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Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy et al, Correspondence between the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Ballarat School of Mines, 1958
... Correspondence between the Australasian Institute of Mining...australasian institute of mining and metallurgy... Institute of Mining and Metallurgy requesting a syllabus for Mining...Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of... Correspondence Correspondence between the Australasian Institute ...Six pieces of correspondence relating to the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy requesting a syllabus for Mining, Metallurgy and Engineering from the Ballarat Schoof of Mines, and the dates for vacations during 1959.australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, ausimm, b.e. jacka, richard w. richards, ballarat school of mines, engineering, mining, metallurgy, letterhead -
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Letter - Correspondence, Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Correspondence on Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Incorporated) Letterhead, 1949, 03/05/1949
... Correspondence on Australian Institute of Mining and...australasian institute of mining and metallurgy...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...Typed letter on the Australian Institute of Mining...Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of... Correspondence Letter Correspondence on Australian Institute of Mining ...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM) was founded in 1893 and provides services to professionals engaged in all facets of the global minerals sector. With a focus on providing leadership and opportunities to minerals industry professionals, the AusIMM delivers an ongoing program of professional development services to ensure our members are supported throughout their careers, enabling them to provide high-quality professional input to industry and the community. (http://www.ausimm.com.au/content/default.aspx?ID=94, Accessed 09 September 2015)Typed letter on the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy letterhead relating to the first Ordinary Meeting of the Institute. The letter is addressed to R.W. (Dick) Richards of the Ballarat School of Mines, and is signed by B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.ausimm, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, letterhead, r.w. richards, dick richards, b.e. jacka -
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Letter - Correspondence, Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Correspondence on Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Letterhead, 1958, 15/12/1958
... Correspondence on Australasian Institute of Mining and...Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...Typed correspondence, on the Australasian Institute...Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of... Correspondence Letter Correspondence on Australasian Institute of Mining ...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM) was founded in 1893 and provides services to professionals engaged in all facets of the global minerals sector. With a focus on providing leadership and opportunities to minerals industry professionals, the AusIMM delivers an ongoing program of professional development services to ensure our members are supported throughout their careers, enabling them to provide high-quality professional input to industry and the community. (http://www.ausimm.com.au/content/default.aspx?ID=94, accessed 09/09/2015)Typed correspondence, on the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy letterhead, relating to a students' essay competition. The letter is signed by the institute Secretary B.E. Jacka.australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, ausimm, b.e. jacka -
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Letter - Correspondence, Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy et al, Correspondence on Letterhead from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1968
... Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1968...australasian institute of mining and metallurgy...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to to the Ballarat School...Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of... Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1968 .1) Typed letter ...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM) was founded in 1893 and provides services to professionals engaged in all facets of the global minerals sector. With a focus on providing leadership and opportunities to minerals industry professionals, the AusIMM delivers an ongoing program of professional development services to ensure our members are supported throughout their careers, enabling them to provide high-quality professional input to industry and the community. in 2015 The AusIMM represents 14 000 members drawn from all sections of the industry and supported by a network of branches and societies in Australasia and internationally. (http://www.ausimm.com.au/content/default.aspx?ID=94, accessed 09 September 2015).1) Typed letter on letterhead from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to to the Ballarat School of Mines from B.E. Jacka, Secretary. The letter relates to the application for admission to the Institute from Robert Frederic Murrell who received a Diploma at the Ballarat School of Mines in 1962. .2) Carbon copy of a typed letter from Harold J. Trudinger, Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines. ausimm, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, b.e. jacka, harold trudinger, robert f. murrell, ballarat school of mines, mining -
