Comment by ponector
5 hours ago
>> Its still here, today.
Because it is a different business, to teach people. So many places are teaching nice things that could help little to get a job with living wage.
5 hours ago
>> Its still here, today.
Because it is a different business, to teach people. So many places are teaching nice things that could help little to get a job with living wage.
It's not a university or TAFE.
The teaching they do is conferences - they host archeology, psychology, and engineering mini-conferences and talks, today. Whilst also being one of the biggest libraries in the town.
This isn't somewhere handing out a bunch of useless Certificate IIs. Its somewhere you need a degree to even get in the door.
Their primary income is actually from trade unions - almost all of them rent their office out of the building, because of its established connections to everyone who knows something. And all members get access to the library, equipment and most talks. (Though not the rat warrens that still run under the town from the gold rush.)