The committee to found the school was formed in January 1892, by 1896 there were instructors involved,[4] and in February 1903 the building was complete.[5][6][7][8]
Following the decline of the Zeehan mineral field it became part-time by 1921,[9][10] and it closed in 1958.
The buildings and collections of the college were retained to make up part of what was first the 'West Coast Pioneers Museum' which started in 1965, and which is now known as the West Coast Heritage Centre
Notes
↑ "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury. LXVII (8181). Tasmania, Australia. 19 May 1896. p.4. Retrieved 12 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". Tasmanian News (6795). Tasmania. 4 February 1903. p.4 (FOURTH EDITION). Retrieved 5 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "ZEEHAN". The Daily Telegraph. XXIII (33). Tasmania. 7 February 1903. p.5. Retrieved 5 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Examiner. LXIII (33) (DAILYed.). Tasmania. 7 February 1903. p.5. Retrieved 5 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "WEST COAST MINING". The Mercury]. LXXIX (10, 270). Tasmania. 11 February 1903. p.7. Retrieved 5 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury. CXV (16, 903). Tasmania. 5 December 1921. p.4. Retrieved 5 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES". The Mercury. CXV (16, 904). Tasmania. 6 December 1921. p.4. Retrieved 5 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
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