The School of Mines Annual Report, 23 December, 1874, Balance Sheet, List of Subscriptions and Donations, Fees. The Ballarat School of Mines was a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.White booklet of 20 pages, Annual Report 1874the school of mines, annual report, life governers, somerville l. learmonth, r. smythe, joseph flude, r. w. newman, j. g. reeves, h. r. caselli, mathilde meglin, philip russell, judge rogers, william bailey, martin loughlin, j. warrington rogers, duncan gillies, d. gillies, n. elder, egerton company limited, r. ford, w. hy. barnard, william henry barnard, william barnard, somerville learmonth