VPRS 15872 Minute Book (GRS 590)

This series comprises the minutes of the Geelong Regional Committee - Victoria's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. The first public meeting was held on 10 July 1980. The minutes of the second meeting state that The Mayor reported that the Premier had asked him to join a Citizens' Committee in Melbourne to assist in organising Victoria's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Since then Cr. Glover has been requested to form a Geelong Regional Committee. This book records the minutes of that Committee.It was mentioned at that meeting that the aim of the celebrations was for all Victorians to participate in some form and that projects be organised of a permanent nature. The 150th Anniversary Celebrations were to be conducted from October 1984 to November 1985.The Geelong Regional Committee was divided into several specialist committees with a chairperson appointed for each.The date of the final meeting was 10 February 1986.