[UMA-SRE-20060104] Council of Agricultural Education Minute Books

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-20060104Extent15 volumesLinear Meterage0.57Scope and ContentThe Agricultural Colleges Act of 1884 provided for the reservation of 150000 acres, under the control of trustees, as an endowment for agricultural colleges and experimental farms. It established a council of eleven members, comprising three trustees, the Secretary of Agriculture and five representatives of agricultural societies, along with two members appointed by the governor. The first meeting was held in 1885 and was chaired by J. Levien. The minutes include references to the management of buildings, lands and accounts; innovations in agriculture and farming; management of students; management of donations and endowments; certification of students; use of specialists inteaching and research innovation. The Council was abolished by the Agricultural Colleges Act 1944 and was replaced by the Victorian Advisory Council on Agricultural Education in 1945.The Minutes from 1945 - 1960 are those of the Victorian Advisory Committee on Agricultural Education (UM979), but are physically part of this series as the minutes for the new council continued to be written into the same volume as the minutes for the old council.Collection CategoryUniversity, officialAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Series

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CreatorCouncil Of Agricultural Education

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Date1885-1960

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Previous System ID2006.0104Records Services IDUM1013Descriptive NoteYes box level list ONLINE

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[UMA-SRE-20060104] Council of Agricultural Education Minute Books