Letter from the Secretary of the Youth Emplyment Committee to the Ballarat School of Mines.f.e. feguson, youth employment committee

employment, youth employment, training, statistics, clerical staff

Handwritten book with, for each school, names, exam questions and marks by subject: Chemistry, Botany. Sub-intermediate, Intermediate, Leaving, Matricultation Agricultural Science from 1941; Youth Employment Class 1939. School students attending classes at Burnley College.students, exam questions, mark, chemistry, botany, sub-intermediate, intermediate, leaving, matricultation agricultural science, youth employment class, 1939, burnley college

Depression of the 1930s - 10 pages newspaper cuttings; Letters from Dept Public Works, State Relief Committee, Ringwood Football Association, Boys Employment Movement, Youth Employment Survey; Australia in the Depression - Hill of Content Archive Series

A film made in 1990 targeted at young workers about their workplace rights. Relevant to workplace rights in Australia in the 1990s.VHSbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, workplace rights, workplace relations, employment - youth, occupational health and safety, unions, wages, employers, legislation - labor laws

A film about skills, training and getting a job, delivered through the medium of rap.Relevant to youth work, skills and training in the 1990s.VHSbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, employment - youth, skills and training - youth, work - youth, music - rap

Dr Michele Matthews has been a local and social historian for nearly three decades since she first used correspondence held by the then Bendigo City Council for her Honours thesis. She is an ardent advocate for the use of local history records to tell Victorian and Australian history from a grassroots perspective. Michele’s MA thesis, ‘A forgotten “Father” of Federation: Sir John Quick 1852‑1911’ (2003), and her PhD thesis, ‘Survivors, schemes, Samaritans and shareholders: the impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925‑1935’ (2007), both drew heavily on Bendigo and district records. Michele Matthews Collection: PHD Research - vocational guidance and employment scheme This item includes the following document: 8672.37a The document outlines a 1933 vocational guidance and employment scheme developed by the Bendigo Agricultural and Educational Bureau and the Vocational Guidance Committee to address youth unemployment. The committee estimated that around 700 boys under 21 were unemployed in Bendigo, with an initial focus on approximately 200 boys who had left school since January 1930. Rather than attempting to help everyone at once, the proposal recommended starting with a small group of 50–60 boys to test different employment and training schemes before expanding the program. A major proposal was the establishment of a training school in mixed farming. The plan suggested using a nine-acre property near the Durham Ox Hotel where boys would receive practical agricultural training for a year before being placed on farms for further experience. The farm would include accommodation, poultry facilities, vegetable gardens, fodder crops, and livestock, while supervision would be provided by an experienced retired farmer or an agricultural college graduate. The scheme aimed to equip boys with practical farming skills while promoting self-sufficiency. The committee also proposed placing boys directly into employment through partnerships with local businesses and industries. Around ten boys would initially be placed in shops, where they would receive proper training and wages that increased with experience. Similar efforts were planned to place boys on farms in northern districts with the support of the Agricultural Society. Additional vocational pathways included training as stationary engine drivers for the mining industry, scientific prospecting, forestry work, and assistance for boys wishing to establish poultry enterprises at home. These initiatives reflected an effort to match training opportunities with the region's major industries and labour demands. Recognising that not all unemployed boys could immediately find work, the report also emphasised the importance of social and recreational activities. Churches, lodges, the Boy Scouts, the YMCA, and the Citizens' Military Forces were encouraged to organise activities that would keep unemployed boys engaged, maintain morale, and prevent idleness while employment opportunities were being developed. The committee also resolved to avoid publicity until its plans had been finalised. The accompanying 1931–1932 report on vocational guidance highlighted the growing importance of vocational guidance cards, which recorded students' interests, abilities, and career preferences. These records were considered valuable for directing students into occupations suited to their skills rather than encouraging unrealistic aspirations for university or clerical work. The report argued that many secondary students were being prepared for careers with limited employment prospects and that vocational guidance could better align education with labour market needs. The report also reviewed employment conditions across Bendigo and surrounding towns. While some smaller communities such as Eaglehawk and Inglewood experienced relatively little unemployment among recent school leavers, Bendigo itself faced significant difficulties, particularly for young people aged 16 to 20 who had completed technical or domestic arts schooling but struggled to find work. The report noted that vocational guidance alone could not solve the problem and emphasised the need for coordinated community action. It concluded by describing the formation of a joint Vocational Guidance Council and Agricultural and Educational Bureau, the appointment of a full-time welfare officer, and ongoing efforts to collect employment statistics and develop practical schemes to improve youth employment.bendigo, michele matthews collection, bendigo agricultural and educational bureau