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Letter - Correspondence, Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Correspondence on The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Letterhead, 1961, 24/01/1961
... Correspondence on The Australasian Institute of Mining and...australasian institute of mining and metallurgy...Typed letter on The Australasian Institute of Mining...Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of... on The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Letterhead requesting ...Typed letter on The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Letterhead requesting information from the Ballarat School of Mines on the Edwards Pyrites Roaster.australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, harry arblaster, edwards pyrites furnace, b.e. jacka, mining, ausimm -
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Document - Correspondence, Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy et al, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy correspondence with the Ballarat School of Mines, 1949
... Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...Miss B.E. Jacka, Secretary of the Australasian Institute of...Correspondence Document Australasian Institute of Mining ...Five pages of correspondence between B.E. Jacka AUSImm Secretary) and R.W. (Dick) Richards (Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines) .1) Curcular for the first ordinary meeting in 1950 .2) Dick Richards re conference at Buffalo, Melbourne, and student attendances .3) 15 students attending the first ordinary meeting in 1950 .4) Re meeting .5) Guide book and training of students in mining, metallurgy and geology. buffalo, ausimm, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, dick richards, r.w. richards, b.e. jacka, letterhead, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Sudtralasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Latrobe Valley Brown Coal Resources: Geology, Exploration and Open Cut Mining Methods, 1960
... australian institute of mining and metallurgy...Sudtralasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... imm australian institute of mining and metallurgy Ausimm ...Red hard covered book. Block Prints on white pages, and sections of the Yallourn-Morwell field and the Yallourn Coal Field Includes the following chapters: * Contribution of the Minerals Industry to the Development of Australia by G.R. Fisher (including Gold, Broken Hill Field, Coal, Copper, Tin) * PLanning and Development of the Brown Coal Open Cuts of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria by E.D.J. Stewart * Geology of the Latrobe Valley Coalfield by C.S. Gloe * Developments in Equipment USed for Overburden Removal and Coal Winning in the Brown Coal Industry by H.C.G. Rodgers / J.M. Alexander * Development of Methods for Use of Punch Cards in the Recording of Drill Clogs in the Exploration for Brown Coal by H.E.C. Beernon-fictionyallourn, morwell, loy yang, brown coal, latrobe valley, aus imm, australian institute of mining and metallurgy, ausimm -
Federation University Historical Collection
Certificate, Australasian Institute of Metallurgy Certificate of Appreciation, 2002
... australasian institute of mining and metallurgy...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...An Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... Certificate of Appreciation An Australasian Institute of Mining ...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) was founded in 1893.An Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Certificate of Appreciation awarded to the University of Ballarat AusIMM Student Chapter in recognition of valuable contributions .ausimm, university of ballarat, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy university of ballarat student chapter -
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Book - Diary, John Kennedy, John Kennedy's Ballarat School of Mines Lecture Notes, 1889
... Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers... of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers. John died... of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers. John died ...John Kennedy was born on 04 April 1862, the son of ship carpenter Robert Kennedy and his wife Florinda (Aitken), and the brother of Malcolm and Colin Kennedy. In 1860 the family migrated to Melbourne where Kennedy senior set up as a shipwright. In 1879 Malcolm and John, who trained as a naval architect, joined their father as Robert Kennedy & Sons, shipbuilders and shipsmiths. On 27 December 1883 at North Melbourne, Malcolm married Ann White with Presbyterian forms. Next year Robert Kennedy & Sons removed to Hobart where with John W. Syme and W. J. Duffy, partners until 1889, they took over the Derwent Ironworks & Engineering Co., a foundry formerly owned by the (Alexander) Clark family. The Kennedys also acquired the patent slipyard, formerly Ross's, at Battery Point. After the shipbuilding industry in Hobart began to flag John also turned to mining: he attended the Ballarat School of Mines, and reopened the Hobart smelters which had been an