Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 2 March 1991 to 24 May 1991.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, education under threat in country, apprenticeship system threatened, students work for community and industry, jason williams - roger keen - jamie walker, metalworks finals, tools to help disabled, neville french local potter, wayne strong new inskill manager, smb music program for children, jean read and helen fairhall, students plant an elm, austin mccallum special development school, heather horrocks and bruce stalley, adult literacy resource centre, motivation is the key, catherine mccann, autumn music in the gardens, bradley slater and lana zylan, adam fleming plumbing and gas fitting award, meg and rosalie barry, native garden honors former apprentice, ballarat library use increased, adam lindsay gordon cottage, extensions to child care centre, jack barker, smb director praises staff, damian smith top apprentice, trimathon planned, christopher sanders potter, jill simmons and john o'laughlin ceramics students, alfred mica smith

Apprentices' Handbook, Issued with the compliments of The Council and Staff of The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries. It contains a foreword from the Principal to apprentices. It states how they are taking the first step towards becoming a first class craftsman in their chosen field. The course is set down by the Victorian Apprenticeship Commission and consists of the practical experience obtained while on the job together with the subjects studied at this school. Page 26 gives the date the book was produced. From the diary of a service man dated January 25, 1913:- "Been filing crank pins all day. Hard to get a good job if they are much out of round, but it is the only practical way at present." That is 40 years ago and contrasts with today. (1953)Sixty-two page handbook with illustrations. .1: E J Tippett in blue ink on inside of front cover. Printer's name and emblem on last page. "John Fraser & Son Printers - Albert Street, Ballarat"ballarat school of mines, trades, apprenticeship, apprentice, electrical mechanics, motor mechanics, turning and fitting, plumbing and gasfitting, blacksmithing, printing, useful tables, mechanical and electrical unit equivalents, power consumption of electrical appliances, horse power to drive machinery, breakdown troubles of cars, pre-war post-war, table of chemical elements, screw gauges, welding tips

U-Matic Video recordings (Master tapes) mostly dated in the 1980s. Alphabetically: A house of all trades [No date] (14 min). An Introduction to floor managing An introduction to floor managing. Architrave: running the mould. Solid plastering. [No date] (17 min). Boom spray calibration (turf management). [No date] (6 min). Drafting. Module C51 Step no 4.(footwear) (1987) [No time] (Edit master) Fibrous plastering (1988) (Duration 11.00) Firm foundations: presenting a case for finance (21 min) Flux cored arc welding. Roof plumbing: fitting outlet. Friction in engineering (20 min). Grafting and budding techniques. (1986) (Duration 10.00) Horticultural courses at Collingwood College of TAFE. [No date] (10 min). Making a hand made thread. [No date] [No time] Making a hand-made thread Manual metal arc welding [No date] (24 min). Master saddlery; stitching: 1 saddle, 2 back. Microphones and their use in location sound recording [No date] [No time] Microphones and their uses in location sound recording Mold cutting [No date] [No time] Plain sailing: a film about business planning (20 min). Potentiometers, Part 1. (1983)(16 min). Preparation of artwork for video tape production (1977)(162 min). Preparation of instructional video tapes (1977)(12 min). Roof plumbing: fixing eaves cutters: Part 1 – fixing methods. [no time] Saddlery: hand stitching Safe saddle making. (1985) [No time] Solid plastering/Setting in Plaster and lime (1987) (Duration 10.00) (Edit master) Special electronic effects in video production. [No date] [No time] Splitting a stone using plugs and feathers [No date, possibly 1987] (Duration 9.40) (Master edit) The necessary art; videotape lighting: practical tips. (1974)(15 min). Tiling a staircase (1987) (Duration 25.00) (master edit) Water resistant board (W.R. Board): What is a word processor (26 min). WR Board northern metropolitan college of tafe, handbooks, nmit

