Building 51 (Frederick Campbell Building) (1973 - )

From: January 1973
Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20231003200447/https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-51
Summary: Building 51, initially known as the 'General Studies and Administration Building', was completed and handed over on 26 January 1923 (SER-09915, 5 February 1973, p. 236, RMIT University Archives). In the Report of the Policy Committee in the Royal Melbourne Technical College Council Minutes of 26 March 1973, it was reported that 'the General Studies and Administration Building in the Technical College be named the 'Frederick Campbell Building' (SER-09915l, 26 March 1973, p. 281, RMTI University Archives). Frederick Campbell was principal of the Working Men's College from 1887 to 1913 (Murray-Smith and Dare, 1987, p. 472).

Related Organisations

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1960 - 1992)

Related People

Campbell, Frederick Alexander (1849 - 1930)

Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Library

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Council Minutes 1972 - 1973 - 7 February 1972 - 10 December 1973 pp. 758-982, 1972 - 1973, Item no. SER-09915, Series S0602; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Library. Details

Published Resources

Books

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

Webpages

RMIT University, Building 51 (Frederick Campbell Building), Melbourne, Victoria, undated. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20231003200447/https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-51. Details

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; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Council Minutes 1972 - 1973 - 7 February 1972 - 10 December 1973 pp. 758-982, 1972 - 1973, Item no. SER-09915, Series S0602; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Library.

Created: 19 December 2021, Last modified: 10 December 2024