adjunct of the Derwent Ironworks in the 1870s. He made several voyages overseas on smelting business and as mining promoter, and was a member of the London Stock Exchange. In 1913-14 he was manager of Tongkah Compound (1910); Robert Kennedy & Sons was reputed to have contributed to the success of the Hobart-run Tongkah Harbour, Thailand, tin mines by developing a suitable dredge. The brothers also held shares in the Irrawaddy Burma Co. John was a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers and from 1932 an honorary life member of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers. John died in Hobart on 10 January 1937. (Ann G. Smith, 'Kennedy, John (1862–1937)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kennedy-john-7092/text11963, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 24 April 2020.) A book covered in black leather with 'John Kennedy' embossed on the front in gold. The book contains notes from the time he studies at the Ballarat School of Mines. The beginning of the book has an alphabetical section where John Kennedy has created an index.Inside front cover 'John Kennedy Nena Wharf Hobart Tasmania.' john kennedy, australasian institute of mining engineers, ausimm, american institute of mining metallurgical engineers, ballarat school of mines, lecture notes, lecture notebook, antinomy, brick clay, carbon, coal, copper, chemistry, clay, chrome, electricity, fire clay, gas, gold, gold bullion, glass, gold test for, iron metallurgy, light, lead, metallurgy, mica, mineralogy, pyrites, sulphur in pyrites, sugar, slags, wolfram, preparation of pure gold, scorification, gold bullion assay, petrography, melting poinys of bodies, metric system, geology, mount morgan, queensland, rock salt, assay of tailings, classification of rocks, muffle furnace, ballarat school of mines wind furnace, assay of antinomy, recovery of silver from solutionsheat pyrometer, spectroscope, organic acids, metallurgy of iron, assat of copper, cornstock lode nevada, mount morgan queensland, scarification, elmwood, metallurgy of lead, specific gravity, copper assay, seperation of gold from other metals, test for gold, wet assay, mercury -
Federation University Historical Collection
Telegram, Telegram sent to R.W. Richards at Ballarat School of Mines, April 1949
... institute of mining and metallurgy... 1950 from the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Ballarat School of Mines ...Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityTelegram sent to R.W Richards at the Ballarat School of Mines outlining dates for meeting to be held in February/March 1950 from the Institute of Mining and Metallurgytelegram, r.w. richards, meeting, institute of mining and metallurgy, melbourne, ballarat school of mines -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque at The George Hotel, Ballarat
... australasian institute of mining engineers... Institute of Mining Engineers which was established in Adelaide... Institute of Mining Engineers which was established in Adelaide ...This plaque commemorates the decision in July 1892 at a meeting in the George Hotel, Ballarat of The Amalgamated Mining Managers Association of Australasia to form The Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers which was established in Adelaide in February 1893. Now know as The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. April, 1993.ballarat, george hotel, ausimm, amalgamated mining managers association of australasia, australasian institute of mining engineers, australasian institute of mining and metallurgy -
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Photograph - Colour, The George Hotel, Ballarat
... Institute of Mining Engineers which was established in Adelaide... 1893. Now know as The Australasian Institute of Mining ...This plaque commemorates the decision in July 1892 at a meeting in the George Hotel, Ballarat of The Amalgamated Mining Managers Association of Australasia to form The Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers which was established in Adelaide in February 1893. Now know as The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. April, 1993.ballarat, george hotel, ausimm -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, T.A. Rickard, Technical Writing by T.A. Rickard, 1939
... american institute of mining and metallurgical engineering... (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc... in the A.I.M.E. Series (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical ...Red hard covered book of 337 pages in the A.I.M.E. Series (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc). It includes a presentation Bookplate from Seeley Wintersmith Mudd made out to Charles Bacon.Bookplatecharles bacon, american institute of mining and metallurgical engineering inc, seeley wintersmith mudd, bookplate, grammar -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Modern Uses of Non-Ferrous Metal by F.M. Becket et al, 1935
... american institute of mining and metallurgical engineering... (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc... Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc). It includes ...This book was used by Charles BaconRed hard covered book of 427 pages in the A.I.M.E. Series (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc). It includes a presentation, or armorial, Bookplate from Seeley Wintersmith Mudd made out to Charles Bacon. Bookplatenon ferrous metal, american institute of mining and metallurgical engineering inc, aluminoum, stainless steel, gold, silver, nickel copper, bookplate, seeley wintersmith mudd, charles bacon -
