Historical information

School of Mines is a predecessor of the 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.

Physical description

Letter from the secretary of the Education Department to the Registrar of School of Mines, Ballarat