Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Origins of technical education 1881-1902
In 1882, a sub-committee of the North Brisbane School of Arts was formed to control the Brisbane Technical College and an annual grant of £600 was obtained from Parliament. The college had nine teachers who gave instruction in 11 subjects to 80 students. There was no systematic approach to courses of instruction.
By 1889 the College’s activities were made distinct from those of the School of Arts, and the work of instruction was placed under D.R. McConnel who systematised instruction and remained in control for 20 years. In 1892 a pound for pound subsidy was instituted, which meant that such classes as typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping, which attracted large numbers of students and required little apparatus, were most profitable.
The Brisbane Technical College Incorporation Act of 1898 set up a council consisting of six Government representatives, which controlled the College for the next