Historical information

The Ballarat School of MInes is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.

Inscriptions & markings

This plaque
marks the site of the foundation of
technical education in Australia
on
26th October, 1870.
The School of Mines, Ballarat
held its first classes
here in the former Ballarat Circuit Court Building
which was subsequently demolished in 1912.
Plaque affixed in
centenary year 1970