Rediscovering Mechanics' Institutes: Australian Mechanics' Institutes Conference 2000

The Rediscovering Mechanics' Institutes Conference 2000 was an important milestone in the renaissance of mechanics' institutes in Victoria. In the two years since the first conference 'The Way Forward' held in Kilmore, the mechanics' institutes movement in Victoria has grown rapidly and successfully. The Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. has become the recognised peak industry body representing operating institutes throughout the State.

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The included papers are: British origins of mechanics' institutes / Alex Tyrell; A pioneering mechanics' institute: foundation of the Edinburgh School of Arts / Patrick N. O'Farrell; Australian mechanics' institutes / Philip Candy; Useful knowledge and lifelong learning / Stuart Dawson; The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts and the formal establishment of technical education in NSW / Roger Morris; Mechanics' institutes and Schools of Mines in Australia / Adrian Haas; Dancing by moonlight and all sorts of fun: an illustrated celebration of South Australia's institutes / Michael Talbot; By the people for the people: the role of mechanics' institutes in local civics from colonialism to federation / Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts; The management of libraries in Ballarat between 1851-1900 / Peter Mansfield; Hidden treasure: the library in the Briagolong Mechanics' Institute / Linda Barraclough; Kyneton Mechanics' Institute, The A. N. A. and Federation / Pat Sanders and Len Peeler; Mechanics' institutes in South Gippsland / John Murphy; The rise and demise of the mechanics' institutes in Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda / Kay Rowan; Victoria's mechanics' institutes Community Partnerships Program / Graham Dudley; North American mechanics' institutes / Cathy Milward-Bason. Show less