School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityThese minute books record the meetings of several different committees, including Equipment committee, student loan fund committee, legislation and constitution committee and appeal committee, of School of Mines in the 1970's and give us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being done.Large red book with gold lettering on the front and hand writing on the spine in black marker.Sticker on front cover listing committees and writing on the spine.ballarat school of mines, appeal committee, equipment committee, legislation and constitution committee, student loan fund committee, w.j.c north, e.j tippett, w.j. anderson, a.e stohr, m.b john, k.h price, j.j smail, l.c yandell, h. patterson, g.k sutton, william d jenkins, maxwell lazarus, neil. a matthews, anthony m. smith, peter. j smith, neil. a pinniger, peter. j white, christopher. f bones, dannt livitsanos, ronald f. mason, david. j douglas, philip. a findlay, kevin. j mcilvena, bruce. e greening, j.a sharrock

The inaugural meeting of the Ballarat Mathematical Association was held at St Patrick's College on 12 July 1967, in the presence of visitors Solway Love and the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The Ballarat organisation was a newly formed branch of the Mathematical Association of Victoria. The first committee of the Ballarat Branch were Miss I.H. Moore, (President) D. Scoltock (secretary), Brother Stanley, J.W. Netherway, D. Bremner, Sister Agnes (St Martin's in the Pines), Miss I. Tabaco (Ballarat High School) and Mother Michelle. The second meeting was held on 03 September 1967 and included a talk by Clive Keating, Inspector of Schools and President of the Mathematical Association of Victoria. The next guest speaker was Mr McLaren who spoke on Patterns in Mathematics forms I to IV.A harcovered ledger with leather spine containing minutes of the Ballarat Mathematical Association. Many of the attendees were nuns and brothers. The first meeting includes notes on a talk by I.H. Moore on The Language of New Mathematics. ballarat mathematical association, mathematical association of victoria, i.h. moore, new mathematics, j.j. netherway, d. scoltock, . scoltock, d. juniper, d. van leeuwen, c.m. flynn, m. hatfield, d. bremner, g.w. kershaw, clive keating, a.j.m. arnts, j. bold, d. rodger, r. wilson, d. yee, f.j.d. syer, m.s.i. dunwoodie, j. greening, rodney martin, don bremner, m.h. thomas, terry speed, david scoltock, alan ballard