Melbourne Printing Trades School (1950)

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1950
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1950
Summary

The Melbourne Printing Trades School was proclaimed by the Governor in Council on 21 October 1947. The following month a notice was published in the Education Gazette stating the Education Department's intention to build a printing trades school. The first meeting of the School Council occurred on 19 November 1948 and classes commenced on 23 May 1950 (Eckersall, 1980, pp. 163, 167 and 169).

Details

The Working Men's College had been offering classes in printing since June 1899, and the construction of a printing school had begun at the college (now the Melbourne Technical College) when the Education Department announced that it also intended to build a printing school (The Fulfilment of an Ideal, [1958?]; SER-09909, 15 December 1947, pp. 1-2, RMIT University Archives; Herald, 9 February 1948, p. 3). According to principal Frank Ellis, the Director of Education 'also verbally and briefly announced that this [would] replace the Printing School of the [Melbourne Technical] College' (SER-09909, 15 December 1947, p. 2, RMIT University Archives).

In December 1947, arrangements were made for the transfer of process engraving, lithography and bookbinding to the new school, whilst composing and machining were to stay at the Melbourne Technical College pending building developments (Eckersall, 1980, p. 166; Nilsson, 'Report on Technical Education' in Minister of Education, 1951. p. 17).

The name of the Melbourne Printing Trades School was changed to the Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts in July 1950 (Eckersall, 1980, p. 168).

Sources used to compile this entry: The Fulfilment of an Ideal: The Story of Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Melbourne, Victoria, [1958?]; 'Printing School Urgent Need', The Herald (Melbourne, Victoria), 1948, p. 9 February 1948. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243841878; Eckersall, Kenneth Eric, Young Caxton: A history of aims in Printing Education in Melbourne, Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts, North Melbourne, Victoria, 1980; Melbourne Technical College Council Minutes 1944 - 1949 - No. 9 24 January 1944 - 15 December 1947 and 5 February 1948 - 19 December 1949, 1944 - 1949, Item no. SER-09909, Series S602; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives; Minister of Education, Report of the Minister of Education for the Year 1949-90, Melbourne, Victoria. Also available at https://www.vgls.vic.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1294813/0.

Timeline

 1950 Melbourne Printing Trades School
       1950 - 1971 Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts
             1971 - 1994 Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts

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Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

  • Melbourne Technical College Council Minutes 1944 - 1949 - No. 9 24 January 1944 - 15 December 1947 and 5 February 1948 - 19 December 1949, 1944 - 1949, Item no. SER-09909, Series S602; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

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  • The Fulfilment of an Ideal: The Story of Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Melbourne, Victoria, [1958?]. Details
  • Eckersall, Kenneth Eric, Young Caxton: A history of aims in Printing Education in Melbourne, Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts, North Melbourne, Victoria, 1980. Details
  • Edquist, Harriet and Grierson, Elizabeth, A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT University, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 2008. Details
  • Murray-Smith, Stephen and Dare, Anthony John, The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited, South Yarra, Victoria, 1987. Details

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