Historical information

School of Mines Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University

Significance

Ballarat School of Mines was an education facility set up during the gold mining era in Ballarat to assist in the education of miners in a variety of subjects to do with mining. It later became a technical school and then a TAFE before its current format as a University. This letter was sent to the School of Mines from the education department and is and example of letters written at the time.

Physical description

Letter to School of Mines Ballarat from the Secretary of the Education Department Melbourne