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The [[Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts]] (1833), in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], is the oldest school of arts still operating<ref>{{cite web | title=About | website=Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA) | date=25 November 2020 | url=https://smsa.org.au/about/ | access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> and the largest institute in Australia.<ref>{{cite web | last=Wotherspoon | first=Garry | title=Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts | website=The Dictionary of Sydney | date=2008 | url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/sydney_mechanics_school_of_arts | access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> Others in NSW include the [[Moruya Mechanics' Institute]]<ref name=nswshr-485>{{cite NSW SHR|5045358|Mechanics Institute|hr=00485|fn=S90/03448 & HC 33392|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> and the [[Scone School of Arts]]. |
The [[Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts]] (1833), in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], is the oldest school of arts still operating<ref>{{cite web | title=About | website=Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA) | date=25 November 2020 | url=https://smsa.org.au/about/ | access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> and the largest institute in Australia.<ref>{{cite web | last=Wotherspoon | first=Garry | title=Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts | website=The Dictionary of Sydney | date=2008 | url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/sydney_mechanics_school_of_arts | access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> Others in NSW include the [[Moruya Mechanics' Institute]]<ref name=nswshr-485>{{cite NSW SHR|5045358|Mechanics Institute|hr=00485|fn=S90/03448 & HC 33392|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> and the [[Scone School of Arts]]. |
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In [[South Australia]], the [[South Australian Museum#19th century|South Australian Institute]] (1838, then 1847–),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31829387|publisher=South Australian Advertiser|title=South Australian Institute|date=27 October 1863|page=4|website=Trove|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> was the forerunner of the [[State Library of South Australia]], the [[South Australian Museum]], and the [[Art Gallery of South Australia]].<ref name=pothist>{{cite |
In [[South Australia]], the [[South Australian Museum#19th century|South Australian Institute]] (1838, then 1847–),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31829387|publisher=South Australian Advertiser|title=South Australian Institute|date=27 October 1863|page=4|website=Trove|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> was the forerunner of the [[State Library of South Australia]], the [[South Australian Museum]], and the [[Art Gallery of South Australia]].<ref name=pothist>{{cite document|title=A Brief History of the South Australian Museum|url=http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Upload/files-about/a-potted-history.pdf|date=2004|publisher=South Australian Museum|access-date=18 May 2019|journal=|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401154508/https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Upload/files-about/a-potted-history.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The first institute in the [[colony of Victoria]] was the [[Melbourne Mechanics' Institute]], created in 1839. It was renamed The Melbourne Athenaeum in 1872, and continues to operate a library, theatres and shops in the original building.<ref name="mivhist"/> Many mechanics' institutes, athenaeums, schools of arts and related institutions in the state of [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] are well documented by the Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria, Inc., whose members range from the well-resourced [[Melbourne Athenaeum]] to the tiny Moonambel Mechanics' Institute in [[Moonambel]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Victorian Members | website=Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. | url=http://www.mivic.org.au/victorian.html | access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> In the following decades, almost every town in Victoria had a mechanics' institute, usually including a hall, library and reading rooms, games facilities, and both educational programs and entertainment.<ref name=what>{{cite web | title=What is a Mechanics' Institute? | website=Prahran Mechanics Institute | date=8 November 2012 | url=https://www.pmi.net.au/home/mihistory/ | access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> |
The first institute in the [[colony of Victoria]] was the [[Melbourne Mechanics' Institute]], created in 1839. It was renamed The Melbourne Athenaeum in 1872, and continues to operate a library, theatres and shops in the original building.<ref name="mivhist"/> Many mechanics' institutes, athenaeums, schools of arts and related institutions in the state of [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] are well documented by the Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria, Inc., whose members range from the well-resourced [[Melbourne Athenaeum]] to the tiny Moonambel Mechanics' Institute in [[Moonambel]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Victorian Members | website=Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. | url=http://www.mivic.org.au/victorian.html | access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> In the following decades, almost every town in Victoria had a mechanics' institute, usually including a hall, library and reading rooms, games facilities, and both educational programs and entertainment.<ref name=what>{{cite web | title=What is a Mechanics' Institute? | website=Prahran Mechanics Institute | date=8 November 2012 | url=https://www.pmi.net.au/home/mihistory/ | access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> |