McNicol, James Norman

Summary

James Norman McNicol joined the Working Men's College as a junior clerk in 1888. On his retirement in 1936, after almost fifty years of service to the College, McNicol was Clerk of Studies. According to Murray-Smith and Dare (1987, p. 161), McNicol 'took an active interest in students, promoted their careers, and educated his own four children at private schools'.

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Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

  • Working Men's College / Melbourne Technical College Council Minutes 1932 - 1936 - No. 7 22 August 1932 - 14 December 1936 1216-1735, 1932 - 1936, Item no. SER-09907, Series S0602; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

Published Resources

Books

  • 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

Newspaper Articles

Sources used to compile this entry: 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.