Historical information

Albert E. WILLIAMS (1899-1986)
Born Victoria, Australia

Albert Edward Williams was among the first to undertake the five-year, Technical Art Teacher’s Certificate (TATC) at the Ballarat Technical Art School in 1915, with work placement at the Ballarat Lithographic company.

Williams taught for several years before he was selected to undertake further teacher training at the Working Men’s College, Melbourne, in 1926. He returned to teach at Ballarat in 1928, facilitating many student activities, while pursuing the arduous Art Teacher’s Certificate. From its inception in 1914, it was 30 years before the first candidate achieved the certificate’s exhaustive requirements.


This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.

Physical description

Mounted original illuminated artwork in Celtic style

Inscriptions & markings

"Design for Title Page, in Historic Style of Ornament." "Submitted by Albert E. Williams, Technical Art School, Ballarat, for Art Teacher's Certificate"

"Celtic Art. A treatise on the history and peculiarities of Celtic Art with numerous illustrations in colour taken from ancient national manuscripts in the British Museum and other libraries."

"Ballarat A.D. 1936". Monogram of AW forms part of the artwork.