The first school of Mines in Australia was established at Ballarat in 1870. At the time of its jubilee (1930) the following people were members of the School Council: W.H. Middleton (President), W.T. Humphreys (VP), J.S. Vickery (VP), F. Barrow, Col. W.K. Bolton, William Baragwanath, A.E. Cutter, J.N. Dunn, G. Fitches, W.H. Fleay, F. Herman. W.D. Hill, T. Hurley, K. Kean. J. Kelly, L. Lederman, Mayor of Ballarat, Mayour of Ballarat East, D. Maxwell, M. Martin, R. Maddern, D. Ronaldson, F. Saunders, R. Stephenson, A.O. Stubbs, R.E. Tunbridge. The School Staff in 1920 comprised: Herbert H. Smith, Walter Rowbotham, Reginald L. Cutter, M.C. Young, Hilda Wardle, M. Wiliamson, P.S. Richards, L.H. Archibald, J. Woods, Ken Moss, W. Kenneth, Mrs McIlvena. B. Robinson, S. Rowe, E. Hope-Jones, Miss Abrams, L.St.G.P. Austin, Alfred Mica Smith, J.R. Pound, Herbert R. Murphy, N.H. Junner, Maurice Copland, L.H. Archibald, E.J.A. McConnon, Newton King, D.m. Hull, T.R. Gordon, John M. Sutherland, T.K. Jebb, Dick Richards, C. Tonkin, A.W. Steane, J. Paterson, H.W. Malin, R.V. Maddison, S.M. Mayo, F.A. King, W.H. Steane, T.R. Gordon, T.A. Williams, H. Waldron, G. Black, E.J. McConnon, R.V. Duncan. R. Cutter, E.G. Vawdrey, Hilda WardleWhite stapled booklet - landscape format - 20pp + soft covers with blue writing. Includes an historical sketch of the Ballarat School of Mines. Contains images of the school from around 1920. The history outlined in the booklet follows: 'Ballarat has helped to influence the life and destinies of Australia in many ways, the recital of which would perhaps prove tedious to the citizens of less favoured localities! However, it can be said, without much fear of contradiction, that only less known thought Australia than its fame as a gold field is the reputation won for it by its school of Mines, ... Ballarat was still quite a new place when the School was founded, but a very propserous and popular place all the same, with a go-ahead lot of citizens brim full of the spirit of enterprise which seemsto animate mining populations generally. Money was plentiful, and they launched out into ventures, which later, were to develop and take the place of the gold mines, while what is more to the point, they understood the value of education. the old digging days were passing away. So far as Ballarat itself was concerned the day of the cradle and tin dish had already passed into an antiquity "as dead and distant as the age of the Tubal Caon," said dir redmond Barry on declaring the School open. Mining had become a serious business, and the mining engineer, the metallurgist, and the geologist had become a power in the land. In these circumstances the suggestions to found a School of Mines met with ready acceptance. The late Mr James M. Bickett had the honor of bringing forward the proposition at a meeting of the Ballarat Mining Board in October, 1869. it was agreed to, and the Government, having been approached for assistance, granted a lease of the old Supreme Court buildings at a nominal reantal. A modest sum, including 100 pounds from the Borough Council of Ballarat West, was subscribed by a number of sympathisers, and on the 26th October, 1870, the inaugural address was delivered by Sir Redmond Barry, the first President of the School. Classes were commenced on the 23rd January, 1871. The students at first were mostly adults. They were chiefly men emloyed at the mines, who had the wisdom and energy to devote their spare time to study, and, though their attendance was somewhat irregular, they made very good progress. Old prints which have been preserved show them at work at furnaces, big bearded men of the old-fashioned type of miner. It is interesting to note that among those who gave evidence and encouragement was Sir Roderick Murchison, who many years before had advised Cornish miners to emigrate to Australia to search for gold, and who in 1848 was in possession of gold ore sent from this country. Sir Roderick sent a parcel of books for the library, and gave useful advice as to the curriculum which should be adopted. The Museum, which now contains a most valuable collection of minerals, was one of the first things attended to, and the reports presented to the Council from time to time speak of additions being made from all parts of the world. New equipment was constantly being added to the School, a good deal of assay work was done, and some specimens were sent from the East Indies for examination as far back as 1873. By this time there was a difficulty in providing accomodation for the students who wished to enrol, and the number of instructors had grown from two to four. In 1882 the first building was being erected on what was then part of the gaol reserve. A little more than ten years afterwards a buildnig formerly serving as a Methodist Church was absorbed, while later on, the demand for accomodation increasing, the attack upon the gaol was renewed. The School continued to grow in reputation and size, and became the science centre of the district, and in 1889 a learge new building was opened by Sir Alexander Peacock. Students came from over seas as well as from all the