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    South Australia - Education

    School of Mines

    A history of the school is in the Register,
    24 February 1903, page 7g; also see
    18 December 1923, page 11g.

    The School of Mines is discussed in the Express,
    7 March 1888, page 7e,
    Register,
    4 September 1888, page 7f,
    3 and 24 December 1888, pages 4g and 4h,
    5 January 1889, page 7f,
    Chronicle,
    23 February 1889, page 19d,
    16 march 1889, page 4e,
    Register,
    6, 12 and 14 March 1889, pages 4g-7e,4g and 4e-6d,
    2 April 1889, page 6g-h,
    8 and 10 June 1889, pages 5a and 4f-7a (opening),
    29 and 31 January 1890, pages 4d and 5a,
    17 April 1890, page 4e,
    19 and 20 December 1892, pages 1c (supp.) and 4h,
    23 February 1893, page 5b,
    6 March 1895, page 4e,
    Observer,
    13 February 1892, page 24e,
    17 March 1894, page 25b, Chronicle,
    24 February 1894, page 6g,
    Register,
    10 March 1894, page 4g,
    10 March 1896, page 4e,
    16 March 1897, page 4i,
    18 December 1897, page 4e,
    19 April 1898, page 4g, Advertiser,
    16 March 1897, page 4f,
    7 March 1900, page 4d,
    6 June 1900, page 4d.
    Register,
    8 March 1900, page 4d-f,
    The Critic,
    17 March 1900, page 5 (photograph),
    Observer,
    26 December 1903, page 34a.

    "The School of Mines and Its Curriculum" is in the Register,
    4 and 15 September 1890, pages 6f and 4g; also see
    10 February 1892, page 4e.

    "A Gift to the School of Mines" is in the Register,
    16 June 1899, page 4d,
    Observer,
    24 June 1899, page 12c.

    An obituary of Mr Thomas Forsaith is in the Chronicle,
    12 April 1902, page 34a,
    Observer,
    12 April 1902, page 22b.

    The opening of a "new" school is reported in the Express,
    24 and 25 February 1903, pages 1c and 2c.
    Photographs are in The Critic,
    7 March 1903, pages 4, 5 and 8; also see
    16 may 1903, pages 10, 11 and 18.

    "Lady Students at the School of Mines" is in the Chronicle,
    11 April 1903, page 34b.

    An interesting report "A Domestic Art - Washing Day at the School of Mines" is in the Advertiser,
    6 August 1903, page 6c.
    Photographs of a class are in the Chronicle,
    19 November 1904, page 29.

    Information on and photographs of the premises and a sports day are in the Chronicle,
    3 May 1902, page 39,
    29 August 1903, pages 38c and 42,
    3 September 1904, page 41; also see
    22 May 1926, page 39.

    Biographical details of M.M. Middleton are in the Register,
    7 June 1902, page 7e.

    "The Noyes Electrical Laboratory" is in the Chronicle,
    5 March 1904, page 34c.

    Biographical details of L. Laybourne Smith are in the Register,
    28 November 1905, page 5b,
    of George Jeffrey on
    5 December 1905, page 4i,
    of Alfred J. Higgin on
    20 December 1905, page 4i,
    of Edward V. Clark on
    29 May 1906, page 7d.

    An obituary of George Jeffrey is in the Observer,
    9 December 1905, page 38a.

    Information on the school is in the Register,
    28 December 1905, page 6g,
    Observer,
    30 December 1905, page 38b,
    Register,
    20 February 1909, page 8e.

    "The David Murray Library" is in the Register,
    16 June 1906, page 6f.

    A photograph of a students' association is in the Observer,
    13 October 1906, page 30.

    "Class in Architecture" is in the Register,
    16 January 1907, page 4e,
    5 June 1907, page 6f.

    "New Laboratories Opened" is in the Register,
    3 December 1907, page 10a.

    A photograph of a football team is in The Critic,
    14 July 1909, page 11.

    "Extending School of Mines - History of Wool Classes" is in the Register,
    1, 2 and 9 April 1908, pages 8e, 8a and 5d.

    Biographical details of Spencer Williams are in the Register,
    11 August 1909, page 6i,
    of F.W. Read on
    20 May 1911, page 13b,
    of L. Laybourne Smith on
    8 January 1914, page 8a.

    "A Vital Institution" is in the Register, 9 April 1910, page 6c (includes photographs).

    A sports day is reported in the Register,
    24 August 1907, page 7a,
    Observer.

    Woolclassing at the School of Mines is reported upon in the Advertiser,
    1 April 1908, page 10e,
    18 May 1912, page 45e,
    Observer,
    4 April 1908, page 40a.

    "School of Mines and Industries - A Valuable Institution" is in the Register
    on 9 April 1910, page 6c.

    "Teaching the Young - Students at School of Mines" is in The Mail,
    18 February 1922, page 2d.
    The school's history appears on
    17 December 1927, page 11a; also see
    The News,
    7 July 1927, page 20d.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    22 May 1926, page 31,
    14 August 1926, page 34,
    15 October 1927, page 35,
    Chronicle,
    22 June 1933, pages 34-35,
    31 October 1935, page 31.

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