Historical information

Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education is a predecessotr institution of Federation University Australia .

Physical description

Black and white photograph showing five staffmembers of the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education (later Federation University Mt Helen Campus).

Left to right: Tom Norwood (Head of Mechanical Engineering); Robert P. (Bob) Martin (Head of Civil Engineering); Brian M. Lees (Head of Electrical Engineering Department); E.J. (Jack) Barker (Director, Ballarat Institute of Technolog); Derek Woolley (Head of Engineering).

Inscriptions & markings

A handwritten note on the back (from Jack Barker) states that the photo marks the Engineering Degree Approval by the Victorian Institute of Colleges. The Engineering degree course started in 1974.