Objectives

• To promote and foster goodwill among Cornish people and people in Victoria
• To stimulate interest in the history, family history, antiquities, traditions and social conditions of Cornwall
• To aid approved cultural movements in and associated with Cornwall
• To endeavour to arrange contact 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 to 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 Australia
• To be a non-political, non-sectarian, cultural organisation

To achieve these objectives the Association operates through Special Interest Groups being:

• Family History
• Heritage
• Language
• Cornish Born
• Cornish Music
• St Just District Research Group
• Camborne-Gwennap & Central Mining District Research Group

The Association serves as a focal point for involvement with many other organisations in Cornwall and in other states of Australia

The Association offers one or more meetings each month, mostly on a Saturday afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The Association maintains a comprehensive Information Resource Centre specialising in Cornish Parish Records and reference material that is relevant to the study of family history and Cornish heritage.

Excursions to places of interest are arranged from time to time

A quarterly Newsletter (Editor: Lesley Morton), is produced to inform members of events here and in Cornwall with a section devoted to Family History queries.

Management

The Association is managed and controlled by a Committee of Management of 20 members, representing the various groups including the Ballarat Branch and the Geelong Branch.

Place of Meeting

The Library and Research Room are situated at the Uniting Church in Australia, Hughesdale Hall. Meetings are mostly held at this venue which is situated at the corner of Kangaroo Road and Skipton Street, Hughesdale. Melway Ref Map 69 D7.

Cornish Association of Victoria, Australia, Inc.

Secretary: Miss June Whiffin
19 Monash Grove
BLACKBURN SOUTH  Vic 3130 Australia

Ballarat Branch meetings are held on the 1st Saturdays of February, April, June, August, October and December at 5 pm at St.Cuthberts Uniting Church, Elliot Street, BALLARAT.

Ballarat Branch Secretary: Mrs. Lenice Stuchbery, 906 Ligar Street, BALLARAT Vic 3350 Australia. Ph. 03 5332 2580

Geelong Branch meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of every second month commencing in January each year at 07.30pm until 09.30pm at Uniting Church, Cnr Boundary Road & Queenscliff Road, East Geelong.

Geelong Branch Secretary:  Mrs Shirley Lindsay  -  Ph 5251 2693

Membership

Membership is open to Cornish persons by birth or descent, their spouses and their children. Other persons with an interest in Cornwall whose applications are approved by the Committee

Attachments

The Association is a member of:

• The Cornish Music Guild
• The Royal Historical Society of Victoria
• The Council of British and Commonwealth Societies

Forward together with appropriate fee to:
Mr Rod Phillips,  Treasurer

5 Virginia St

MT WAVERLEY  VIC  Australia 3149