence collected by E.J. Barkere.j. barker, lydiards street south closure, staff structure 1970, building developments 1965, regional colleges, higher education, melbourne university, college of advanced education, affiliation, professor don aitkin address, staffing, management, ballarat teachers college, victorian institute of colleges, smb personnel, retirements, obituaries, a f heseltine report

Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (VIOSH) Australia is the Asia-Pacific centre for teaching and research in occupational health and safety (OHS) and is known as one of Australia's leaders on the field. VIOSH has a global reputation for its innovative approach within the field of OHS management. VIOSH had its first intake of students in 1979. At that time the Institution was known as the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. In 1990 it became known as Ballarat University College, then in 1994 as University of Ballarat. It was 2014 that it became Federation University. VIOSH Australia students are safety managers, senior advisors and experienced OHS professionals. They come from all over Australia and industry. Students are taught active research and enquiry; rather than textbook learning and a one-size fits all approach. VIOSH accepts people into the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hazard Management who have no undergraduate degree - on the basis of extensive work experience and knowledge. J Brassil was to be the Chair on the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. The letter outlines contacts that may be of value to the task. This advice is from Professor Ralph Vernon who had contact with these people while visiting Australia. This copy of the letter was sent to Derek Woolley and has personal comments written in red. Prof Vernon has offered to be available in July if needed. People listed are: David Pugh - R.M.I.T. Melbourne; Dr Svensson, Dean Faculty of Engineering, University of N.S.W.; Eric Wigglesworth, Chairman, Federal Education Commission Safety Institute, Melbourne; Derek Woolley, BallaratTwo A4 pages typed with handwritten notes in red.Letterhead of Texas A&M University Signature of Ralph Vernon - Professor at universityviosh, victorian institute of occupational safety and health, national occupational health and safety commission, j brassil, professor ralph vernon, derek woolley, david pugh, royal melbourne institute of technology, rmit, eric wigglesworth, federal education commission, safety institute of australia