W.H. Wooster was associated with the Ballarat Observatory. .1) Photograph of W.H. Wooster with the telescope at the Ballarat Observatory. .2) Head and shoulders of W.H. Woosterballarat observatory, observatory, wooster, w.h. wooster, portrait, mount pleasant

An image of W.H. Wooster with telescope, and a page copy of his handwritten notes outlining his achievements.7707.2 "Notes Grandpa has lectured scores of times in the Sch. of Mines, sometimes for one of the Professors who was ill. Also Lectured in the City Fire Brigade, Ballarat E Fire Brigade, Barkley St Wesn chap., Lydiard St. Wes. Chapl, St Peter's Church of England, Mt Pleasant Wes. Chapl., Baptist Church; & many other places. Preached i the Neil St. Wes. Chapels at Brown Hill, the Gong, Ltl Bendigo, Golden Point, Macarthur St., Mnt Pleasant, the Bible Christian Chppl., and many others. Too photos of most of the places shown in these "Ballarat Views", and many others. And laid the Foundation of the fine Municipal Observatory, in a long series of "Astronomical" and other "Scientific Notes", published in the Ballarat Courier and Ballarat Star, & occasionally in another Newspaper, which roused much public interest in Astronomy. The present official astronomer, Mr John Brittain, is my pupil in Astronomy and Microscopy, and calls me his Father in Science. W.H. Wooster."w.h. wooster, ballarat observatory, microscope, microscopy, churched, preaching, lay preacher, ballarat school of mines, ballarat field naturalists club, observatory, telescope

The listing of books in the Ballarat School of Mines library begins with No 1 and ends at No 1465. This book is identical to Library Catalogue No 00007, but isonly numbered to No. 921. Redmond Barry, Robert Broigh Smyth, Ferdinandy Von Mueller, the Victorian Geolofical Survey and many local illuminaries donated to the Ballarat School of Mines. Black cloth covered exercise book with handwritten lists of books in the Ballarat School of Mines Library dating from 1870 to 1896. The pages have been divided into columns with the following headings: Reg. No; Title; Author; Vol.; Issue; Donor, Receipt. Some of the books are as follows: 1. Memoirs of Geological Survey of Great Britain, Vol 1., 1846, Donated by Her Majesty's Government, 16/03/1870 19. Prospectus of the School of Mines, 1869, Donated by Her Majesty's Government, 16/03/1870 44. The Steam Engine, Rankine, purchased, 09/03/1871 72. Melbourne University Calendar, 1859-1860, donated by Sir Redmond Barry, 14/04/1871 85. Maps of County of Anglesey, donated by Minister of Mines, 23/05/1871 107. Electric Telegraph, R. Sabine, purchased, June 1874 356. Organic Constituents of Plants and Vegetable Substances, Dr. G.C. Willstein, donated by Ferdinand Von Mueller 375. The native Plants of Victoria Succinctly Defined, Baron Von Mueller, purchased, 1879 569. Platur's Manual of Qual and Quan Analysis with the blowpipe, donated by Henry Sutton, May 1884 738. German Bible, donated by R. J. Litton, 21.05.1886 802. Essays of Addison, J.R. Green, 18/06/1887, donated by Bella Guerin 803. Rec De Planches Dur Les sciences Les Arts Liberaux et les Arts Mechaniques, Vol VI, 1875, Donated by Theo William, 01/07/1887 Excel spreadsheet attached (incomplete)ballarat school of mines, library, books, ballarat school of mines library, william laplau, dr bunce, james oddie, bella guerin, j.f. usher, r.m. sergeant, redmond barry, robert brough smyth, cosmo newbery, john noble wilson, joseph flude, commissioner of patents, henry sutton, w.n. wooster, theophilus taylor, rivett henry bland, ferdinand von mueller, c.c. shoppee, william luplau, ferdinand krause, william wooster

The Ballarat School of Mines was the first School of Mines in the southern hemisphere. Its Museum was established in 1872. Donation 600, 4 July 1882, H. Sutton, Ballarat. Nature of Donation: 13th Annual report of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain 2 papers 'from the proceedings of the Royal Society', Nos 217 & 218 - 1882 communicated by the President :on a new electrical Storage battery" by Henry Sutton, Ballarat, Victoria Donation 976, 8 May 1884, H. Sutton, Ballarat. Nature of Donation: * 1 volume "Pluttner on the Blowpipe: (Pluttner's manual of qualitative & quantitative analysis of the blowpipe. Donation 1682, 28 Feb 1887, James Lamb, Ballarat. Nature of Donation: Copy of "The Ballarat Times" newspaper of 3 December 1854, framed, and protected on both sides with glass. Donation 1712, 28 April 1887, Marg. Guerin, Ballaarat. Nature of Donation: Specimens nos (797-806) 797-801 from the New Reform Mine Luchnow, NSW (797) Serpentine with vein of quartz and calcite (798) Surpentine passing into silicous ferruginoous gossan; with drives of rock crystal (&99) Diorite with vein of calcite (800) Auriferous vein stuff (801) Auriferous arrenopyrite with calcite (802) noble opal filling cavities in decomposed traclyte (803-805) from Mr McDonald, NSW (806) arutute (carbonate of lead) in long schombie purni (?) Donation 1730, 23 May 1887, Miss Guerin, Ballaarat. Nature of Donation: Copy of the Victorian Review No 74 December 1 1885, Copy Wide Awake Vol 1 No 6 May 21st 1887Large rough calf covered book recording museum, laboratory and library donations to the Ballarat School of Mines. 4835 donations are recorded.Marbled end papers. Labels on spine and front cover.ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines museum, benjamin hepburn, ce clarke, j noble wilson, m hamburger, d christy, edwin jewell, ellery, john gray, go preshaw, cf crouch, henry brind, james darby, rm serjeant, george day, jf watson, stoddart, j hicks, hicks, james hector, sleep, jj sleep, james pearce, henry obree, newman, william tarrant, beilby, william bradford, george lansell, watson, edward gazzard, e morey, john lynch, j hector, rivett bland, bland, costin, whittle, crowther, mitchell, ferdinand krause, krause, joseph mitchell, john walker, bailey, duncan, mica smith, alfred mica smith, james buchanan, buchanan, whitehouse, dr bunce, bunce, james bklack, james bickett, js north, joseph flude, alfred lester, wagemann, fw niven, edwards, william evett, john addis, al elphinstone, henry sutton, ol olden, bh cross, robert hamilton, hancock, ferdinand von mueller, von meuller, berchevaise, j whitehouse, serjeant, henty, james shugg, john ross, james oddie, ralph tate, henry watts, wh wooster, wooster, luplau, rosenblum, heddington, albert furmedge, buley, robert wilson, e. rowlands, ne hall, henry pearce, lee young, nicholls, dusontory, daniel brohpy, brophy, klug, james donaldson, john cherry, ce jones, john feilds, thomas williams, enscoe, e price, shoppee, jacob drew, george wyatt, dimmock, james orr, john hardy, george wyatte, thomas rogers, james lamb, doepel, margaret guerin, bella guerin, guerin, george binns, william laplau, captain baker, baker, crisp, barnard, haffie, bateman, chalmers, richard parker, adam adamson, jn wilson, john noble wilson, papenhagen, towl, government astronomer, royal society, minister of mines, thoams blackett, burbury, denny, thys, p gay, james law, woolnough