Federation University Historical Collection
Certificate, Lisa Lodge Certificate of Appreciation, 2003
... The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.... The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was founded in 1893 ...The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was founded in 1893.Lisa Lodge Certificate of Appreciation awarded to the University of Ballarat in recognition of support of the Murray to Moyne team.university of ballarat, lisa lodge, murray to moyne, ceretificate, di noyce -
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Book, Crosby Lockwood and Son, The Metallurgy of Gold, 1896
... M. Eissler A.I.M.E. was a member of the Institute... of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. gold mining metallurgy pyrites ...M. Eissler A.I.M.E. was a member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.Red Hardcovered book of 678 pages with around 250 illustrations and numerous folding plates. Contents include: gold mining in California, Gold as a metal; Hydraulic Process; treatment of Gold bearing Ores; Crushing and Amalgamation (Queensland, California); Mills; Buddle; concentrator; Roasting ores; Roasting Pyritic Ores; Hydro-Metallurgy; Chlorination; Electro-Metallurgy; Cyanide; Erection of a Cyanide Plant; Chemistry of the Cyanide Process; Spelting, CupulationCrushing ore; 160 stamp battery; Mill site and battery; causes of failure in gold mining, South African Gold Fields; Gold in Australia (pg 589) Advertisements include: Fraser & Chalmers; Bowes scott & Western Ltd; Fried. Krupp Grusonwerk; Stanley; Humbolt Engineering Works Co., Townson & Mercer.gold, mining, metallurgy, pyrites, cupel, brook, rand, california, america, gold mining -
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Letter - Correspondence, Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers: Excursion to Walhalla, 1908
... Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers: Excursion to...australasian institute of mining and metallurgy... Meeting of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers... Correspondence Letter Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers ...Arrangement for staff and students to attend the Melbourne Meeting of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers. Information also given for the Excursion to Walhalla - prize of Ten Guineas (10 pounds, 10 shillings), to be awarded for the best paper written by a student describing the engineering and metallurgical part of the visitTyped letters Letterhead for institute signature of secretary: D L Stirlingaustralasian institute of mining and metallurgy, australasian institute of mining engineers, excursion, walhalla, aaron danks, 1908, r.w. richards, ausimm -
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Book, A History of American Mining, 1932
... (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc...Book Book A History of American Mining Red hard covered ...This book was presented to Charles Bacon by Seeley Wintersmith Mudd.Red hard covered book of 419 pages in the A.I.M.E. Series (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc). It includes a presentation Bookplate from Seeley Wintersmith Mudd made out to Charles Bacon. Chapters include mining in the far north, Comstock Lode, Colorado, Mississippi Valley, Great Salt Lake, Black Hills of South Dakota, Cooper of Lake Superior, copper in Arizona, Bunker Hill Enterprise, Butte The great Diamond Hoax, Flotation Process. The book includes some simple maps and plans. The book was dedicated to 'The most distinguished of American mining engineers Herbert Hoover'.t.a. rickard, herbert hoover, seeley wintersmith mudd, bookplate, charles bacon, mining, america -
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Book, Bedford McNeill, Mining and General Telegraphic Code, 1899
... and of the north of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers... and of the north of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers ...McNeill's Code was arranged to meet the requirements of mining, metallurgical and civil engineers, Directors of Mining, Smelting companies; bankers; stock and share brokers, solicitors, accountants, financiers and general merchants. Bedford McNeil )Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.) was an Associate of the Royal School of Mines; Member of the Institution of Mining and metallurgy and of the north of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; and a Fellow of the Geological Society. "OBITUARY - Mr. Bedford McNeill IT is with regret that we announce the death on September 18, due to cerebral hemorrhage, of Mr. Bedford McNeill, the well-known mining engineer, at fifty-five years of age. Apart from his high reputation as a mining engineer, Mr. McNeill’s name was almost a household word in connection with the telegraphic code compiled by him, which was issued originally in 1893, and in an enlarged and revised form in 1908. This code is employed almost without exception by mining-companies and engineers, to whose use it was specially dedicated, and other business men have found it extremely practical for cable communications. [Nature 98, 94-94 (05 October 1916)] Black hard covered book of 807 pages by Bedford McNeil. Contents include: General suggestions for using code; Morse signals, alphabet and figures; Timetable west of Greenwich; Timetable east of Greenwich; map; Alphabetical Code; Survey of Mineral Properties; Numbers; English Money; American money; Lineal measurement; Weights; Letters; Cables; banks; Finance Companies; Substitutions; Extra Code. The book includes the following advertisements: Nobel's Explosives Company; Otto Aerial Ropeways; Tabloid Medicine cases & Chests; Charleton's Report Book for Mining Engineers; Bornhardt's Electrical Firing Machine; On a page towards the front "R. Brook"morse code, mcneill, bedford mcneill, mining, noble's explosives company, otto, charleton, tabloid, bornhadt, brook, r. brook, telegraphy, morse -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Jill Blee, Rebecca Michelle Norton, 2017
