This photograph was taken on the occasion of the retirement of Jack Barker, Foundation Director of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. It was a tribute to mark his outstanding services to the Ballarat School of Mines and Ballarat College of Advanced Education from 1949-1987. * 1949-1960 Lecturer/Head of Department * 1960-1964 Vice-Principal * 1964-1976 Principal * 1976-1987 Foundation Director of Ballarat College of Advanced Education The staff of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education stand in the 'shadow' of the 'Tree of Knowledge'. The photograph was taken at 3.55 pm on 27 August 1987.jack barker, e.j. barker, retirement, tree of knowledge, thelma rungkat, frank martin, jack harvey, gerry anderson, martin westbrooke, stafford mcknight, graeme ambrose, roy schrieke, barbarat crump, loris button, arch mackinnon, henry moritz, geoff wallis, helmut stenzel, michael gustus, trevor hastings, ian hemingway, george fong, george fong wah, greg binns, dave jelbart, arthur burros, alison lanigan, zig plavina, i. lepp, pat hope, derek woolley, peter fryar, david addenbrooke, robert morrell, alan webb, richard croggon, anne beggs-sunter, thelma runghat, denis shanahan, frank harrap

Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Campus photograph soft covered handbook, with yellow writing, for the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. Sticker on front cover with the name Karen on it. Someone has tried to remove this sticker.handbook, subjects, history, staff, ballarat college of advanced education, nursing, ian gordon, e.t. oppy, kerrie cross, peter fryar, derek woolley, geoff hendy, martin westbrooke, roy schrieke, peter dalhaus, stephen carey, sue taylor, allan ballard, brian sunter, david addenbrooke, graham hawley, ian hemngway, peter sargeant, barry wemyss, george fong wah, keith moore, annette bauska, verna barry, wiliam vermeend, zigurds a. plavina, thelma rungkat, margaret stevens, c. deans, robert morrell, robert m. hook, mike gustus, ian parker