Historical information

The minutes of each meeting of the Board of Management of the Victorian Deaf & Dumb Institution, the Victorian School for Deaf Children and Deaf Children Australia has been retained from 1862 to 2010.

Significance

The minutes of the meetings provide an insight into the day to day running of the School, from Wages and Salaries, student issues to broader educational topics, building works and finances.

Physical description

Red leather bound book containing typed pages glued to white pages. Contains the minutes of meetings of the Committee of Management, later the Board of Management (from Feb 1960) of the Victorian School for Deaf Children from July 1958 - Feb 1963.

Inscriptions & markings

Spine: "MINUTES July 1958 to Feb 1963" in gold lettering