Ormond, Francis (1829 - 1889)

Born

23 November 1829
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Died

5 May 1889
Pau, France

Summary

Francis Ormond was the Founder and
inaugural President of the Working Men's College, Melbourne (Melbourne Technical College, [1934]).

Related Entities

Published Resources

Books

• Melbourne Technical College, Victoria's Centenary and the Melbourne Technical College: Being a History of the Foundation and Progress of Victoria's Leading Technical College, Melbourne, Victoria, [1934]. Also available at http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/132815. Details

Newspaper Articles

• 'School Speech Days: Scotch College', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 17 December 1881, p. 10. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11526992. Details
• 'Hon. Francis Ormond', The Tasmanian (Launceston, Tasmania), 11 May 1889, p. 28. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199516937. Details
• 'The Working Men's College', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 10 May 1889, p. 7. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6245515. Details

Webpages

• Chambers, Don, Ormond, Francis (1829-1889), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2006. Also available at https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ormond-francis-4340. Details

Images

Title

The Late Honorable Francis Ormond, Founder

Type

Image

Date

1911

Creator

RMIT University Photographer

Control

0171

Source

RMIT University Library

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Melbourne Technical College, Victoria's Centenary and the Melbourne Technical College: Being a History of the Foundation and Progress of Victoria's Leading Technical College, Melbourne, Victoria, [1934]. Also available at http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/132815.

Created: 11 November 2021, Last modified: 10 December 2024