Melbourne Textile Trades School (1949 - 1963)

From

1949

To

1963

Alternative Names

Melbourne Textile School (also known as)

Summary

The Melbourne Textile Trades School was opened in September 1949 at the West Melbourne Technical School (Anderson, 1998, pp. 12 and 66). The school was renamed the Melbourne School of Textiles in 1963 (A9911405, 2 August 1963, p. 66 and 12 September 1963, p. 68, RMIT University Archives; State Government of Victoria, 4 September 1963, p. 2737).

Timeline

1949 - 1963 Melbourne Textile Trades School
       1963 - 1970 Melbourne School of Textiles
             1970 - 1995 Melbourne College of Textiles
                   1995 - 1998 Melbourne Institute of Textiles

Related Organisations

West Melbourne Technical School (1920 - 1932)

Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Melbourne College of Textiles Handbooks and Prospectus 1982 - 1995 [incomplete], 1982 - 1995, Item no. SER-10701, Series S0617; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details
Melbourne School/College of Textiles Council Minute Book: Minutes and Agendas 1949 -1980, Item no. A9911405, Accession 1999/029; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

Published Resources

Books

Anderson, Bill, Threads: A history of the Melbourne Institute of Textiles 1949-1998, Melbourne Institute of Textiles, Brunswick, Victoria, 1998. Details
State Government of Victoria, Victoria Government Gazette No. 72, Melbourne, Victoria, 4 September 1963. Also available at https://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1963/V/general/72.pdf. Details

Newspaper Articles

'Principal of Textile School', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 29 June 1949, p. 5. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22738257. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Anderson, Bill, Threads: A history of the Melbourne Institute of Textiles 1949-1998, Melbourne Institute of Textiles, Brunswick, Victoria, 1998; Melbourne School/College of Textiles Council Minute Book: Minutes and Agendas 1949 -1980, Item no. A9911405, Accession 1999/029; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives; State Government of Victoria, Victoria Government Gazette No. 72, Melbourne, Victoria, 4 September 1963. Also available at https://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1963/V/general/72.pdf.

Created: 5 December 2024, Last modified: 10 December 2024