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    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SYDNEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE

    February 1990

    \0) flO
    [...]currently encompassed within the Sydney Technical College
    Campus. This includes all those sites within the[...]to define the development
    of the Sydney Technical College campus from earliest
    settlement until the present[...]lian Historical Society, Lands Department,
    Fisher Library, Public Works Department Library and Plan
    Room, the Archives of the Metropolitan W[...]esources of the History

    Unit at Sydney Technical College.

    1.4 Relation to Master Planning and Other Docum[...]rm Neill of the History Unit at Sydney

    Technical College for their co—operation, assistance and
    advice.
    [...]rch

    3.0 HISTORICAL OUTLINE

    3.1 Sydney Technical College as Part of the Technical
    College Tradition

    Sydney Technical College is an important part of a long
    tradition of techn[...]ool of Arts established a separate

    Working Men's College in 1878. This became known as Sydney
    Technical College.

    The College was the first of its kind in the state and one
    of[...]t assumed responsibility for
    the financing of the college and a Board of Technical
    Education was established to administer the institution.
    The new board expanded the college and new branches were
    established in other metrop[...]artment of

    Public Instruction (3). In 1891 a new college was
    established at Ultimo.

    Between 1902 a[...]
    Technical College put much effort into creating courses
    that would[...]epartment and became an annex to Sydney Technical
    College. Some departments were moved to the annex
    includi[...]economy.

    In 1949 the Technical Education and NSW University of
    Technology Act was passed; this created a sepa[...]s Street
    and most of the land now utilised by the college. The

    boundary of the grant was located, a[...]
    site of the new college (10). During 1889 valuations were
    made on the lan[...]hich time it was acquired to expand the
    Technical College grounds. The house and land were bought
    for 88,00[...]use was demolished in
    1932.

    3.3 Sydney Technical College 1889 - 1898

    Before the creation of the new college at Ultimo, the
    Sydney Technical College operated from a number of
    buildings; The Temperan[...]89 for a campus.

    The creation of a new Technical College, in 1890, was
    assisted by the newly formed, in 18[...]Museum and overseeing
    the development of the new college (3).

    50,000 pounds was allocated to the b[...]
    [...]e
    technical high school and 19,535 pounds for the college
    (4).

    On 16 November, 1889 W.E. Kemp was directed to prepare
    plans for a Technical College and Museum at Ultimo. This
    was considered to be a[...]into the workshops at Ultimo although
    most of the collegeCollege
    buildings to revise the syllabus of instruction i[...]ry
    engineering." (10)

    One fear in establishing a college at Ultimo was,

    "that the situation of these buil[...]at;

    "In speaking of the work of the Metropolitan College
    mention should be made of the necessity fo[...]
    [...]ces... Many trades are
    still unrepresented in the College courses. The day
    students attending the College are in need of suitable
    space for recreation. In[...]rsists on the
    campus today.

    3.4 Sydney Technical College 1899 — 1909

    From 1900 onwards the student population at the college
    rapidly escalated after a sharp downward turn had[...](1)

    It was claimed that, in the near future, the college would

    require all that land and, perhaps, even t[...]lowed to build in the remaining open
    space at the College as this would constitute a fire
    hazard (2). Howev[...]d that,

    "the need for more accommodation in this college in this
    year is urgent." (3)

    3.5 Sydney Technical College 1910 — 1918
    [...]er occurred during
    1911 (1). In 1910, though, the college was extended by the
    addition of the Ultimo House[...]requirements of additional accommodation for the
    college. This included new buildings for six different
    tr[...]ively stopped planning for the development
    of the College although one building, for Mechanical
    Engineering[...]to help ease the situation.

    3.6 Sydney Technical College 1919 — 1930

    In 1919 three "temporary" building[...]1920 fire insurance was taken out for the various
    college buildings and the schedule provides a good[...]
    College, at this time an annex of the main college. These
    were Women's Handicrafts and Applied Art.[...]ilable at this time went towards creating the
    new college at East Sydney.

    From 1928 expenditure for buildi[...]ity
    occurred on the campus.

    3.7 Sydney Technical College 1930 - 1940

    By the 19303 the College again required a major programme
    of repairs and r[...]mme but by the mid 19303

    it was obvious that the college required additional land
    to accommodate new build[...]tes
    and the projected detrimental effect that the College
    expansion would have on the shops when the it gai[...]onsiderable discussions were held on the proposed college
    extensions. The Minister for Education pointed ou[...]ly unknown to most and it “faced a
    slum“. The College was said to compare less than
    favourably w[...]
    [...]uring 1936 the Minister for Education visited the College
    and inspected all the facilities including the la[...]n 1937 a valuation statement was prepared for the college
    and a comparison of this with the earlier fire in[...]ildings reveals the extent of development

    of the College in the intervening years. The facilities
    listed w[...]he first indication of long term
    planning for the college expansion (10).

