CORNISH ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA INC

Statement of Purposes

CORNISH ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA INC.

BALLARAT BRANCH

OFFICE BEARERS:
	President	Mr John Mildren
	Treasurer/Membership Secretary	Mr Ian Jennings email ijen9328@bigpond.net.au
	Secretary	Mrs Lenice Stuchbery 906 Ligar St Ballarat Victoria Australia 3350 email jolestuch@bigpond.com
	Librarian	Ms Wendy Benoit. RSD H633 Ballarat 3352 Telephone 03 5334 6723 email wbenoit@netconnect.com.au

MEETINGS	The Ballarat Branch meets on the first Saturday of every EVEN month at 5pm. The venue is the Ballarat West Uniting Church Hall – Sturt Street Ballarat West (opposite Ballarat College).
MEMBERSHIP	Membership is open to Cornish persons by birth or descent, their spouses and their children, or any other person with an interest in Cornwall, who applications are approved by the committee.
MANAGEMENT	The Cornish Association of Victoria Inc. is managed and controlled by a Committee of management of 20 members representing the various groups, including the Ballarat Branch and the Geelong Branch.

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 of Cornwall
To endeavour to arrange contact between relatives and friends of Cornish people in both Victoria and Cornwall and 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 State organizations, Local government and the National Trust to restoration and maintenance of buildings in the areas of importance to the Cornish heritage in Australia
To be a non-political, non-sectarian cultural organization.