States of Australia, and after going through their courses they took with them the name and fame of the old School to all parts of the globe. School of Mines boys have played a great part in developing the mining fields of Western Australia, South Australia, and africa, while old students who have made a name in their profession are constantly dropping in to see how the old place is getting along. It was not to be expected, however, that the Ballarat School would be left without rivals, its very success inspiring competition. Mining Schools were started in other parts of Australia, and, at the same time, Victoria ceased to hold first place as a mining state. On the other hand there was a great advance in manufacturing, and the demand for technicaly trained men became a great and as insistent as ever it had been for trained mining men. The Council was quick to adapt the school to the new conditions, and the result is seen in the institution, which is one of Ballarat's proudest possession. Instruction is given in all branches of technical work, and the classes are filled with students who are building up for Ballarat a reputation as an industrial centre, which promises to equal that which it formerly held as a mining town. Owing to its bracing climate, its abundant opportunities for recreations, and its accessibilty, Ballarat as a city is an ideal place for educational purposed, and is yearly becoming more and more appreciated throughout the State. The chairman of one of Ballarat's biggests industries claims that the workman can do twice the day's work here that he can do in Melbourne. he was a little enthusiastic over it, perhaps, but it is a well-known fact that the healthy and invigourating Ballarat climate is conducive to both physical and mental activity, and the records of the School provide ample proof of it. One of the most interesting and successful branches of the School of Mines and Industries - if the name be enlarged with the enlargement of its scope - is the Technical Art School. "The City of Statues" has from its earliest days been a stronghold of art. Art schools have flourised here, and in 1905 the Education Department came to the conclusion that the best thing to do with them was to place them under the management of the School of Mines Council. A magnificent new Technical Art School was built at a cost of some 12,000 pounds on the site of the old Supreme Court building, and was formally opened on the 23rd July, 1915. The results have not only been justified but surpassed all anticipations. The most comprehensive list of subjects is taught, and this list is constantly added to. Students have flocked to the art School, which may be said to occupy a unique position in Australia, and its record of success is really astonishing. Its students supply art teachers for the newer schools that are being built, and many occupy leading positinos in important business houses. So well is its reputation known that orders are constantly being received, not only from Victoria, but from other States, for honor boards and challenge shields to be designed and made. The most recent addition to the School of Mines and Industries is the Junior Technical School, for which a new building is now being erected on a portion of the gaol site, transferred to the School of Mines Counci by the Government. At the present moment temporary quarters are being occupied. Some students after passing through the Junior School go straight to employment, continuing perhaps to attend the evening trade classes, while others move on to the senior School. In a review of the work of the School of Mines mention must be made of a series of industrial research carried out under supervision of the Principal. One in particular, regarding the suitability of the local ores for the manufacture of pigments attracted much attention, while the experiemtns on the manufacture of white potery from Victorian clayes were considered of sufficient importance by the Federal Advisory Council of Science and Industry to warrant the appointment of a special investigator. The results of these have been most encouraging, and may have far-reaching consequences. The vocational training of returned soldiers also should not be overlooked. The work was taken in hand from the first, before the Repatriation Department gave assistance, and now with the help of the department of the School has become one of the largest vocational training centres in Victoria outside of Melbourne. The soldiers, trained in a variety of occupations, have made remarkable progress, and already considerable numbers have found employment in local workshops and factories. To sum up, the School is divided into the following departments, each well staffed and equipped: - The School