    In 1938 another piece of land was resumed for the College.
    This was the purchase of the Harris Street Baptist Church
    which occupied land now owned by the University of
    Technology on Harris Street (11). Furth[...]
    [...]rned into classrooms." (13)

    3.8 Sydney Technical College 1940 — 1964

    The war years effectively prevente[...].

    The 19603 saw a rapid student expansion at the college.
    During this period the government decided to exp[...]Institute. One major
    redevelopment scheme for the college was planned during
    the 1960s. This was in 1962/3[...]cost 10,000,000

    pounds for the Sydney Technical College is in the planning
    stage." (3)

    3.9 Sydney Technical College 1965 — 1990

    In 1966 the college acquired the Marcus Clark building and
    miscellane[...]ffort was put into planning for the future of
    the college. The Government Architect was requested, b[...]
    12

    the facilities at the college was maintained. In 1971 it
    was announced that thr[...]progressive redevelopment
    of the Sydney Technical College site over the next fifteen
    to twenty years at a t[...]s were relinquished. This area is now used by
    the University of Technology. In 1977 a Planning
    Co—Ordination Group was formed at the college to formulate
    planning guidelines based on educati[...]orge and Harris Streets, was
    handed over from the college to the Institute of
    Technology. '

    4.0 THE[...]
    [...]lterations to the building
    (12).

    4.4 Building D: Library

    The library for the college has been housed in a variety
    of buildings[...]
    [...]1 but has since been demolished (l).

    The current library was first designed in 1975. It was
    estimated to c[...]has been let to construct a fully
    air conditioned library block as the first stage of a
    special building project for the central campus area. The
    library block will serve the whole campus..." (3).

    Demol[...], 17b and 17c (4).

    After the construction of the library it was proposed, in
    1982/83, to develop a six sto[...]uld sit on top of and link the recently completed
    library and podiatry building. This was to accommo[...]
    [...]r centre.

    Marketing and advertising workshops, a library and several
    seminar rooms are also include[...]
    [...]ing was first constructed
    as part of the original college accommodation. It was

    connected to Buildi[...]
    [...]s clear that the construction of

    Building D, the library, removed half of the former range
    of the building[...]ded to serve as an integral part of
    the technical college facilities as a commercial high
    school alt[...]
    [...]en the most up-to-date, best equipped unit in
    the college. Its efficiency was said to have been redu[...]
    [...]constructed in 1912 and was used by the
    technical college during WWII. It was purchased in 1955/56
    a[...]
    [...]re~date 1887
    and probably post—date 0.1860. The college came into

    possession of the group during[...]
    [...]ding. It does not appear to
    have been part of the college in the 19505. It may have

    been included i[...]
    [...]h

    and the Builders Messrs Stuart Bros." (1)

    The college acquired the building, as well as a number[...]
    [...]entrance steps and a front boundary wall for the
    college. The tender cost was 370 pounds (1).

    In 1892 pay[...]d that the fence that connected the
    Museum to the College was "an eyesore" and wire netting
    with iro[...]
    [...]o provide a quicker entrance
    to and exit from the college onto a street that was well
    lit. This was conside[...]e elements of this
    kind during the history of the college. These are listed
    chronologically:

    1893:[...]
    [...]thorised From Loan Vote for
    Creation of Technical College. Tech. Ed. Correspondence
    19/14291

    5. Supt. to A[...]ilation Conditions and Requirements of

    Technical College Buildings 20.3.1895. Tech. Ed.
    Corresponde[...]
    [...]Work: Sundry Repairs and Renovations
    to Technical College 25.5.1911. Tech. Ed. Correspondence
    10/14342

    2.[...]rt of the Dept of Public Works 1933—34., 35

    2. College Resumption Ultimo. Tech. Ed. Special Bundl[...]
    [...]Correspondence 1939. Ibid.

    13. Sydney Technical College Annual Report 1939., 2

    Section 3.8

    1. Annual Re[...]of Work Sundry Repairs and Renovations to

    Tech. College 25.5.1911. Tech. Ed. Correspondence
    10/14342.

    8.[...]0/14375.

