Historical information

The first building completed at the Mt Helen Campus was "G" Building, and is depicted in this photograph.

An overview of the development of the Ballarat Institute of advanced Education (BIAE) is given on the program of the official opening of Mt Helen campus (Cat. No. 1086)

Physical description

Black and white photographs showing the opening ceremony for the University of Ballarat Mount Helen Campus.

.1) The audience at the opening of the University of Ballarat Mount Helen campus. The pile of bluestone in the background is most probably bluestone from the Yendon Railway Station.

.4) Nigel Bowen, at the microphone stands in front of a new building, with a seated audience in front of him. The bluestone retaining wall was erected from bluestone retrieved from the newly demolished Yendon Railway Station. The Ballarat Brass Band is seated undercover in the background.

.6) A number of people seated watching a man give a speech in front of a new building. The man is The Hon. Nigel Bowen, Q.C., M.P., Commonwealth Minister for Education and Science. The building is the first building at the Mt Helen Campus of the University of Ballarat. the bluestone retaining wall used bluestone retrieved after the demolition of the Yendon Railway Station. 26.0 x 26.0 cm

Inscriptions & markings

.1-3) verso "Tippett"

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