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Soon after the settlers and their sheep arrived, there came merchants and mechanics (builders, stonemasons, carpenters, tilers and other workmen). The mechanics, proud of the new town they were building, understood the need to plan for a better future and formed a Union Benefit Society. At their first meeting, the society's members discussed the need for a mechanics institute - to provide opportunities for everyone in the settlement, for education and self-improvement; a time and place for the meeting was set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 'Long may Minerva reign from her niche overlooking Collins Street<\/a>' Pam Baragwanath discusses the role these important community enterprises played in the past, and continue to have, around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1638,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-1637","timeline","type-timeline","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n1839 - Athenaeum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1839 - Athenaeum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Soon after the settlers and their sheep arrived, there came merchants and mechanics (builders, stonemasons, carpenters, tilers and other workmen). 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