Western Australian School of Mines

Originally located in Coolgardie, WASM later moved to Kalgoorlie and continued to be primarily funded from independent sources.

In 1969 the Department of Mines transferred management of WASM to Western Australian Institute of Technology which later became Curtin University.

The original school was initially set up at Coolgardie in a building erected for the International Mining and Industrial Exhibition of 1899.

Then there will come the main entrance hall, close on the left of which is to be the senior laboratory, and on the right the secretary's office, lobby, lecturer', assistants', and directory rooms.

"[1]The school was administered by the Department of Mines until 1969 when it became a branch of the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University), when its name was changed.