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Working Men's College. [8 May 1882–23 November 1933]
Although it was not until 1887 that the first students attended the Working Men's College, the College had been in planning since 8 May 1882, when the concept was approved by the Trades Hall Committee (now the Trades Hall Council), and a financial committee was established. The Working Men's College was created to teach technical trades.
Subordinate: School of Engineering. c1887–1967
Subsequent: The Melbourne Technical College. 23 November 1933–July 1954
Primary: State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts
Collection. James Alexander Smith–Papers. MS 11370. 1878–1933. 1.1 m
Papers, 1878-1933. Includes general correspondence;
correspondence and technical papers concerning Working Men's College; lectures;
correspondence relating to Victorian Institute of Engineers, Victorian
Railways, Royal Society of Victoria, Microscopical Society of Victoria, and
various other societies; miscellaneous items; and press cuttings.
Primary: Murray-Smith, Stephen and Dare, Anthony John. The Tech. A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology. Melbourne: Hyland House, 1987.
Record type: corporate name
Editorial status: draft
Language encoding standard: iso639-2b
Script encoding standard: iso15924
Date encoding standard: iso8601
Country encoding standard: iso3166-1
Owner encoding standard: iso15511
Record identifier: AUS::AUSTEHC::Australian Science at Work::A000151
Maintenance history:
| Name | Date | Event |
| Ailie Smith | 17 February 2000 | create |
| Ailie Smith | 2 July 2001 | update |
Language/Script of description: English in Latin script