Interesting historical note: the writer of the letter suggests a meeting with her friend Lord Sinha who will give Allan a tour of the Houses of Parliament and lunch. Lord Sinha is the son of Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha, the first (and only) Indian ever to be given the hereditary peerage and the first Indian member of the House of Lords. The peerage was created by Lloyd George in 1919.Quinn CollectionA single page of unlined blue paper folded in book form to give four pages of writing (0839.a). Letter is headed Oslo, Norway. The first half of the letter is dated 25.05.1950, the second half the 26.05.1950. Buff-coloured envelope (0839.b) is addressed to Allen Quinn Esq .M.S. Mongabarra, C/- Alex M. Petersen, 14 Meyr, Antwerp, Holland. Envelope bears one grey/blue Norwegian stamp. Post mark appears to be Gotenborg but is indistinct.Letter commences "My Dear Allen [sic],' and concludes "Love Vera".letters-from-abroad, quinn, lord sinha, vera south

Calendar and Annual Report 1901-02, Associateship and Final Certificates, Calendar for 1902, Certificates issued during 1900 in Metallurgy of Gold and Ore Dressing, Discipline, Discipline Board, Fees, Full Certificates Issued, General Regulations, Honorary Correspondents, Meteorological Observations, Office Bearers, Passes Obtained since 1892 in Final Examinations, President's Annual Report, Professors and Lecturers, Results of Examinations Conducted by Education Department 1900, Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Year 1900, Statistics - Students Attending Lectures, Subscriptions and Donations, Subjects Included in Regulations Technical Schools, Subjects of Instruction - Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Geological Department, Engineering Department, Electrical Department, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Practical, Plane and Solid Geometry, Photography, Time Table 1) 05225.1 Ballarat School of Mines Calendar for the Year 1901-02 with Annual Report and Balance Sheet for 1900, Pale grey soft cover, 93 Pages 2) 05225.2 Ballarat School of Mines Calendar for the Year 1901-02 with Annual Report and Balance Sheet for 1900, Pale grey soft cover, 93 Pages Images include: Senior Members of Staff, Interior of Museum, Balance Rooms, Engineering Lecture Room, Part of Cyanide Plant, Senior Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Lecture Room, Assay Laboratory, Junior Chemistry Laboratoryannual report 1901-02, andrew anderson - president, r. denham pinnock - vice president, hon. r.t. vale - vice president, the hon. john warrington rogers - trustee, the right reverend samuel thornton bishop of ballarat - trustee, james millhinch bickett - trustee, james oddie - trustee, the hon. henry cuthbert - honorary solicitor, r. g. middleton - honorary treasurer, thomas s. hart - curator of museum, chas. kent - auditor, fred j. martell - director, professor alfred mica smith, daniel walker, hubert r. murphy, charles a. deane, percy r. osborne, arthur garrad, thomas evans, douglas a. runting, ernest trend, thomas s. hart, g. stephen hart, professor g. j. dawbarn, a. e. c. kerr, herbert krause, henry j. hall, john m. sutherland, kerr grant, j. f. usher, chas, e. campbell, charles kent - auditor, chemistry laboratory, assay laboratory, electricity lecture room, charles kent, cyanide plant, judge warrington rogers, john warrington rogers, samuel thornton, james bickett, thomas hart, t.s. hart, henry hall, charles campbell, j.m. sutherland

Ballarat Junior Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of MinesGrey soft covered booklet.ballarat school of mines, ballarat junior technical school, prospectus, j.n. dunn, j. kean, d. maxwell, r. maddern, j.y. mcdonald, d.ronaldson, r.stephensen, f. saunders, a.o. stubbs, r.e. tunbridge, j.s. vickery, j.d.woolcott, r.e. williams, f. barrow, w.k. bolton, g. buchanan, j.j brokenshire, geo. fitches, w.h fleay, j.w. gower, f. herman, w.d. hill, w.t. humphreys, t. hurley, w. nixon, d. walker, l.s.g.p. austin, w.h. middleton, james bickett, school councillors, junior school staff, head master, a w steane, w j paterson, h w malin, r v maddison, senior school staff, w h smith, d walker, j m sutherland, e j mcconnon, d e mullens, w h steane

Boys could leave their primary school at 13 years of age and enter the Ballarat Junior Technical School of 12 months free of charge. * Brown / grey soft covered booklet with Ballarat School of Mines crest. The book includes the aims of the school, and the following photographs: * Scholarship, Studentship Winners and Prefects, 1920 * Woodwork Class (A.W. Steane in background) * School Sports Team (Winners of the Victorian Junior Technical School's Championship, 1920 a.w. steane, albert steane, ballarat school of mines, ballarat junior technical school, scholarship winners, studentship winners, prefects, h.w. malin, w.j. paterson, r.v. maddison, s. h. mayo, samuel mayo, r.l. cutter, w. kenneth, f n king, h h smith, j r pound, h v duncan, j m sutherland, l g leroux, t r gordon, w h steane, w kenneth, stakk of senior school

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