... of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and the Institute of Engineers... such as the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM ...Twentythree page booklet outlining the life of Rebecca Michelle Norton. The booklet includes a number of coloured images.robert norton, ballarat school of mines, engineering, mining engineering, brelaz prize, pomeroy cup, ausimm, engineers australia, rebecca norton, gender realignment -
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Photograph - Photograph (Black & White), Victa Studios, Presentation to Professor Alfred Mica Smith of the Ballarat School of Mines at Craig's Royal Hotel, c1924
... of American and Australasian Institute of Mining Engineering, Member... Institute of Mining Engineering, Member of the Science Faculty ...This photo is thought to have been taken at the time of Alfred Mica Smith's retirement from the Ballarat School of Mines. It is most probably also the unveiling of the Max Meldrum portrait of Smith. Alfred Mica Smith retired from the Ballarat School of Mines in 1922 after an association of 41 years and aged 78 years. At the August meeting of the Ballarat School of Mines Council in 1881 it was resolved that 'Alfred Mica Smith Esq., B.Sc., be appointed Professor in Chemistry and Metallurgy and be Superintendent of the Laboratories, for the period of twelve months at a stipend of five hundred pounds per annum, and to commence duty as soon as possible'. (signed: James Oddie, Vice-President) Smith played a major role in the years of 1887-1893 when SMB was affiliated with Melbourne University. In 1912 he became Professor of Metallurgy and received an annual salary of 250 pounds. Alfred Mica Smith presented many scholarly papers, gave evidence at government enquiries into the safety of mines and became an authority on mine safety and ventilation. He was on the Mines Ventilation Board. Professor Smith was the public analyst for the City of Ballarat and Town of Ballarat East, as well as to a number of other boroughs and shires. He was also Chief juror to the Adelaide International Exhibition, chemical section. He provided information to the Royal Commission on gold mining (1889, 1891), and was President to the chemistry section of Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, Associate of American and Australasian Institute of Mining Engineering, Member of the Science Faculty Melbourne University, and Hon. Life Member of the Miner Managers' Association of Australia. He also was involved in many educational and community affairs such as President of the SMB Students' Association, President of the Ballarat Science Society, first President of the Ballarat Camera Club, Vice President of the Field Naturalists' Club, and he presented Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery with his collection of paintings and porcelain ware. His legacies include the mutual regard between him and his students, the many tributes by former students, the Mica Smith scholarship (established in 1923) and now known as the Corbould-Mica Smith Travelling Scholarship, his portrait in oils by noted artist Max Meldrum, and the marble bust of Smith sculptured by Paul Montford. Money for a scholarship in sanitary science at the University of Manchester in the name of his uncle R. A. Smith was left being set up in 1928. Smith died of cancer on 14 May 1926 and his remains, cremated at Springvale, were interred in the Ballaarat New Cemetery. See http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Smith,%20Alfred%20Mica.shtml Black and white mounted photograph showing a number of men sitting around two dining tables at Craig's Royal Hotel in Ballarat. Professor Alfred Mica Smith of the Ballarat School of Mines is standing 15 from the left, and is the subject of the painting on an easel to the left. The painting was presented to the Ballarat Fine Art GalleryLower right of mount 'Victa Studios Ballarat' Verso (typed and glued on): Presentation to professor Mica Smith, Craig's Hotelballarat school of mines, craig's hotel, craig's royal hotel, alfred mica smith, art gallery of ballarat, ballarat fine art gallery, portrait, frederick martell, daniel walker -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Ballarat School of Mines Corbould Building
... of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurigical Engineers for fifty... of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurigical Engineers for fifty ...Corbould Hall was named after Ballarat School of Mines alumni WIlliam Corbould. William Corbould was the son of a Ballarat tailor. He attended Ballarat College, and obtained certificates in assaying and metallurgy at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) in 1883, studying under the revered Professor Mica Smith. Corbould was not a born student and remembered his first experience at SMB: 'From the Registrar's Office I was led to be introduced to the Professor of Chemistry, one Mica Smith. The initial encounter gave me little encouragement - his large laboratory was filled with hundreds of bottles bearing strange labels with queer symbols on them. My heart sank. At the first opportunity I grabbed my hat and made for the door, but the good professor called me back. I pointed out that I was never any good at school ... so it was no use pretending to be clever enough to understand all those weird symbols! The Professor told me not to worry about that and took me to one of the benches where he found a blowpipe and a charcoal block. Mixing together two powders from bottles on the shelf he transferred a sample to the charcoal and directed the bunsen flame onto it. Soon it began to melt and a white bead appeared in front of my eyes. He then took a test tube and added a little colourless liquid from each of two bottles. A beautiful dark blue colour appeared. My interest was won.' During Corbould's mining career he travelled to Europe twice, and visited most of Australia's main mining fields. Corbould started his career as an assayer at Pinnacle Silver Mine, Silverton, and was then a self-employed assayer at Broken Hill. Corbould became an assayer for the infant BHP mine, and later worked in Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie, including managing Hannan's Reward, the oldest gold mine on the Kalgoorlie gold field. He spent 13 years at the Mount Elliott copper fields as general manager. In 1923, at the age of 57, Corbould went to Mount Isa and reported on options, experimented with new metallurgical processes and floated a company. John Carden of CRA said: 'Corbould was the man who brought Urquhart to Mount Isa. He was the man who made it all possible. He is tremendously important in the Mount Isa story, because he was the first technical man, the first professional man on the scene. He was responsible as I said, for bringing finance to the place, but I think even more importantly he was the first man to recognise the need to put all the little claims in the Mount Isa discovery together. I think perhaps his major contribution to Mount Isa was this amalgamation on the various claims. He recognised that the ore bodies at Mount Isa were not as rich as Broken Hill and they would never have survived had it been fragmented, so he was terribly important.' After completing major financial negotiations for Mt Isa Mine from London in 1927 Corbould remained in Europe where he remained until his death. Corbould was awarded the Legion of Honour of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurigical Engineers for fifty years service. Corbould died at Monaco in 1949 at the age of 82. He bequested 6000 pounds to the Ballarat School of Mines, his will stating 'for the purpose of founding a scholarship to commemorate the memory of the late Alfred Mica Smith'. The accumulated income from this sum provides the Mica Smith travelling scholarship, enabling successful students in mining, metallurgy or chemistry to undertake a year's travelling abroad. The first award was made in 1957. In the same year a general purpose hall at SMB was named the Corbould Hall as a tribute to a distinguished former student and generous benefactor.ballarat school of mines corbould building, corbould hall, corbould building -
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Certificate, Ballarat School of Mines, William Corbould's Ballarat School of Mines Metallurgy Certificate, 11/07/1883
... of Honour of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurigical... of Honour of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurigical ...William Corbould was the son of a Ballarat tailor. He attended Ballarat College, and obtained certificates in assaying and metallurgy at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) in 1883, studying under the revered Professor Mica Smith. Corbould was not a born student and remembered his first experience at SMB: 'From the Registrar's Office I was led to be introduced to the Professor of Chemistry, one Mica Smith. The initial encounter gave me little encouragement - his large laboratory was filled with hundreds of bottles bearing strange labels with queer symbols on them. My heart sank. At the first opportunity I grabbed my hat and made for the door, but the good professor called me back. I pointed out that I was never any good at school ... so it was no use pretending to be clever enough to understand all those weird symbols! The Professor told me not to worry about that and took me to one of the benches where he found a blowpipe and a charcoal block. Mixing together two powders from bottles on the shelf he transferred a sample to the charcoal and directed the bunsen flame onto it. Soon it began to melt and a white bead appeared in front of my eyes. He then took a test tube and added a little colourless liquid from each of two bottles. A beautiful dark blue colour appeared. My interest was won.' During Corbould's mining career he travelled to Europe twice, and visited most of Australia's main mining fields. Corbould started his career as an assayer at Pinnacle Silver Mine, Silverton, and was then a self-employed