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Presentation Key - School of Applied Arts, Working Men's College Opening, 1917
Reg. No: HT 11031
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- Summary:
- This presentation key is a tangible link to the major educational institution in central Melbourne, which has been in existence since 1887.
Melbourne's Working Men's College was founded with funds provided by prominent grazier, Scottish immigrant and philanthropist Francis Ormond, and Victorian trade unions. Although it was not until 1887 that the first students attended the Working Men's College, the college was an immediate success with over 900 students enrolled by the end of the year. Students undertook a variety of subjects including mechanics, physics, bookkeeping, elocution and arithmetic, as well as certain trades such as cookery, carpentry and dressmaking. In 1899 full courses were introduced, in the areas of Applied Arts and Technology. The Applied Arts, covering such areas as architecture and industrial design, grew to such an extent that a separate 'School of Applied Arts' was established, and its own complex opened in 1917. This key was presented to the Governor of Victoria Sir Arthur Stanley to mark this occasion.
The School of Applied Arts has produced a number of prominent graduates, in areas such as Engineering, Industrial Design, Architecture and Fashion and Textile Design, who have gone on to have influence locally, nationally, and internationally. - Description:
- Enamelled 15ct gold presentation key with Australian hallmarks 'ES' flanked by kangaroo and emu, engraved on both sides. Superb handcrafted fretwork design of wattle foliage and oil lamp atop a book stack.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 50 mm (Height), 47 mm (Width), 157 mm (Length) |
| Weight: | 33 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | education training, presentations, tertiary institutes of education, locks keys |
| Themes this item is part of: | Melbourne Working Men's College (RMIT), Public Life & Institutions Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| On Display at: | Melbourne Museum |
| Primary Classification: | EDUCATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Trade & Technical Schools |
| Tertiary Classification: | mementoes |
| Inscriptions: | On front of key: W/C/M//PERITA MANUS MENS EXCULTA//Presented to/Sir Arthur Stanley K.C.M.G. Governor of Victoria/Melbourne Jan. 25th 1917. On back of key: School/OF/APPLIED/Art//To commemorate the opening of/The School of Applied Art/Working Men's College |
| Presented To: | Sir Arthur Stanley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1917 |
| Presented By: | Melbourne Working Mens' College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1917 |
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