Trinity College Act 1979

WHEREAS Trinity College (hereinafter in these recitals called "the College") was founded in the year 1870 "in the name of God Almighty Father Son and Holy Spirit to aid in the advancement of sound learning and religious education by providing a home where students of the University of Melbourne may reside under Christian discipline and receive religious instruction in accordance with the Liturgy and the Articles of the Church of England and also by supplying means for the training and instruction of candidates for Holy Orders in the said Church":

AND WHEREAS by Crown grant in the year 1871 land was granted to trustees for Trinity College and the College was thereafter governed according to regulations made by the trustees of that grant:

AND WHEREAS under the Trinity College Act 1927 certain provisions were made to remove doubts that had arisen relating to the admission of students to the College without distinction of religious belief and to the holding of certain scholarships exhibitions bursaries and prizes and for the vesting of the College site in The Trinity College (Melbourne) Trusts Corporation, a company limited by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Act 1915:

AND WHEREAS, since the enactment of the Trinity College Act 1927, Trinity College has been governed by rules and regulations made by The Trinity College (Melbourne) Trusts Corporation:

AND WHEREAS by the Trinity College Act 1957 The Trinity College (Melbourne) Trusts Corporation was empowered to mortgage, charge, sell, transfer, convey, lease, exchange, or dispose of the land of the College:

AND WHEREAS under the Janet Clarke Hall Act 1961 certain provisions were made with respect to the separation of Janet Clarke Hall, being that part of Trinity College set aside for women students, from Trinity College and its establishment as a separate women's residential college affiliated to the University of Melbourne and for the transfer to Janet Clarke Hall, a company incorporated pursuant to the Companies Act 1958, of part of the land of Trinity College and of certain trust funds:

AND WHEREAS Trinity College is a college affiliated to the University of Melbourne: