Swinburne History

Guests and officials arriving for the opening of the new Swinburne Library, February 1972. At the time of this video, Fraser was Minister for Education and Science until the 1972 election brought the Labor government of Gough Whitlam into power. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson from Swinburne's Department of Film and Animation in April 2020.
Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

A short film produced in the mid to late 1970s by Swinburne Audio-Visual Services most probably for Swinburne's Department of Mathematics. The purpose of the film is to demonstrate various types of queues in the operations research area of mathematics. The film opens with a queue of people waiting outside the National Gallery of Victoria on St. Kilda Road, Melbourne; a group of taxis queued in a taxi rank outside Flinders Street Station; cars queued at traffic lights on the corner of Flinders Street; milk bottles queued along a production line; and lastly a queue of men waiting to use an outdoor toilet. Please note that video has no sound. 16mm film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

16mm colour footage showing the construction of the Swinburne Applied Science Block from 1962 to 1963. The Applied Science Block provided classrooms and laboratories for Applied Mechanics, Chemical Engineering, Geology, Glassworking, Road Materials Testing, Soils Mechanics, Metallurgy, Physics and Structural Engineering. The building faced Burwood Rood between the Ethel Swinburne Centre and the Chemistry School.
The building was eventually demolished in 2008 to make way for the new Advanced Technologies Centre (ATC).
Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

Film highlighting Education Week at Swinburne in 1958. Swinburne Technical College was open to visitors between 19-20 August 1958. Visitors could inspect classes and inspect students' work. Film highlights classrooms, workshops, laboratories, studios, theatrette ad the library. Film digitally restored by Dennis W. Nicholson, Audio Visual Production Manager, Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

16mm colour footage of the Swinburne Audio-Visual Services team filming a short film titled 'Keeping books alive : a series on book preservation' for RAECO Library Equipment in 1978. The Swinburne television studio was located in the BA Building. Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

Footage of Mr Tylee's funeral. Mr. A. F. (Tom) Tylee died on 24 July 1966 in his seventeenth year as Director of Swinburne. The film commences with Swinburne students lining Burwood Road (Hawthorn) to watch the funeral procession. Film then moves to Mr. Tylee's office where his secretary can be seen typing and looking mournful.
Film then moves to Trinity Presbyterian Church on Riversdale Road in Camberwell where the service was held. Film concludes with the burial service at Burwood Cemetery.

"Mr. A. F. Tylee, who died recently during his seventeenth year as Director of Swinburne, was a man of wide interests. A civil engineer by profession, he was equally interested in the physical sciences, the social sciences and the arts. He travelled extensively throughout Australia, and wrote articles on Australian history and geography for many newspapers and journals. He was closely in touch with developments in Australian educational administration, both tertiary and sub-tertiary, and had written articles on education and taken part in educational conferences. Not long before his death he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian College of Education, a body of leading educationists. At Swinburne, he was a unifying influence on the college, and was concerned to foster the development of all branches of learning. When Social Science was introduced into technical diploma courses several years ago, Mr. Tylee established the "A. F. Tylee Prize in Social Science" which he donated annually to the best student in social science classes. At the time of his death he was giving thought to the possible establishment of a full-length Diploma of Humanities (or Liberal Arts) at the College. Mr. Tylee was also interested in the fine arts, and he frequently spent an afternoon painting in a studio at our Art School. It was there that he posed a couple of years ago for a portrait by Mr. A. Moore, of the Art School staff." Tribute taken from the 1966 "Swinopsis" a review of technology and sociology. Published by the Students' Representative Council, Swinburne Senior Technical College, Melbourne. Please note that this video has no sound. 16 mm colour film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager) from the Swinburne Department of Film and Animation in April 2020.

Footage of Swinburne Director Mr A. F. (Tom) Tylee and his wife Doris's road trip from Swan Hill to Brisbane in May 1965. Film opens with visit to the Swan Hill Folk Museum - an open-air museum portraying life on the Murray in the era 1830-1930 and then a trip to Cohn's cordial and cannery factory. Film then moves to Brisbane with visit to Mount Coot-tha Lookout and footage of Brisbane street scenes including the Brisbane City Hall.

Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

Footage of Swinburne Director Mr A. F. (Tom) Tylee and his wife Doris's road trip from Broken Hill to Menindee, New South Wales in September 1965. The film opens at the Silver Haven Motel in Broken Hill followed by a tour around the town (of Broken Hill); rest stop at Quondong Hotel (note giant bottle on the roof), Stephens Creek and finally Menindee Lakes. Mr Tylee's distinctive red and white 'International Harvester' van is often seen in frame.
Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

Film opens at the newly constructed Upper Yarra Dam east of Melbourne. The Upper Yarra Dam diversion tunnel can also be seen. Men racing pooh sticks along the Upper Yarra Aqueduct. Film then moves to the Yarra River in the Melbourne CBD where river boats (River Queen, St. Anne and St. Theresa) can be seen filled with passengers cruising along the Yarra River. Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.

16mm colour footage of the Melbourne CBD circa 1950s. Film opens at the corner of Collins and Russell Streets showing the T&G Building and Scots' Church. Film then moves to the Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT), School of Applied Art. External footage of the State Library of Victoria's domed reading room and the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy street. Please note that video has no sound. Film digitised by Dennis W. Nicholson (Audio Visual Production Manager), Swinburne Dept. of Film and Animation in April 2020.