The former Sebastopol State School is located in Yarrowee Street, Sebastopol. The building was constructed of locally made bricks by Llewellyn Edwards and Co for £3,395 19s 6d. it was opened on January 1875, with an enrollment of 762 children. Enrollment lrose to over 1,000 and included a staff of sixteen teachers. By 1930 enrollment had fallen to 137, and in the 1940s their was 80 pupils and three teachers. After World War Two the local population increased and enrollments grew resulting in the second floor being reconditions and used again as classrooms. in June 1969 the attendance was 305 with ten teachers. Former alumni include: James Harris, W.F. Gates, Farold Jolley, Harold Hagelthorn, George Ellingsen (From Visions and Realisation, Vol 2)A double storey brick school building in Yarrowee Street Sebastopol, Victoria.education, school, sebastopol, sebastopol primary school, sebastopol state school

The Ballarat School of Mines held specialist classes for State School Students, including Chemistry and Electricity & Magnetism. Thirty three letters to the Ballarat School of Mines between 1899 and 1904. Some of the correspondence relates to Electricity, Chemistry, Physics and Mineralogy classes for State School students run by the Ballarat School of Mines. The Schools involved were Urquhart Street, Brown Hill, Queen Street, Dana Street, Eureka Street, Mount Pleasant, Sebastopol, Little Bendigo, Mount Clear, Golden Point, Humffray Street, Macarthur Street, Pleasant Street, and Wendouree. .2) Handwritten on lined foolscap paper: 'Golden Point S.S. 1493 10.8.04 F.J. Martell Esq Director, School of Mines, Ballarat Sir, I have much pleasure in informing you that I shall be able to send the full number of boys allotted to my school, viz., seven (7). The following are their names with the subject they desire to take: Walter Sneddon Magnetism & Electricity Cecil Major Magnetism & Electricity Norman Nice Magnetism & Electricity Charles Tinsworth Magnetism & Electricity Leslie Reed Magnetism & Electricity Ernest Booth Magnetism & Electricity David Both Magnetism & Electricity David Birch Chemistry Will you kindly let me know per bearer when the classes will be started. I am Yours respectfully, E.C. Perrin, Head Teacher.' ********* .8) Handwritten on lined paper 'State School 1071 Eureka St, Ballarat East 13/8/04 Sir, In reply to your letter of 8th Inst. I wish to infrom tou that seven boys from teh above school will attend the science classes at teh School of Mines and all of them desire to rak Chemsitry and mineralogy. Yours respectfully R.J. Burke Fred. J Martell Esq.' ********* .22) Eureka St S.S. Ballarat East 23 Aug 1904 Dear Sir, In reply to your last letter I wish to state that Friday afternoon will suit my school the better (for boys attending science lectures) Yours faithfully R.J. Burke F.J. Martell.' ********* .26) Handwritten on lined foolscap paper 'State School 1493 Golden Point 1.9.04 F.J. Martell Esqr. Director School of Mines Sir, The following are the names and classes of the boys from the above school: Charles Tinworth Electricity Ernest Book Electricity Neil Petch Electricity Cecil Major Mineralogy Norman Nice Physics Walter Sneddon Physics David Baird Chemistry Yours faithfully E.C. Perrin, Head Teacher education, school, state school, golden point state school, golden point primary school, eureka street state school, eureka street primary school, perrin, frederick martell, dana street primary school, sebastopol primary school, pleasant street state school, sebastopol state school, mount pleasant state school, mt pleasant state school, mount pleasant, sebsatopol, golden point, charles tinworth, chemistry, electricity, physics, mineralogy, cecil major, norman nice, david baird, walter sneddon, e.c. perrin, leslie reed, ernest booth, david birch, david booth, dana street state school

Gum Loong is an authentic Chinese fortune dragon who was awakened at Sovereign Hil in Ballarat on 11 March 1995. Gum Loong was created by the Canadian Lead, Mt Blowhard and Sebastopol Primary School Communities with support from the Ballarat Chinese Community Association, the Australia-China Friendship Society in Ballarat, the Asia Education and DEET. A Gum Loong Dragon Team of at least 80 students representing the three schools assist him on his special outings giving him legs. Gum Loong's body is 50 m long. Fifteem wooden barrels make his backbone. Colour photograph of Gum Loong the Golden Dragon of Ballarat, in the foyer of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute.chinese dragon, chinese, ballarat chinese community association

Scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings primarily about the Ballarat tramways and their closure in 1971. Most are duplicated in the collection. 1 - sketch of Ballarat 17 - BTPS - item 2230 2 - Group photo of SECV Ballarat trammies with names - item 2931 3 - group of 6 photos of Bendigo trams - The Sun, Sat. 15/4/1972 - item 1037 4 - Tram careers into car: man injured - The Courier - 22/6/1970 - tram 13, - not in collection 5 - Many will miss the trams - closure of Victoria St - 23/8/1971 - item 1038 6 - sheet of paper that may have been used to glue another sheet in - event program 7 - Centenary tram for Sebastopol - photo of 18 and the story of the tram to go Sebastopol for display in Victory Park - cutting not in collection or dated. 8 - Eureka Street Primary school fund raising 9 - Trams Roll again - moving BTPS trams - 19/7/1972 - item 1792 10 - A Long way from home - Ballarat 36 in Batman Ave - item 6308 11 - Tram 42 retires a church kindergarten - item 2920 12 - Sparkler at 25,000 feet - solar eclipse - The Sun 25/10/1976 13 - What Apollo can tell us - moon landings 14 - The Lal Lal Iron company tramway - The Courier, - three parts - June 1971 - on the rear of the first part is an advert for an SEC Power loan. 15 - Saving the Trams for the future - Crick UK 16 - Tram damaged in truck collision - tram 36, undated, includes photo of the damage - not in collection 17 - Electric trams did something for Ballarat - item 2913 18 - Tram makes farewell trip - item 2907 19 - Loose copies of the timetable for weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays as from 16/3/1970 - items 10217 and 285Demonstrates the work of Dallas John Everett in collecting items from his working on the Ballarat tram system.Scrapbook approx 40 pages, centre stapled, with printed covers - Rock Star Scrapbook featuring a photo of Linda Ronstadtballarat, tramways, newspaper clippings, closure, lal lal, tram 36, tram 18, timetables, sebastopol