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Title A name given to the resource School of Mines, Ballarat Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photographer unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Public Record Office Victoria, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/public-record-office-victoria/6287143107">VPRS 14514.P1.Unit 40</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1950 https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/f48ea64509c0e2625e1d09f95a4c3525.JPG 1ef2e271d8d6d1a2c7162606a63d7934 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alf McKenzie's Pupil's Record Book from Boys' Technical School Ballarat Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy Alf Mckenzie Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1942–1943 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schooling Memories Person An individual. Education Primary: Correspondence Primary: Pura Pura Station school (1930s) Primary: Nerrin Nerrin Primary School (1930s) Primary: Trawalla Primary School (1930s) Secondary: Beaufort Higher Elementary School (c1939–1941) Secondary: Ballarat Technical School (1942–1943) Secondary: School of Mines, Ballarat (1944–1946) Tertiary: South Yarra Teachers College (c1940s?) Tertiary: La Trobe University Tertiary: Deakin University Birth Date 1927 Occupation Metallurgist Teacher: Geelong technical schools Teacher: School of Mines, Ballarat Teacher: United States of America Teacher: United Kingdom (c1950s?) Biographical Text Alf was born in Skipton, central Victoria, in 1927. His father was a rabbiter and then a boundary rider on the Trawalla South Station following the death of his own father. The family lived on the property and, as it was a long way from town, Alf and his twin brother did correspondence schooling, with his mother as supervisor: ‘we did correspondence at the breakfast table; my mum with the bucket of water to wash the dishes in front of her’. When the boys were old enough to ride a horse together, they travelled to a neighbouring Pura Pura station where the owner had provided some land for a one-teacher primary school. This was followed by a number of moves, which saw Alf educated in Trawalla, Beaufort and Ballarat. When Alf was at school in Trawalla he would visit the Beaufort library and he says, ‘I think I discovered the world at that library’. He would read the Illustrated London News and other periodicals and recalls that this was at the time of the Spanish civil war. A particular highlight of his education was his time at Ballarat Technical School, the most valuable aspects being the confidence it instilled in him and the time the teachers had to converse with and get to know the students. He also notes the trust teachers had in students to complete tasks and work independently. Alf taught at two Geelong technical schools for one year prior to his teacher training at South Yarra Teachers College. He was then accepted to teach at the School of Mines in Ballarat, also spending some time as a teacher in Britain and the United States. His interest in metals and chemistry had been encouraged at school and he also spent some time working as a metallurgist. Alf mentions that the highlight of his teaching was ‘the students, the interaction with the students’ and although he had to deal with a few ‘larrikins’ it was the students that kept him teaching: ‘that’s what education should be about, a joint exercise’. He also believes, ‘it’s very difficult to dissociate life in general from schooling and if you were a teacher from life’. Image credits: Page from Alf McKenzie's Pupil's Record Book from Boys' Technical School Ballarat, 1942. Courtesy Alf Mckenzie Birthplace Skipton, Victoria Image credits 1.<span>Page from Alf McKenzie's Pupil's Record Book from Boys' Technical School Ballarat, 1942. Courtesy Alf Mckenzie</span><br />2. School of Mines, Ballarat, c1950. Photographer unknown. Public Record Office Victoria, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/public-record-office-victoria/6287143107">VPRS 14514.P1.Unit 40</a><br />3. <span>Alf McKenzie's Pupil's Record Book from Boys' Technical School Ballarat, c1942–1943. Courtesy Alf Mckenzie</span> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alf McKenzie Students_1930s Students_1940s Teachers_1950s Teachers_1960s Teachers_1970s