of Mines, science, and Engineering; the Techncial Art School, the Boys' Junior Technical School, the Girl's Preparatory Technical Classes, Trade Classes, and the Commercial School. The school of Mines, science and Engineering, comprises the following branches: - Mining, Metallurgy, Geology, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, and Pharmacy. Battery treatments, Cyanide Testing, Smelting, Assays, and Clay Testing from a regular part of the School's work. Students gaining qualifications obtain concession in their courses at the university, should they proceed there to continue their studies. The technical Art school curriculum includes training in all branches of pictorial and applied art, an Architectural Diploma Course, a Draughtman's Course, technical Art teachers' Course, Photography,Ticket Writing, Art Metal Work, Woodcarving, Needlework, and Leather work. The Trade Classes give instruction in Telephone Mechanics, telegraphy, Carpentry, Cabinet Making, Plumbing, Blacksmithing, Fitting, Electric Wiring, and Printing. Numerous Scholarships are offered every year, and altogether students will find few places to equal the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries as a training place for their life's work. One of the first in the continent to be established, its Jubilee finds it still in the front rank, keeping pace with the times, and offering to the youths of this country the means of taking advantage of Australia's teeming opportunities. william, battery, smith, herbert, drawing from the antique, ballarat school of mines botanical gardens, ballarat school of mines, redmond barry, alfred mica smith, james bickett, museum, dick richards, ballarat junior technical school, s m b, ballarat school of mines and industries, ballarat technical art school, model mine, james m bickett, j m bickett, roderick murchison, vocational training rooms, wesley church, methodist church, alexander peacock, lathes, repatriation, repatriatin department, war service, school council, baragwanath, gold mining, mining laboratory, plaster cast, r.w. richards, anniversary, jubilee

Numerous reports for students at the Ballarat Junior Technical School . Lists many students, and results in a range of subjects and techniques.apprentice, ballarat junior technical school, victorian railway apprentices, blacksmiths, coppersmithing, car painter, electrical fitting, boilermaker, springmaker, engineering, electrical wiring, p. van beveren, r. eastman, panel beating, plumbing and gasfitting, printing, composing, carpentry and joinery, dick richards, apprenticeship commission of victoria, parrern making, leslie furlong, james pierce, maxwell r. lette, r.l. eva, b. foy, william tumney, anthony houlihan, n.r. beddgood, w. loo, r. collingan, j.g. degroot, d.g. kelso, e. demarco, s. steenhuis, j. whitcher, d.s. howie, walter gercovitch, p.m. collier, b.r. bedgood, r. singleton, s.r littlehales, r.w. samson, w.h. pearce

Numerous reports for students at the Ballarat Junior Technical School . Lists many students, and results in a range of subjects and techniques.apprentice, ballarat junior technical school, victorian railway apprentices, blacksmiths, coppersmithing, car painter, electrical fitting, boilermaker, springmaker, engineering, electrical wiring, panel beating, plumbing and gasfitting, printing, composing, carpentry and joinery, apprenticeship commission of victoria, d. baddelry, s. bridges, r. vincent, j. burrow, w. prowse, w. twaites, r.e. crump, bruce linklater, l.l. wood, john g. schepis, b. antonio, j. colligam, l. goldsmith, d. gilbin, r. skinner, w. vagg, p.w. stoddart, a.g. yarwood, d. england, w. loo, p.j. reidy, g.d. sleep, p. frempton, d.g> kelso, m.m.l. boersma, geoffrey hayes, a. blackburn, w. liddicoat, r.s. pike, a. bamford, v. mason, r. adriaans, j. gullock, j.p. dellaca, j. rinaldi, j. minehan, n. spicer, keith mcilvena, chris van gaans, william warren, instrument maker, ivan f. crowley, r. eastman, c. maccann, r.s. young, kevin bell, g. carroll, g. waldron, l.w. wilson, r. morrison, s. ellis, r.h. holmes, b. hubbard, r. quick, k. roberrts, j. blood, k. peacock, w. mott, r.f. rea, j. colligan, n. d'angri, s. fumberger, john gallagher, donald tozer, james skilbeck, a.j. mong

Yellow printed apprentice reports issued by the Ballarat School of Mines. Report include parents name and address, and their examination results.ballarat school of mines, apprentice, trades, carpentry and joinery, electrical wiring, welding, printing, composing, motor mechanics, fitting and machining, bellingham, plumbing, gasfitting, canny, leviston, ludbrook, mcilvena, penhall, s.f. sartori, d.w.sartori, n. steinman, w.m. thege, richard thege, w.m. thege, g.h. lamb, panel beating, j. dellaca, j.v. dellaca, boilermaking, j. flood, i.w. flood, graeme hood, a.h. hood, j.w howell, vern howell, b.w. antonio, george bellingham

