In 1980, Arthur James McKay wrote the story of life, from early days at home in Sale to journeying between the workshop at RVIB and a working musician.1 word file of Arthur McKay's autobiographyarthur mckay, rvib school, bert kelton, miss bryan, alan campbell, ken campbell, frank plumstead, george findlay, david palmer, rvib orchestra, dancing, s.w. hedger, charlotte briggs, harry van assche, geoff palmer, 3db radio station, merle grenfell, brother p.g. o'neill, alex sauter, radio club, phyllis gration, trojan club, recreation, rita nightingale, bert harris, fred sutcliffe, dick sutcliffe, jack murphy, david bell, malvern tramways band, wirths brothers circus, melbourne museum, jack cox, botanical gardens, education, evelyn holden, waldemar seidel, jack sweeney, auxiliaries, william mallenson, hugh jeffrey, ormond hall, kitty rayner, neil westh, raleigh street hostel, murray parker, villa maria society, james sutton crowe, john cowan, myrtle middleton, jim watson, walter clemson, bill jones, cricket, edward (ted) hanlon, norm rees, harry finlayson, donald forbes, g dent, geoffrey green, olinda, norma allen, kiat so, melrose house for the blind, harold gration, joe morton, employment, charlie bradley, jim smith, blind workers union, lorna cole, australian federation of blind citizens, guild of professional blind, fred jones, ken swadesir, st paul's school for the blind, alfred dovey, rvib rifle club, david blyth, gordon duxbury, betty bridge, elsie mead, keith holdsworth, barbara gillott, thomas walter mitchell, dr charles bennett, lady nell seeing eye dog school

Editorial, Fumes from the Lab (by J.R. Pound), Trade Topics, Answers to correspondents, Arts & Crafts gossip, Echoes of the past - Past Students', In Memoriam: Clyde Lukeis, W. K. Moss, Hints to students who are leaving school, Sport, Military news, The Junior Techs, List of Past Students', First Steps in Assaying, Some Notes on the Plasticity of Clay (by Reginald Callister). The Factory Chemist (by George W. Cornell), Lal Lal V MorwellTwo brown soft covered magazine with navy blue inscriptions. Images include: Clyde Lukeis, Ken Ross, Ballarat School of Mines Football Team, Ballarat School of Mines Athlectics Team, Prefects and Scholarship WinnersSigned on inside first page by Harold Jolly.ballarat school of mines, magazine, h. a. palmer, g. r. simons, p. a. trompf, h. e. nicholls, c. mcilvena, g. tunbridge, v. gilchrist, e. mckissock, g. w. cowdell, m. timmings, a. w. middleditch, r. s. russell, h. jolly, harold jolly, d. r. evans, j. b. robinson, myrtle turner, clyde lukeis, w. k. moss, ken moss, a. nicholson, middleton and morris, j.r. pound, percy trompf, cyril callister, r. tinworth, victor greenhalgh, william baragwanath, old boys associaiton, reunion, john dulfer, d.a. runting, s.r. vial, george cornell, plasticity of clay, assaying, lal lal, morwell, reginald callister