A000511 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-06-01 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000511b.htm corporateBody Ballarat School of Mines AACR2 1871 c. 1976 Start Place Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Location Ballarat, Victoria Education School of mines Metallurgy or Mining Ballarat School of mines was founded in 1871, due to the shortage of mine managers at the Ballarat Goldfields. Originally classes were taught in surveying, mathematics and chemistry. Ballarat School of Mines is now the University of Ballarat. Grant, Kerr (1878 - 1967)

Lectured in mathematics and physics 1901 - 1902

 Smith, Alfred Mica (Micaiah) (1844 - 1926)

Lecturer in chemistry 1881 - 1887; Head, Science Section 1887 - 1893; Superintendent of laboratories 1881 - 1922

 Krausé, Ferdinand Moritz (1841 - 1918)

Lecturer and museum curator 1880 - 1895; Professor of Geology 1892 - 1895.

 Sutton, Henry (1856 - 1912)

Henry Sutton was a lecturer in electricity and magnetism at the Ballarat School of Mines.

 Hawken, Roger William Hercules (1878 - 1947)

Professor of Engineering, locum tenens 1904

 Fenner, Charles Albert Edward (1884 - 1955)

Joint Principal 1914 - 1916

 Anderson, Valentine George (1885 - 1969)

Assistant Chemistry Demonstrator 1904 - 1905

 Pound, James Robert (1888 - 1967)

Head of Department of Chemistry c1922 - ; Lecturer and demonstrator, Chemistry and Metallurgy 1918 - c1922.

 Richards, Richard Walter (1893 - 1985)

Principal 1946 - 1958

 Oddie, James (1824 - 1911)

Vice-President of Council 1881

 Baragwanath, William (1878 - 1966)

Member of Council 1916 - 1950

 Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (1882 - 1918)

The Society held meetings at the School

 The University of Ballarat (c. 1976 - 2014)

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 'Ballarat School of Mines', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ballarat School of Mines Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The remarkable life of John Phillips, C.E., mineral surveyor McCarthy, Peter The remarkable life of John Phillips, C.E., mineral surveyor 2021 Journal of Australasian mining history 19 62-84 Book: The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat: a history of its first one hundred and twelve years, 1870-1982 Perry, Warren The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat: a history of its first one hundred and twelve years, 1870-1982 Ballarat The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat 1984 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000