assayer at Broken Hill. Corbould became an assayer for the infant BHP mine, and later worked in Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie, including managing Hannan's Reward, the oldest gold mine on the Kalgoorlie gold field. He spent 13 years at the Mount Elliott copper fields as general manager. In 1923, at the age of 57, Corbould went to Mount Isa and reported on options, experimented with new metallurgical processes and floated a company. John Carden of CRA said: 'Corbould was the man who brought Urquhart to Mount Isa. He was the man who made it all possible. He is tremendously important in the Mount Isa story, because he was the first technical man, the first professional man on the scene. He was responsible as I said, for bringing finance to the place, but I think even more importantly he was the first man to recognise the need to put all the little claims in the Mount Isa discovery together. I think perhaps his major contribution to Mount Isa was this amalgamation on the various claims. He recognised that the ore bodies at Mount Isa were not as rich as Broken Hill and they would never have survived had it been fragmented, so he was terribly important.' After completing major financial negotiations for Mt Isa Mine from London in 1927 Corbould remained in Europe where he remained until his death. Corbould was awarded the Legion of Honour of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurigical Engineers for fifty years service. Corbould died at Monaco in 1949 at the age of 82. (http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Corbould,William.shtml)A white paper certificate with black printed and handwritten text, and a blue Ballarat School of Mines seal. The certificate is signed by Andrew Berry (Registrar) and James Oddie (Vice-President).Signed on the left 'W.H. Corbould'mining, ballarat school of mines, mining alumni, metallurgy, james oddie, andrew berry, william corbould, corbould, berry, oddie -
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Book, American Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol 1, 1871-1873
... Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers...american institute of mining engineers...American Institute of Mining Engineers... Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol 1 Red ...Meetings of the institute were held in Wilkes-Barre, Bethlehem, Troy, Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh and Boston.Red hard covered book. Contents include: * List of members * Geological Distribution of MIning Districts in the United States (R.W. Raymond) * The Relation between the Speed and Effectiveness of Stamps (R.W. Raymond) * Remarks on the Waste in Coal-Mining (R. P Rothwell) * An Eccentric Theodolite (Francis Vinton) * The Use ad Advantages of the Prop Srew-Jack (E. Gaijot) * The Manufacture of Iron and Steel Rails ( John B. Pearse) * The importance of Surveying in Geology (Benjamin Smith Lyman) * Use of Blast-Furnace Slag (T. Egleston) * The Geonostical History of Metals (T. Sterry Hunt) * The Mining and Metallurgical Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Robert H. Richards) Stamped "Department of Mining University of Melbourne"american institute of mining engineers, mining engineering, prop screw jack, mining districts in the united states of america, waste inn coal mining, lehigh zinc company, lake superior copper districtblast furnace, rolling versus hammering ingots, indianablack coal, pig-iron, longwall system of mining, wickersham process, midlothian colliary, virginia, plummet lamp, diamond drills -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, BCAE Prospectus 1988, 1988
The Ballarat College of Advanced Education was formed by the merging of the State College of Victoria at Ballarat (SCVB) and the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education (BIAE). The parent body of BIAE was the Ballarat School of Mines, founded in 1870 to train personnel for mining activities. The first awards at diploma level were made in 1896 in the branches of English, Metallurgy and Geology. Over the years the range of courses broadened to include Art, Physics, Business Studies, Humanities and Librarianship. The tertiary division of the School of Mines was relocated to Mount Helen in 1970. The SCVB was established in 1925 by the Education Department as the Ballarat Teachers' College. It was one of two provincial teachers' colleges to be established. The first courses were concerned with primary teaching and manual arts but later the subject areas of Physical Education, Environmental Sciences, Music, Art and Craft became major strengths. The merger took place in 1976 and by 1980 all staff were located at the Mount Helen Campus. In 1988 Student accomdation included: * Mount Helen - 290 individual furnished study/bedrooms arranged in units of ten to fourten rooms. $64.05 including 4 evening meals * Gillies Street - 56 individaul study/bedrooms in two blocks each containing kitchen/dining room areas, a common room, as well as bathroom areas. Does not include meals. $37.80 per week. * Beaufort House - Managed by the Education Department, with BCAE playing a coordinating role in the placement of students. 75 single and shared accomodation with full board (14 meals per week) $73.80 per week * Nurses' Home - Ballarat Base Hospital authorities made approximately 100 individual study/bedrooms availabel to female students. (36.40 per week)White soft covered book with grey, blue, orange and green detail. It is the Ballarat College of Advanced Education Prospectus for 1988. It inclues admisson and application details, student services and facilities, open day, and undergraduate course information. ballarat college of advanced education, bcae, prospectus, vtac, international students, student accomodation, computer centre, library, childcare centre, campus shop, bean inn, applied science, arts, business, engineering, humanities, social sciences, librarianship, nursing, physical education, primary teaching, educaion, graduate diploma, sanyo micro-computers, apple iie computers, hewlett-packard 3000 model 70, hewlett-packard 9000/550 computer, cyber 180-835 at rmit, student union, gym, teacher resource centre -
