West Melbourne Technical School (1920 - 1932)

From: 1920
To: 31 December 1932
Summary: The Melbourne Junior Technical School was renamed the West Melbourne Technical School in 1920 (SER-03971, 23 February 1920 and 23 March 1920, RMIT University Archives; Herald, 27 March 1920, p. 8). On 1 January 1933, the West Melbourne Technical School amalgamated with the Working Men's College, and the junior school of the Working Men's College was transferred to West Melbourne (Eltham, 1934, p. 20; Prelector, 17 May 1934, p. 7; The Melbourne Technical College, 1934, p. 103).

1912 - 1920 Melbourne Junior Technical School
1920 - 1932 West Melbourne Technical School

Council Minutes 1912-1918; 1929 - 1933, 1912 - 1933, Item no. SER-03970, Series S0211; The Melbourne Junior Technical School Council / The West Melbourne Technical School Council / The Working Men's College West Melbourne Branch Advisory Council; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details
Junior Technical Schools. Booklets and Ephemera 1930 - 1932, 1930 - 1932, Item no. SER-03973, Series S0211; The Melbourne Junior Technical School Council / The West Melbourne Technical School Council / The Working Men's College West Melbourne Branch Advisory Council; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details
Report of Principal 1912 - 1924, 1912 - 1924, Item no. SER-03971, Series S0211; The Melbourne Junior Technical School Council / The West Melbourne Technical School Council / The Working Men's College West Melbourne Branch Advisory Council; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details
Report of Principal 1924 - 1933, 1924 - 1933, Item no. SER-03972, Series S0211; The Melbourne Junior Technical School Council / The West Melbourne Technical School Council / The Working Men's College West Melbourne Branch Advisory Council; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

'School's name changed', The Herald (Melbourne, Victoria), 27 March 1920, p. 8. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242168201. Details
'Schools Name Changed', The Herald, 27 March 1920, p. 8. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242168201. Details
'Working Men's College: Amalgamation with West Melbourne School', The Age (Melbourne, Victoria), 29 November 1932, p. 10. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204300210. Details
'Technical Schools: Amalgamation Deferred', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 24 May 1932, p. 11. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4453546. Details
'Working Men's College: Proposed Amalgamation', The Argus, 23 February 1932, p. 8. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4431028. Details
'Employment for Boys: Problem of Technical Education', The Age (Melbourne, Victoria), 28 September 1933, p. 13. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205114503. Details
Prelector, 'The Schools', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 17 May 1934, p. 7. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10937817. Details

Eltham, E. P., 'Report on Technical Education', in Report of the Minister of Public Instruction for the year 1932-33, Melbourne, Victoria, 1934, pp. 20-22. Also available at https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:28098/one. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Schools Name Changed', The Herald, 27 March 1920, p. 8. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242168201; Eltham, E. P., 'Report on Technical Education', in Report of the Minister of Public Instruction for the year 1932-33, Melbourne, Victoria, 1934, pp. 20-22. Also available at https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:28098/one; Melbourne Technical College, The Melbourne Technical College Prospectus 1934, https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1ke29l0/alma9921556740301341. p. 103.; Prelector, 'The Schools', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 17 May 1934, p. 7. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10937817; Report of Principal 1912 - 1924, 1912 - 1924, Item no. SER-03971, Series S0211; The Melbourne Junior Technical School Council / The West Melbourne Technical School Council / The Working Men's College West Melbourne Branch Advisory Council; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives.

Created: 12 November 2021, Last modified: 10 December 2024