Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts (1950 - 1971)

From: July 1950
To: 1971
Summary: The Melbourne Printing Trades School was renamed the Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts in July 1950 (Eckersall, 1980, p. 168).

Details

The composing and letterpress departments from the Melbourne Technical College were transferred to the Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts in 1956 following the completion of the school's new two-storey building (Eckersall, 1980, p. 170). A further three floors of workshops and classrooms were added in 1966 (A9905679, 1985, p. 3, RMIT University Archives).

In 1971, the Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts received college status and became the Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts (A9905679, 1985, p. 3, RMIT University Archives).

Sources used to compile this entry: 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 College of Printing and Graphic Arts College Profile 1985, 1985, Item no. A9905679, Accession 1999/079; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives.

Timeline

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

Related People

Lodge, J. H.

Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts College Profile 1985, 1985, Item no. A9905679, Accession 1999/079; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

Published Resources

Articles

James, Robert, The history of print training in Victoria, Australian Printer, March 2021, 22-23 pp. Also available at https://issuu.com/theintermediagroup/docs/australian_printer_march_2021. Details

Books

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

Theses

Eckersall, Kenneth Eric, 'A History of Aims in Printing Education in Melbourne 1870-1970', MA Ed thesis, The University of Melbourne, 1977. Also available at https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/38521. Details

Online Resources

Minister of Public Instruction, Report of the Minister of Education for the year 1949-50, Melbourne, Victoria, 1951, https://web.archive.org/web/20220130053802/https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1951-52No3.pdf. Details

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