The minute book was compiled by committee members of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society and is a record of the club's activities from its inception in October 1916 to January 1927. The entries are written in the Greek language as most of the members of then committee during the club's early were more fluent in Greek than English.The first minute book has a record of the inaugural meeting of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society in October 1916 and subsequent meetings until January 1927. Through these records it is possible to gain information about the club's philanthropic objectives, its members and activities during those early decades of the twentieth century. The records also provide an insight into the settlement in Melbourne of Ithacan Greek community and the settlers' determination to succeed in their adopted country while retaining the ties with their homeland. A foolscap size bound book with a tan leather binding and green marbled cloth on the front and back covers. The four corners have been finished in tan leather. There is a white label with blue borders stuck on the top of the fron cover. The inside front and back covers have been finished with mauve, blue and white marbled paper. White cotton cloth tape is along the inner side of the back and front binding. there are 472 pages in the book.On the spine in gold on a red background: MINUTE/BOOK

Newspaper cuttings relating to Ballarat College of Advanced Education. These are from various newspapers and include The Age, Ballarat Courier, The Australian, The Herald. The cuttings cover the period from 11 October 1978 to 16 March 1979. Inauguration of Australia's first postgraduate diploma course in occupational hazard management hailed as a milestone for safety in Australia. Book with yellow cover, front. Spiral bound.employment advertisements, application for enrolment, outline of courses, new gallery big success, norman baggaley, nick violi electronic engineering, keith fuller research program, solar heat, variety in engineering studies, accidents take tragic toll, derek viner, occupational safety group, marquetry exhibition, henry moritz, study of human factors in industry, max brookes, ballarat college of advanced education, bcae - a community resource, community studies-surveys by bcae, overseas librarians visit ballarat, bachelor of arts course approved, frank hurley, awards to bcae students, rodney jude, phillip brewis, engineers elect new chairma, zig plavina, tippett portrait for bcae, four wins for kathie wise, female sculler, bcae won't wait for new buildings, post graduate safety course next year, speech aid gift, vincent bugno final year project, derek woolley, electrical engineering, teacher gets a lesson, terry osborne art student, rodney nicholls awarded scholarship, walter lonie, president - australasian institute of mining and metallurgy, ian anderson wins gift, norman baggaley - head of art, hsc students apprehensive, dr len cubitt, windmills victim of high costs, council's plan to combat flooding, making music at summer school, students' gallery, difficult year ahead, vtu calls for new teacher policies, bcae course hailed as milestone, occupational hazard management, laurence mason, eric wigglesworth, royal australian college of surgeons, derek viner bcae lecturer, role of governments in industrial safety, brain drain crisis for teaching, campus city, ballarat cae leads way, graham werner, cedric snowdon, scholarship winners, mining and metallurgy, visit by senator webster, papua new guinea students, mining engineering career, scientific approach to fitness

The minute book is a record of the activities of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society from 6 August 1985 to 4 October 1994. The minutes are written in Greek except for one meeting held on the 17 November when the minutes were typed in English. Subsequent meetings which were held from 5 July 1994 to 7 September 1994 were also in English.The minutes are important because they are a record of the club's activities and its decisions and directions that occurred during that period.A foolscap size bound book with a tan suede leather binding on the spine and corners with grey decorative edges and red marbled cover and a red label on the spine with 'Minute Book' printed on it. There is blue printed marbled paper on the front and back inside covers and blue and pink marbling around the edges of the pages. A loose green cloth cover is folded over the book. Two white stickers are on the cloth cover.On the green cloth cover: MINUTES BOOK/OF THE ITHACAN PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY/(THE ULYSSES)/329 ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE minute books, ithaca, ithacan philanthropic society, societies greek communities

Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. October 17: New Young Blind Citizens branch – Krista Fisher, Diabetes Plus forum – Laurel Sutherland. royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows

Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. October 9: Diabetes Plus seminar – Laurel Sutherland, Multi-disciplinary assessments at Burwood school – Michelle Piggott. royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows