School letterhead from Preston Technical School, includes the name of Principal Mr B.F.Waters.5 sheets of blank buff letterhead with school logo and address in brown type."Preston Technical School / 65 Cramer St / Preston 3072"preston technical school. pts, b f waters, letterhead, nmit,

The Mt Clear Technical High School was an amalgamation of several schools. The Ballarat Junior Technical School was started in 1913 to bridge the gap between primary schools and senior technical colleges at the old Dana Street National School under the administration of the School of Mines. The Ballarat Girls Technical School which was commenced in 1951 and the Girls High School which can be traced back to 1874, both had several incarnations before joining together. The Mt Clear Technical School separated from the School of Mines in January 1977 and was officially opened on 10th October 1981.Called 'A marriage of convenience', this 7 page, A4 booklet is stapled at the top left hand corner and is a photocopy of the vol.1, no.9 issue of The Ballarat Historian. It contains a history of the the schools in Ballarat which eventually merged and formed on the completion of the buildings in 1981, the Mt Clear Technical High School. It was written by J A Chisholm who was the Jnr. Vice-President of the Ballarat Historical Society. It was listed as Vol.1, No.9 as the Journal of the Ballarat Historical Society.ballarat historical society, journal of the ballarat historical society, the ballarat historian, j a chisholm, mount clear technical high school, mount clear high school, jack chisholm, j.a. chisholm, mt clear

Historical Film FootageTwo Film Reels Larger one Green Plastic Smaller one Red Plastic Sport at the Stawell Technical School 0.00 “Cricket Practice” 0.33 “The Bowler ..t it” 1.10 “Our Football Team 1932” 1.33 “Have a Closer look at them” (Football at Central Park ) 2.20 “Some of the Younger Fry” (school boys at Central Park) 2.33 “Start of the 220 Yards” 2.57 “High jump Events” 3.30 “See how it is done” 4.27 “See how to jump” 5.44 “The Sack Race” 6.15 “Boot Scram How carefully …. The boots …” 6.25 “The rush of the bootless brigade” 7.02 “Start of the Apple in Tub……. Race” 7.12 “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away…. They want their apple” 7.32 “See – The Art of Getting….The apple. 7.59 Putting the Weight” 8.14 “Notice the graceful movements” Skene (Street site) 9.31 “ The Long Jump” Stawell Technical School Activities at Skene Street 10.10 “ Marching practice for Inter- Technical sports….. 1932 10.33 “Some practice starts. ( Tech school building Skene Street ) 11.54 Technical school building in Skene St 12.07 “The Fall in” 12.48 “Drill exercise” 13.40 “Drill Exercise Juniors” 15.09 “Dismiss” 15.24 “Classes Leaving School Room- Sorry to part” 15.52 “Bat Tennis” 16.23 “Ball passing” 16.50 “Over-head Ball Passing” 17.21 fancy dress on stage. Similar to Can Can 18.21 possible Egyptian dance Stawell Technical School Swimming 19.00 “Receiving Instructions-The Lull before the storm!” 19.09 “All ready in their gowns.—They’re off!!! (No, not the gowns.) 19.19 “Hey! Would you believe he’d do this on purpose?” 1st method of release and rescue 19.54 “Another patient “callin” for help- Life-saving is mostly ups and downs” 20.17 “Towing the patient in, so that he can’t struggle with the rescuer” 20.52 “Who’s drowning now? It’s either Sir Walter Dally or Frantic Drake getting ducked” 21.38 Swimming club room at Cato Lake 21.44 Diving tower Cato Lake Views of Stawell from Big Hill and from a Plane 23.18 Views from Big Hill 23.48 ? lettered title by Stawell Technical School 23.53 “Now, off we go in the Texas plane”(biplane) 24.07 “Stawell looks like a Doll’s Garden” 24.36 “Main Street Winds … beneath us” 24.55 “Lake Cato, Central Park, War Memorial” 25.16 “State School 502 with the “ants” out at play…. 25.53 “The North Western Woollen Mills” 26.05 “And now from the West side” 26.33 “Above the clouds at 7000ft.”(and landing the biplane) Technical School Trade Skill-- Carpentry 27.16 “Woodwork Department” “Model Dairy” – Built on walk-in walk-out principle with bails for 6 cows; also separator, cream, and feed room; Length 52 Ft Width 18ft. Scale 27.44 “Framing for Lean-to shed Many uses can be found for this type on the farm 28.08 “Putting the finishing touches to a Twi-roomed Settler’s House….” 28.42 “A good sturdy type of hand gate….. half full size.. 28.57 “This Double-batten gate costs the farmer13/-, can be made in 3 hours, and is good for a Century…. 29.20 “ A stand for…… 1.000 Gallon tank. 1/3rd Full size….. 29.45 “ Form for moulding Concrete fence posts…. These posts are fire-proof, white-ant-proof, and will not rot…. 30.11 “No 2. Carpentry.” Sinking Mortices in Styles of a pair of Gates….. 30.29 “Cutting Tenons on the Rails” 30.42 “Fitting Tenon into Mortice.” 30.53 ‘Marking and cutting for Brace” 31.46 “Turret Roofs. 1. Bell-shaped… 2. Ogee……… 32.03 “Cutting a Mitre such as is used for corner of Picture Frame. 32.51 “Testing Mitre for Square” 32.59 “No 3. Joinery.” Box-framed Window with Double-hung sashes 33.24 “Louvre Ventilators 1. Circular. 2. Triangular. 33.46 “Front Entrance Door and Frame, with Fanlight and Sidelights. 34.04 “Half Size Model of a Gothic Door 34.21 No 4. Cabinet-Making. Fitting shaped rail to turned leg of….. Music Stool, having a Drawer for Music. 34.43 “A Fire-screen….. with Painted Panel. 35.01 “A sitting down job.” Junior Technical Boys on Chair construction 35.22 “A modeling class at work. ------- Technical School Trade Skill—Plastering 36.09 “ A process of … casting in Plaster. Of parts…… 36.14 “Building the walls around the clay….. model. ------ 36.34 “Mixing the Plaster of Paris to pour for the mould….. 36.39 “Modelling Section. The running of Mouldings…. 36.43 “Building up…. The rough shape of the mould…” 36.55 “Moving thr template slowly along,….. in order to perfect the shape…… 37.30 “Moving the template along……. For the second time. 37.49 “The finished mould.” 37.55 “An end view showing …. The exact shape. Technical School Speech Day 38.40 Speech day 39.40 Display of art work, plaster models and carpentry 41.44 Science experiments Exploring the Grampians/Halls Gap 40.30 Exploring the Grampians Views from Mt William 45.54 Picnic Halls Gap 46.36 Swimming carnival Halls Gap pool Athletics at Central Park Stawell 43.56 Athletic events at Central Park including sack race and tandem racing Lake Lonsdale Picnic 49.41 Leaving for …. The School Picnic held at …Lake Lonsdale….. December 13th 1932 50.00 By the Lakeside 50.22 The boys take to the water. 50.46 One in, All in. 51.22 Hunger….. approaching, On with..the billy.. 51.34 The workers Partake of Nourishment. 51.47 Silent workers.(mothers picnic lunch) Wash up and Dry up. 52.20 General view at Lunch time. 52.53 One swallow does not make a summer… 53.10 Great Australian Bites. 53.28 Good-bye Sandwiches.. 53.57 Note the more than full expressions… 54.06 The last parade 54.16 Swim for the shore boys Under 14 years 54.43 Swim for the shore boys. Under 16 Years. 55.06 Swim for the shore boys, all in… 55.28 Ladies Race. Use your weight. 55.45 After the fall. 55.47 The winner Mrs Taylor. 55.06 Boys Races 56.20 How NOT to run.(backwards) 57.10 Try this one yourself….(backwards) 57.26 The Staff Spirit? 57.39 The Winner Mr Henderson.. Snow in Stawell 1949 58.01 1949 snow in Stawell Tech school, 502, Tech snow fight , Patrick St with courthouse 59.31 Big Hill scenery 1.00.06 Speech at Tech school quadrangle Street Parade down Main Street 1.00.22 c. 1945 Parade main St (possibly Peace celebrations) Sporting event Central Park 1.02.04 Central Park sporting event after the Parade, including Scouts erecting a tent. Historical Film Footage Stawell Tech 1932education

The Ballarat Junior Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of MinesThree exercise book and one foolscap ledger. The registers of the Ballarat Junior Technical School list names, fees, and receipt number. .1) 1923-1928 .2) 1929-1934 .3) 1946-1953 .4) 1954 - 1960 - brown hard covered ledgerballarat junior technical school, register, fees, education, enrolments, student enrolments

Technical School Uniform Windcheaters 1970'sBlue sweater or jumper with white Stawell Technical School Logo on frontStawell Technical School STSeducation

Sets of slides in named folders: PTS Activities Programme. 51 col slides (processing date on slides DEC 75) 1975 Preston Technical School Camping Programme 1. 14 col slides (processing date on slides MAY/DEC 75) Preston Technical School Staff/Student Cricket match. 18 col slides (processing date on slides OCT/NOVDEC 75) Schools in! An overview of PTS . 52 col slides (processing date on slides JUL 75)1975 PTS visits Melbourne Zoo. 48 col slides (processing date on slides OCT 79) 1979 PTS Activities Programme. 24 col slides (processing date on slides MAY 75) 1975 7C Bonnie Doon Camp 1981 26 col slides (processing date on slides DEC 81) Preston Tech School Snow Trip 1981 19 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 81) Bonnie Doon Camp 1981 21 col slides (processing date on slides OCT 81) Bonnie Doon 1982 29 col slides (processing date on slides FEB 83) Canberra Year 9 1982 Part 1 40 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Canberra Year 9 1982 Part 2 45 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Canberra Year 9 1982 Part 3 45 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Canberra Year 9 1982 Part 4 47 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Scenic pictures of Canberra 1982 Part 3 35 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Mt Martha Camp Year 7 1982. 72 col slides (processing date on slides MAR/SEP 82) Outdoor Education Camp Bonnie Doon 1982 Part 1. 30 col slides (processing date on slides MAR 82) Outdoor Education Camp Bonnie Doon 1982 Part 2. 32 col slides (processing date on slides MAR 82) Tasmanian Trip Year 10 1982 Part 1. 35 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Tasmanian Trip Year 10 1982 Part 2. 40 col slides (processing date on slides AUG 82) Year 11 Beechworth Camp Art/History Part 1. 31 col slides (processing date on slides APR 82.) Year 11 Beechworth Camp Art/History Part 2. 44 col slides (processing date on slides APR 82.) Box of slides (no date) Slides of school areas “To use whenever guests are around” (36 slides) Loose slides (in elastic band) Various school activities. 31 col slides (processing date on slides 1982) A visual record of activities at PTS during 1981-1982.22 folders containing sets of photographic slides from 1981-1982 depicting Preston Technical School activities. Each set of slides is housed in a cut down manilla folder. Also 2 sets of unnamed slides and one short reel of staff portraits.Each folder is marked with the name of the activity and slides are marked with cataloguing details (Dewey number) from PTS library.preston technical college, ptc, camps, excursions, canberra, beechworth, mt martha, bonnie doon, nmit