Short-listed: Sydney Mechanics School of Arts: A History

Sydney Mechanics School of Arts: A History, by Garry Wotherspoon, has been short-listed for the NSW Premier’s History Awards. Continue Reading →

Celebrating 180 years of education

This year marks the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts‘ 180-year anniversary. Representing the “transformative power of education”, the SMSA is one of five key institutions—along with the Benevolent Society, Bank of NSW (now Westpac), the Australian Museum and the Sydney Morning Herald—that have survived intact from the days of Australia’s colonial past. Continue Reading →