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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-02-17 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000151b.htm corporateBody Working Men's College AACR2 8 May 1882 23 November 1933 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Education Technical College Although it was not until 1887 that the first students attended the Working Men's College, the College had been in planning since 8 May 1882, when the concept was approved by the Trades Hall Committee (now the Trades Hall Council), and a financial committee was established. The Working Men's College was created to teach technical trades. In 1933 the College was renamed, becoming the Melbourne Technical College. Hart, Alfred (1870 - 1950)

Head, Department of Mathematics and Physics, 1908-1935; Teacher and Instructor, 1902-1908

 Rodda, Stanley Northey (Dobbie) (1877 - 1939)

Principal, 1913-1927; Member of Council, 1927-1936; President of Council, 1931.

 Kernot, Wilfred Noyce (1868 - 1945)

Head, Engineering Department 1898-1911

 Fidge, Edward Leonard (1897 - 1933)

Lecturer in Chemistry, 1930-1933

 Pritchard, George Baxter (1869 - 1956)

Head and Lecturer, Metallurgy and Assaying, School of Mines, 1897-1934; Instructor in Geology and Mineralogy, 1892-1897

 Campbell, Frederick Harper (1879 - 1958)

Head, Department of Chemistry, c1911-1912; Assistant Lecturer, 1900-04, 1907-1912

 Avery, David (1871 - 1956)

Head, Department of Chemistry, 1899-1911

 Trotter, Frederick William (1888 - 1966)

President of Council 1930 - 1931

 à Beckett, Ada Mary (1872 - 1948)

Botany Lecturer 1898-1899

 Arnot, Arthur James (1865 - 1946)

Member of Council 1897-1901

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

President of Council, 1889 - 1900

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

President of Council, 1903 -

 Ellery, Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908)

Member of Council, 1882 - 1902

 Thwaites, William (1853 - 1907)

Member of Council, 1902 - 1907

 Smith, James Alexander (1862 - 1940)

President of Council, 1924-1925; Member of Council 1917-c1932

 Holmes, Walter Morell (1883 - 1955)

Instructor in Engineering, 1906-1909

 Ampt, Gustav Adolph (1886 - 1953)

Instructor, Department of Chemistry, 1908-1910

 Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)

Lecturer in Chemistry, 1906-1907

 Mitchell, Stanley Robert (1881 - 1963)

Instructor, Department of metallurgical geology and mineralogy 1915- ; Assistant 1914-1915; Junior Assistant 1912-1914

 School of Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (c. 1887 - 1967) The Melbourne Technical College (1933 - 1954)

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 'Working Men's College', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Working Men's College Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: RMIT University History RMIT University Archives RMIT University History RMIT University Archives 2022 Book: The Tech. A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Murray-Smith, Stephen and Dare, Anthony John The Tech. A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Melbourne Hyland House 1987 James Alexander Smith - Papers State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection James Alexander Smith - Papers MS 11370 1878 - 1933 Papers, 1878-1933. Includes general correspondence; correspondence and technical papers concerning Working Men's College; lectures; correspondence relating to Victorian Institute of Engineers, Victorian Railways, Royal Society of Victoria, Microscopical Society of Victoria, and various other societies; miscellaneous items; and press cuttings. 1.1 m