    10. PWD Plan TCl/OB

    11. Visit to Tech. College, Ultimo by Minister for Ed.
    27.4.1936 Tech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14408.

    12. This Is Your College, Key Plan

    13. Annual Report of the Dept of Publi[...]id., 1986—87

    Section 4.2

    1. Plan of Technical College Ultimo Sydney.
    Votes and Proceedings of the NSW L[...]Tech. Ed. Correspondence
    10/14298

    3. Plan of the College and Museum 1899. Tech. Ed.
    [...], 0127, 0128

    6. PWD Plan TC1/08

    7. This Is Your College., Key Plan

    8. Annual Report of the Dept o[...]
    [...]ech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14394.
    2. This Is Your College, key plan.

    3. Annual Report of the Department of[...]orrespondence
    10/14371

    9. Visit to Technological College Ultimo Minister for
    Education 1936. Tech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14408

    10. This Is Your College, key plan

    11. PWD Plans TC1/987-1054, 1449-1456[...]to wool school correspondence 10/14301
    2. Plan of college, 1899

    3. Plan of college 1909

    4. The Technical Gazette Volume 16,1928 p.[...]d. Correspondence 10/14394.
    6. Visit to Technical College by Minister for Education
    [...]ech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14408.
    7. This Is Your College, key plan

    8. Annual Report of the Dept of Public[...]4

    4. Site plan PWD TCl/OB

    5. Visit to Technical College Ultimo Minister for

    Education 1936. Tech.[...]
    [...]ation in NSW 1909 (ML Q607/3A1)

    Sydney Technical College: This Is Your College 1960 (ML
    607.91/5A1)

    TAFE: Spanners, Easels and[...]Bachelor of Science Architecture Honours

    Sydney University. 1975

    10.2 Correspondence

    Tech Ed. Build[...]
    [...]0, 1950 — 1987.

    Annual Report Sydney Technical College 1889 — 1987

    National Trust of NSW: List[...]
    [...]12

    Douglas, J. "Plumbing at the Sydney Technical College"
    The Australian Technical Journal of Scien[...]
    [...]7/4132

    Public Works Department

    Sydney Technical College Plans TCl/Cards l - 47
    TCl/A — F, O

    STC Pyrmon[...]our

    ML Small Picture File: East Sydney Technical College

    10.8 Miscellaneous

    Stanton and Son Ltd: Public[...]Royal Australian Historical Society

    ML Mitchell Library
    RAHS Royal Australian Historical Society
    S[...]

    TXT

    [...]HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SYDNEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    1:1
    1I February 1990[...]
    [...]currently encompassed within the Sydney Technical College
    Campus. This includes all those sites within[...]ine the development

    I of the Sydney Technical College campus from earliest
    settlement until the pr[...]Historical Society, Lands Department,
    Fisher Library, Public Works Department Library and Plan

    I Room, the Archives of the Metropol[...]rces of the History
    Unit at Sydney Technical College.

    I 1.4 Relation to Master Planning and Other[...]eill of the History Unit at Sydney
    Technical College for their co-operation, assistance and

    I[...]
    [...]3.0 HISTORICAL OUTLINE

    3.1 Sydney Technical College as Part of the Technical

    I College Tradition

    Sydney Technical College is an important part of a long
    tradition of[...]f Arts established a separate

    I Working Men's College in 1878. This became known as Sydney
    Technical College.

    The College was the first of its kind in the state and one
    I[...]umed responsibility for
    the financing of the college and a Board of Technical
    Education was estab[...]the institution.
    The new board expanded the college and new branches were
    I established in other m[...]ent of
    Public Instruction (3). In 1891 a new college was
    established at Ultimo.

    I Betw[...]
    I 3

    I
    I Technical College put much effort into creating courses
    that w[...]ment and became an annex to Sydney Technical
    College. Some departments were moved to the annex
    I in[...]my.

    I In 1949 the Technical Education and NSW University of
    Technology Act was passed; this created a[...]eet
    and most of the land now utilised by the college. The
    boundary of the grant was locate[...]
    I 5

    I
    I site of the new college (10). During 1889 valuations were
    made on the[...]time it was acquired to expand the

    I Technical College grounds. The house and land were bought
    for 8[...]demolished in
    1932.
    I 3.3 Sydney Technical College 1889 - 1898


    I Before the creation of the new college at Ultimo, the
    Sydney Technical College operated from a number of
    buildings; The Temp[...]for a campus.
    I The creation of a new Technical College, in 1890, was
    assisted by the newly formed, i[...]um and overseeing

    I the development of the new college (3).

