Historical information

Used at Ballarat School of Mines and Industries.
The Melbourne Junior Technical School opened in 1912. It was a School for Junior Technical Work in Science, Art and Trade.`
Information about aim of school, constitution, council, day courses, scholarships, holidays, evening courses, regulations, rules, sports, staff, students and syllabus.
The first page is a Roll of Honor. Teachers and students who have enlisted in the A I F - First World War - are named. Those who have been killed in action, died or wounded are identified.
Teachers - Maj. G M Nicholas (killed in action), R Hudspeth, E Harris, K B Nelson.
Students - Lieut. H D Harvey (wounded), C Ash, A Addicoate (died), W H Barkley, H A Barker, L A Baker, R B Brisbane, W Berryman, G T R Cooper (wounded), D Clarke, A H Cheetham, A Ferguson, N L Ferguson, L Falconer, J A Fontaine, E A Geach, V E Hall, A J T Hamilton, I J Lang, C Leith, T R Lydster, R Morley, Gordon W Morrison, H K McNeill, N McCormick, W McConnochie, G F Nicholson, A L Nixon, T Nesbitt ( killed in action), E S Pugh, H P Philpott, R Quirk, R Shaw, J V Shelton, G W Stevens, W H Suttie, J Stewart (died), E Sharp, F W Schultz, D N Turpie, J Tyson, H Turner (died), A Woodgate, W R White, A G Wilson, H R York.

Physical description

Brown soft covered booklet with crest with information on teachers, students, aim of the school, compulsory drill, council, courses, fees, hours, holidays, map of the school, roll of honor and subjects. It includes photographs of the day school students, experimental science, sheet-metal work, woodwork, science workshop, modelling, blacksmithing and a drawing of the Working Men's College