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Correspondence, On Going Access to Associateship of the Ballarat School of Mines by Certain Graduates/Diplomates of BCAE, 1977, 20/06/1977
The BCAE letterhead includes the words 'incorporating State College of Victoria at Ballarat [ex Ballarat Teachers College] and Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education [tertiary division of SMB]A copy of an A4 letter sent from E.J. Barker, Director of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education (BCAE) to Graham Beanland, Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines. The letter concerned the possibility of graduates who received a V.I.C. degree of Ballarat College of Advanced Education Diploma with major studies in Geology, Metallurgy or Mining Engineering at BCAE to gain associateship of the School of MInes and Industries Ballarat.merger, letterhead, ballarat college of advanced education, ballarat school of mines, associateship, e.j. barker, graham beanland -
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Letter, Inward Correspondence to the Ballarat School of Mines, 1910, 08/1910
Inward Correspondence to the Ballarat School of Mines, November 1910letterhead, education department, telegram, yarraville chlorination and ore reduction works, a. anderson, h.b. silberberg & co, a.h. walsh, j.m. edgar, charles w. frost, gordon technical college, g. king, jennings deep lead tingha tin mining company, ballarat city board of advice, metallurgical laboratory, s. radcliff, f.w. hall, ararat, gordon technical school, d.c. newham, staffordshire reef, john wilesmith, sandstone western australia, j. worthington, elaine, j. loughman, gold buyers act, h.h. smith, incorporated institute of accountants, james stapp, electric supply companyof victoria, h.j. spencer, tasmanis mines department, david melvin, caulter f. ingpen, hobson's gold mining company, canadian finance and securities, scott hotel steiglitz, g. straight, jubilee mine italians, elsie alcock, dressmaking, w.a. t. davies, legislative assembly, state forests department, myles b. webster, photography, albury, commercial banking company sydney -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Accounts Listing, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, School of Mines and Industries Ballarat finance committee accounts listing from March 1970, 1971
... australian institute of mining and metallurgy... william adams and company ballarat courier australian institute ...School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityThis book lists the accounts payable of the School of Mines in the 1970's and 80's giving us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being donebrown book with red spine and label on the front Finance committee Accounts listing from March 1970ballarat school of mines, account listings, finance committee, j. mckenzie, g. low, m.j bennett, n. crosbie, william adams and company, ballarat courier, australian institute of mining and metallurgy -
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Document, Ken Clements (BCAE Registrar), Ballarat College of Advanced Education Development, 1989
The history starts with the following: The Ballarat College of Advanced Education was formed in 1976 by the merging of the State College of Victoria at Ballarat and the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. Each of the two institutions forming the Ballarat College of Advanced Education had a unique history of Development. The parent body of the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education was the School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat. The original school was founded in 1870 by the Ballarat Mining Board with the support of local residents interested in assisting the then flourishing gold mining industry by training personnel for all levels of mining activities. The first awards were at the professional diploma level leading to Associateship of the School of Mines were made in 1896 to various branches of Engineering, Metallurgy and geology. ... Two pages of printed text concerning the history and development of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education, taken from the 1889 Ballarat College of Advanced Education Handbook.ballarat teachers college, mt helen, bcae, biae, scvb, tertiary education, ballarat college of advanced education, state college of victoria at ballarat, ballarat institute of advanced education, ballarat school of mines -
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Programme, Programme for the Official Opening of the Mt Helen Campus, 10/1970
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