Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy

The Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy was a Mining college in Main Street, Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania, Australia.

Former School of Mines

It commenced during the height of the silver boom in the Zeehan mineral field.[1][2][3]

The committee to found the school was formed in January 1892, by 1896 there were instructors involved,[4] and in February 1903 the building was complete.[5][6][7][8]

Following the decline of the Zeehan mineral field it became part-time by 1921,[9][10] and it closed in 1958.

The buildings and collections of the college were retained to make up part of what was first the 'West Coast Pioneers Museum' which started in 1965, and which is now known as the West Coast Heritage Centre

Notes
  1. "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury. Vol. LXVII, no. 8181. Tasmania, Australia. 19 May 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 12 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy (1902), Annual report & balance sheet : together with director's report, results of annual examinations, syllabus of instruction, general information, etc., etc, The School, retrieved 12 May 2016
  3. Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy (1890), Prospectus for ... : including reports, balance sheets, syllabus of instruction, results of the annual examinations, etc., etc, Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy, retrieved 12 May 2016
  4. "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury]. Vol. LXVII, no. 8181. Tasmania. 19 May 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". Tasmanian News. No. 6795. Tasmania. 4 February 1903. p. 4 (FOURTH EDITION). Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "ZEEHAN". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXIII, no. 33. Tasmania. 7 February 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Examiner. Vol. LXIII, no. 33 (DAILY ed.). Tasmania. 7 February 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "WEST COAST MINING". The Mercury]. Vol. LXXIX, no. 10, 270. Tasmania. 11 February 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury. Vol. CXV, no. 16, 903. Tasmania. 5 December 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury. Vol. CXV, no. 16, 904. Tasmania. 6 December 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 5 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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