1937 - Naming of R. B. McComas Wool School (14 October 1937)

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14 October 1937
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14 October 1937
Summary

On 14 October 1937 the R. B. McComas Wool School was named in honour of Robert Bond McComas, director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and owner of the wool-broking firm Wm Haughton and Company (ER-09908, 27 September 1937, p. 1831, RMIT University Archives; Murray-Smith and Dare, 1987, p. 188). McComas had offered a pound for pound donation for the erection of an additional story on the Wool School building (Murray-Smith and Dare, 1987, p. 188).

Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

  • Melbourne Technical College Council Minutes 1937 - 1943 - No. 8 25 January 1937 - 20 December 1943 pp. 1736-2058; 1-66; then unnumbered, 1937 - 1943, Item no. SER-09908, 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

Sources used to compile this entry: Melbourne Technical College Council Minutes 1937 - 1943 - No. 8 25 January 1937 - 20 December 1943 pp. 1736-2058; 1-66; then unnumbered, 1937 - 1943, Item no. SER-09908, Series S0602; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives; 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.

Created: 2 December 2021, Last modified: 10 December 2024