    50,000 pounds was allocated to t[...]
    [...]technical high school and 19.,535 pounds for the college
    (4) •

    I On 16 November, 1889 W.E. Kemp was directed to prepare
    plans for a Technical College and Museum at Ultimo. This
    was considered to[...]the workshops at Ultimo although
    most of the college buildings were still unavailable (9).
    Very d[...]"advantage was taken in preparing work in the new College
    buildings to revise the syllabus of instruct[...]ineering." (10)

    One fear in establishing a college at Ultimo was,

    I "that the situation of these[...]"In speaking of the work of the Metropolitan College

    I mention should be made of the necess[...]
    [...]. Many trades are
    still unrepresented in the College courses. The day

    I students attending the College are in need of suitable
    space for recreation[...]he

    I campus today.

    3.4 Sydney Technical College 1899 - 1909

    I From 1900 onwards the student population at the college
    rapidly escalated after a sharp downward tur[...]It was claimed that, in the near future, the college would
    I require all that land and, perhaps, ev[...]to build in the remaining open
    space at the College as this would constitute a fire
    hazard (2).[...]t,

    "the need for more accommodation in this college in this
    I year is urgent." (3)

    3.5 Sydney Technical College 1910 - 1918
    I
    I
    [...]curred during
    I 1911 (1). In 1910, though, the college was extended by the
    addition of the Ultimo H[...]rements of additional accommodation for the

    I college. This included new buildings for six different[...]stopped planning for the development
    of the College although one building, for Mechanical
    Engine[...]lp ease the situation.

    3.6 Sydney Technical College 1919 - 1930
    I In 1919 three "temporary" buildi[...]fire insurance was taken out for the various
    college buildings and the schedule provides a good[...]
    I 9

    I
    I College, at this time an annex of the main college. These
    were Women's Handicrafts and Applied A[...]le at this time went towards creating the
    new college at East Sydney.

    I From 1928 expenditure for bu[...]occurred on the campus.
    I 3.7. Sydney Technical College 1930 - 1940

    I By the 1930s the College again required a major programme
    of repairs a[...]but by the mid 1930s

    I it was obvious that the college required additional land
    to accommodate new b[...]and the projected detrimental effect that the College
    I expansion would have on the shops when the it[...]onsiderable discussions were held on the proposed college
    extensions. The Minister for Education pointe[...]ly unknown to most and it "faced a
    slum". The College was said to compare less than
    favourab[...]
    [...]uring 1936 the Minister for Education visited the College
    and inspected all the facilities including th[...]n 1937 a valuation statement was prepared for the college
    and a comparison of this with the earlier fir[...]ngs reveals the extent of development

    I of the College in the intervening years. The facilities
    list[...]irst indication of long term
    planning for the college expansion (10).
    I In 1938 another piece of land was resumed for the College.
    This was the purchase of the Harris Street Baptist Church
    I which occupied land now owned by the University of
    Technology on Harris Street (11). F[...]
    [...]12


    1
    the facilities at the college was maintained. In 1971 it
    1 was announced tha[...]essive redevelopment
    of the Sydney Technical College site over the next fifteen
    to twenty years a[...]e relinquished. This area is now used by
    the University of Technology. In 1977 a Planning
    Co-Ordination Group was formed at the college to formulate
    1 planning guidelines based on ed[...]and Harris Streets, was
    1 handed over from the college to the Institute of
    Technology.

    I[...]
    [...]building
    (12) •

    I 4.4 Building D: Library

    The library for the college has been housed in a variety

    I of buil[...]
    [...]has since been demolished (1).


    I The current library was first designed in 1975. It was
    estimated[...]een let to construct a fully
    air conditioned library block as the first stage of a
    special building project for the central campus area. The

    I library block will serve the whole campus •.. " (3).[...]b and 17c (4).
    I After the construction of the library it was proposed, in
    1982/83, to develop a si[...]it on top of and link the recently completed
    library and podiatry building. This was to accommo[...]
    [...]entre.
    Marketing and advertising workshops, a library and several
    seminar rooms are also inc[...]
    [...]first constructed
    as part of the original college accommodation. It was
    connected to[...]
    [...]lear that the construction of
    I Building D, the library, removed half of the former range
    of the buil[...]to serve as an integral part of
    I the technical college facilities as a commercial high
    school[...]
    [...]e most up-to-date, best equipped unit in
    I the college. Its efficiency was said to have been redu[...]
    [...]in 1912 and was used by the
    technical college during WWII. It was purchased in 1955/56[...]
    [...]date 1887
    and probably post-date c.1860. The college came into
    possession of the group dur[...]
    [...]. It does not appear to
    have been part of the college in the 1950s. It may have
    been include[...]
    [...]and the Builders Messrs Stuart Bros." (1)
    I The college acquired the building, as well as a number[...]
    [...]rance steps and a front boundary wall for the
    college. The tender cost was 370 pounds (1).

