Description
The Department of Mining Engineering dates back to the formation of the university itself on 1 July 1949, as it was one of the departments that had much of its origins in the Sydney Technical College. The first head of department was Professor D. W. Phillips, who was appointed on 12 August 1949. When the first three university faculties were established by Council on 8 May 1950 (resolution 54), Mining Engineering became one of the initial four departments within the Faculty of Engineering. On 10 September 1951 Council changed the designation of all departments to schools and so the School of Mining Engineering came into existence (resolution 153). In late 1951 the geology section was absorbed into the school and so it came to be known as the School of Mining Engineering & Applied Geology (Technology, Vol. 3, No. 1). On 14 May 1956 Council created the Faculty of Technology (resolution 761i) and the school was moved to this faculty. On 9 May 1960 Council changed the name of the faculty to the Faculty of Applied Science (resolution 60/55). On 9 September 1963 Council reverted the name of the School of Mining Engineering & Applied Geology to the School of Mining Engineering, with the School of Applied Geology becoming its own independent school (resolution 63/183). On 9 September 1985 the School of Mining Engineering was altered by Council from a school to a department within the School of Mineral Resources effective 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96ci). The school therefore ceased to exist from this time. Subordinate agency: Department of Fuel Technology - 18/06/1958 - 09/09/1963 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1949-31/12/1985
