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Statement of Purposes.

The Cornish Association Of Bendigo and District Inc.


* To promote fellowship and to foster goodwill among Cornish people in Bendigo and district.

* To stimulate interest in the history, family history, antiquities, traditions and social conditions of Cornwall.

* To aid approved cultural movements in, and connected with, Cornwall.

* To endeavour to arrange contacts between relatives and friends of Cornish people in both Victoria and Cornwall, and with other Cornish Associations.

* To further awareness in the Victorian community of the importance of the Cornish emigration in the development of Australia.

* To assist and encourage, in conjunction with state organisations, local government and the National Trust, the restoration and maintenance of buildings / areas of importance to the Cornish heritage in Bendigo and district.

* To be a non-political, non-sectarian, cultural organisation.