    In 1892[...]t the fence that connected the

    I Museum to the College was "an eyesore" and wire netting
    with[...]
    [...]ovide a quicker entrance

    I to and exit from the college onto a street that was well
    lit. This was cons[...]lements of this
    kind during the history of the college. These are listed
    chronologically:
    I 1[...]
    [...]ised From Loan Vote for
    Creation of Technical College. Tech. Ed. Correspondence

    I 19/14291
    5. Su[...]tion Conditions and Requirements of
    Technical College Buildings 20.3.1895. Tech. Ed.

    I Corres[...]
    [...]: Sundry Repairs and Renovations
    I to Technical College 25.5.1911. Tech. Ed. Correspondence
    10/14342[...]t of the Dept of Public Works 1933-34., 35
    2. College Resumption Ultimo. Tech. Ed. Special Bundle
    1[...]e 16 August 1935. Ibid.
    6. Visit to Technical College Ultimo by Minister for
    Education 27.4.1936. T[...]8
    I 7. Re Purchase of 22 Mews Street Ultimo for College. Dec.
    1936. Tech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14417.
    8. Valuation of the Tech. College Buildings Between
    I Harris, Thomas, Mary[...]
    [...]rrespondence 1939. Ibid.
    13. Sydney Technical College Annual Report 1939., 2

    I Section 3.8

    1. A[...]Work Sundry Repairs and Renovations to
    I Tech. College 25.5.1911. Tech. Ed. Correspondence
    10/14342.[...]5.
    10. PWD Plan TC1/08
    11. Visit to Tech. College, Ultimo by Minister for Ed.
    I 27.4.1936 Tech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14408.
    12. This Is Your College, Key Plan
    13. Annual Report of the Dept of Pu[...]1986-87

    Section 4.2
    I 1. Plan of Technical College Ultimo Sydney.
    Votes and Proceedings of the N[...]d. Correspondence
    10/14298
    3. Plan of the College and Museum 1899. Tech. Ed.
    I
    I
    I
    [...], 0128
    6. PWD Plan TC1/08
    I 7. This Is Your College., Key Plan
    8. Annual Report of the Dep[...]
    [...]Ed. Correspondence 10/14394.
    2. This Is Your College, key plan.
    3. Annual Report of the Department[...]ndence
    10/14371
    9. Visit to Technological College Ultimo Minister for
    Education 1936. Tech. Ed. Correspondence 10/14408
    I 10. This Is Your College, key plan
    11. PWD Plans TC1/987-1054, 1449-14[...]l school correspondence 10/14301
    Plan of college, 1899
    3. Plan of college 1909
    I 4.
    5.
    The Technical Gazette[...]rrespondence 10/14394.

    I 6. Visit to Technical College by Minister for Education



    I
    [...]Ed. Correspondence 10/14408.
    7. This Is Your College, key plan
    8. Annual Report of the Dept of Pub[...]4. Site plan PWD TC1/08
    5. Visit to Technical College Ultimo Minister for

    I Education 1936. T[...]
    [...]n in NSW 1909 (ML Q607/3A1)

    I Sydney Technical College: This Is Your College 1960 (ML
    607.91/5A1)

    I TAFE: Spanners, Eas[...]chelor of Science Architecture Honours
    I Sydney University. 1975


    I 10.2 Correspondence

    Tech[...]
    [...]1950 - 1987.

    Annual Report Sydney Technical College 1889 - 1987
    I National Trust of NSW: Lis[...]
    [...]I Douglas, J. "Plumbing at the Sydney Technical College"
    The Australian Technical Journal of S[...]
    [...]1 Public Works Department
    Sydney Technical College Plans TC1/Cards 1 - 47
    TC1/A - F, 0

    I[...]ML Small Picture File: East Sydney Technical College
    1 10.8 Miscellaneous

    Stanton and Son Ltd[...]al Australian Historical Society
    ML Mitchell Library
    RAHS Royal Australian Historical Soci[...]

    MD

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