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 12 October 1989 to 29 December 1989.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, photographs ballarat life, edan bradley, sarah bolster, special entry scheme, access program for women, anthony wonish silver medal winner, kathryn wilson first r j young scholarship, promoting opportunities at smb, ann mccaffrey, smb open day, training structure charts, women speak on small business, radiotherapy machine needed in ballarat, leesa arnott hairdressing apprentice, aim for 500 apprentices, cuts to performing arts?, smb juggles plan for cost cutting, smb advanced certificate in ceramics, david addy winner of edgar bartrop scholarship, literacy volunteer graduates, course offers youth hope of work, brickies of the future, adult literacy program cuts, advanced ceramics exhibition, students organise deb ball, government education bill, library named after jack barker, julie oldham wins computer service award, wendy caple and allan lion horticulture students, prejudice attitudes

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 23 July 1994 to 7 September 1994.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, ag education lacks coordination, new vice chancellor at work, apprentice awards, craftsmanship certificates presented, real estate industry training, uni and smb seal pact, mark dawe best automotive apprentice, centre's youth ready to work, michael strahan, challenge day rivals, bendix gives jobs to unemployed, matthew barlow, mansion now st pat's site, discovery daysmb tafe, skill olympics, regional chairman peter morey, work skills display at smb, course scan computer, robotron rainbow machine, reading machine, open day, herbert werner frederick de nully

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 24 December 1994 to 9 March 1995.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, smb help farmers, tafe meets student needs, historically a great city, geoffrey blainey, carole seymour, victorian public service medal, kevin martin ararat sm, clinton miller draughtsman, international skills olympics france, mature age students ararat, $12m information technology centre at ballarat university, $6m for smb brewery site, english course for overseas students, university placements, kennett funding for country tafe, basic engineering courses at tafe, libraries to combine resources, bill hitchens, ballarat university, australian catholic university, veronica moriarty, barry firth, smb, training that suits veryone, youth theatre workshops, building links with industry, family history component, ballarat region's workskill, peter morey, sharon graham

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 and other region papers over the period of 7 June 1997 to 5 August 1997. Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, nathan holliday, nrma top apprentice, scott brady, ballarat's gallows mystery solved, federal tafe plan worries smb head, memorial plaque to hanged men, freighter's engineering traineeship, tafe merger creates super-college, smb agrees to merger, wimmera tafe rejects merger, new evidence points to remains' location, peter bailey to compete in youth skills olympics, switzerland, merger official, course on providing a home away from home, roy schrieke retires, descendant against memorial, peter bailey gold medallist, skill olympics in st gallen, excellent results for ballarat region, aquaculture course, historic sites listed, henry sutton, reverse tafe decision, stawell times-news, more host families needed, david belford award winner, city yearning for cultural heart, corporate learning, gold medal for peter bailey, competition on apprentice funding'play revisits our history, town and gown debate, viticulture traineeship program, one tafe division, career in food, row looms over staff offers, jeff kennet cuts, new attitude to education, victorian primary industries board apprenticeships, rural studies department

Newspaper cuttings relating to Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. These are from various newspapers and include The Age, Ballarat Courier, The Australian, The Herald. The cuttings cover the period from 1 January 1974 to 27 April 1974. Book with yellow cover, front. Spiral bound.ballarat institute of advanced education, biae, employment advertisements, application for enrolment, outline of courses, science students, boom year for biae, buses between ballarat and mount helen campus, amalgamation of ballarat and clarendon colleges, "youth 2004" forum, david vinegrad, john lewis, vital role for metallurgists, brian sunter, e phillips, post-grad awards, noel janetski, john reitze, room crisis for students, tertiary education at the crossroads, jack barker, biae chemists, 100 nurses to study at biae, enrolment boom at biae, union black ban on biae project, rationalisation - what's it all about, artists' exhibition, university report deplored by byrne, government plans country campuses, gold medals family tradition, guy falla, kiran mazumdra, first woman - malting and brewing course, top plumbing apprentice guy falla, survey slams ballarat eyesores, michael langford, david sandeman, ingrid blake-education officer at gallery, visual pollution, biae library available to all, malaysian students in australia, merger of state college and biae expected