Historical information

The Ballarat School of Mines was the first school of mines in Australasia. It is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of Ballarat School of Mines Staff. The photograph is taken at the back of the Administration Building (formerly called new Classrooms).

Back left to right: F.L. Collins, A.W. Bridson, J.J. Hanrahan, Harry Brew, G.W. Cornell
Second left to right: J.T. Collings, R.W. Whitla, S. Mayo, Neville Bunning
Third left to right: L.O. Brown, G.V. Bergin, R.R. Watson, T. Kellock, A.J. Murdoch, R.W. Richards
Fourth left to right: A.C. Miller, A.V. Gilpin. T. R. Gordon, R.P. Flowers, H. Yates, D. Mullins, T. Trengove, W. Wilkinson, Lindsay Hillman, C. Fairbank
Fifth left to right: A. Johnson, Annie Jones. M. Fogarty, Hester Darby, J. Allsop, William J. Paterson, A. Lambert, H. Goldsmith; M. McTaggart, C. King, M. Harland, F. Gladstone Procter
Front left to right: N.W. Penrose, R.R. Calder, S. Williams, Dr Pound, C.F. Jeffrey (Head of Ballarat Junior Technical School, A.F. Heseltine (Principal), D.I. Johnson (Head of Art), J. Sutherland, Ruby H. Lonie, F.W. Ferguson, B. Law, J. Lochead.