Technical Schools Syllabuses produced by the Education Department of Victoria. Items cover the period between 1914 and 1948. They outline the requirements for various subjects, covering the following: .1: Sound and Light; .2: Course for Public Analysts, Day and Evening; .3: Sheet Metal Work; .4 Land, Engineering and Mine Surveying (1914); .5: Surveying (1921); .6: Physics (1924); 7: Iron, Steel and Engineering Alloys (1924); .8: Instrument Making(1924); .9: Elementary Science (1924); .10: Shorthand (1925); .11: Elementary Science- for Girls (1926); .12: Physic- Women's School (1928); .13: Typewriting (1929); .14: Painting and Decorating (1929); .15: Plumbing and Gasfitting (1929); .16: Plastering (1929); .17: Signwriting (1929); .18 Plumbing and Gasfitting (1937); .19: Course for Fibrous Plastering (1937); .20: Plumbing and Gasfitting (1938); .21: Course for Fitting and/or Turning and Machinist (1948). This is a 48 page booklet. 21 A5 sheets typedtechnical schools, syllabuses, victoria, education department, sound and light, public analysts, sheet metal work, land engineering and mine survey, surveying, physics, iron steel and engineering alloys, instrument making, elementary science, shorthand, elementary science for girls, physics women's schools, typewriting, painting and decorating, plumbing and gasfitting, plastering, signwriting, fibrous plastering, fitting and/or turning, machinist, 1914, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1949

Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 8 April 1985 to 10 October 1985.Book with beige cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, industrial electrical engineers society, trevor henderson wins award, geoffrey blainey launches history of the school of mines, wendouree tech high wins football, six-day tree seminar at old ballarat east gardens, ian duggan wins welding award, smb facing big changes, challenges, writing workshops give pleasure, ania walwicz - writer artist, smb's famous head - r w richards, antarctic hero dies - 92, jim bell head of engineering, lee wallis head of plumbing and sheet metal, ballarat council to replace statue of malcolm fraser, staff farewelled, captain moonlight slept here, carpentary at smb will be moved, dick richard's obituary, hairdressing seminar, flagstaff college of tafe, smb, kim odgers first woman - certificate of technology in surveying, apprentices compete in work skill finals, peter brown - carpentry, ricky hains - engineering drawing, craig haintz - fitting and turning, lynn wheeler - hairdressing, brendan mceldrew - fitter, daryl edwards - electrical wiring, phillip smith - construction steelworker, dr murray gillan, former smb student now dean - faculty of engineering - swinburne institute of technology, tom walsh top farm apprentice for 1984, andrew gibbs top sheetmetal apprentice, ballarat unique educational centre, steven smith top motor mechanic for 1984, ricky hains selected fo skill olympics in japan, lynne wheeler wins silver medal in hairdressing, lynne kirkpatrick - most outstanding apprentice of 1985, lynne kirkpatrick - certificate of woolclassing, david brown motor mechanic apprentice, vacc award smb level one apprentice, central highlands/wimmera regional tafe awards, lynne kirkpatrick, wool classer, leigh gillbert building trade, darrenhumphris automotive trades, ian duggan metal trades, peter flett electrical trades, e j tippett resigns from smb council, courses for young job-seekers, $7 million project takes shape, ballarat municipal observatory being restored, breaking down more barriers, disabled employment support, smb grant for job training in modern office skills, ricky hains receives smb's centenary medallion, when centres for disabled will be redundant, nursing aide girls' award, jenny westin, bronwyn fleming, sharon rook, leanne adams, tracey foley, tammy lench, maxine cloks, ministry for arts visit, lydiard street closed between grant and dana streets, dangers that lurk at work, ministry of employment and training, forgotten hero is resurrected, baldwin spencer, barry hill, blackburn report on post-compulsory schooling, schools - what changes are needed, gifts for ballarat gardens, michael taffe presenting rose to smb, heritage roses in australia, courier 10/9/85, meri gracin smbfood services department, chokkie vegetable, learning the skills of hospitality, courier gardening seminar at smb, kevin heinze, smb redevelopment on target, eating their way to health, trevor mckenzie, helen schaper, steven marsden, farmer lynne kirkpatrick outstanding, silvana faulkner equal opportunities officer, women try non-traditional jobs