Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[s. 5.]
[Heading amended by No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]
(a) To establish and maintain within the State of
Western Australia a public educational institution the purpose of which is to
educate members of the public and to awaken, stimulate, encourage and maintain
the interest of members of the public in, and to promote public knowledge of,
places and things which are of national or local importance by reason of
educational, historic, architectural, traditional, legendary, artistic,
literary, scientific, antiquarian, archaeological or other special interest
attaching to them and of places of natural beauty and the flora and fauna
thereof by giving effect to all or any of the objects and purposes hereinafter
set out.
(b) To provide for the holding of classes,
lectures, seminars, exhibitions, meetings and conferences calculated directly
or indirectly to advance the cause of education of members of the public and
imparting knowledge of history of places and things of national or local
importance as aforesaid and to that end to co-operate with the Department of
Education of the State of Western Australia, The University of Western
Australia, the Director of Adult Education of the State and any other public
educational institution.
(c) To print, publish, sell, distribute and
circulate books, advertisements and publications of any and every kind as are
calculated to promote and advance the objects and purposes of The Trust.
(d) To compile and preserve suitable records of
buildings, places and things, of national or local historic interest or which
traditionally are held or believed to be identified with the arts, crafts,
history, legends and mythology of early inhabitants and pioneers of the State
of Western Australia or the Commonwealth of Australia.
(e) To employ and remunerate a director or
directors of studies, teachers, lecturers, tutors, research workers and
students, secretaries and other employees and persons as may be necessary for
the purposes of carrying out and giving effect to the objects and purposes of
The Trust.
(f) To establish and maintain a library or
libraries, both reference and circulating.
(g) To offer, give or contribute toward any
scholarship, prize, medal or reward for any research, literary contribution,
article, essay or effort connected with the objects of The Trust.
(h) To make grants to persons approved by The
Trust to assist them to make studies, research or investigations approved by
The Trust.
(i) To co-operate with any other institution or
society having objects similar to the objects of The Trust.
(j) To acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise,
any land, building, places and things of national or local importance as
aforesaid for the purpose of maintaining, protecting and preserving them for
the benefit of the public.
(k) To awaken, encourage and stimulate
appreciation, enjoyment and respect by members of the public for places and
things of national or local importance as aforesaid.
(l) To take such steps as may be necessary or
desirable to manage and preserve any buildings, places or things of national
or local importance as aforesaid from time to time owned by or under the
control of The Trust.
(m) To acquire or accept the gift, devise or
bequest of, or the control for the time being of, or on loan or lease any
building, place, land, relic, chattel or other things considered to be of
national or local importance as aforesaid and if any such gift, devise or
bequest or control or loan or lease be subject to any trust or condition to
give effect to such trust or condition.
(n) To take such steps as from time to time may be
deemed expedient for the purpose of procuring grants, subscriptions and
contributions to the funds of The Trust.
(o) To accept for the promotion, attainment,
maintenance and advancement of the objects and purposes herein set out gifts,
bequests and legacies of moneys and other valuable assets and property.
(p) To entrust any land, building, relic, chattel
or other things for safe custody and control to any other Local Government,
Public, National or other Gallery, museum, association, society or body of
persons whether incorporated or not upon such terms and conditions as The
Trust thinks fit with power at any time to require the return thereof to The
Trust.
(q) To enter into agreements with Local
Governments, corporations, societies and individuals for the management,
maintenance and preservation of any places or things of national or local
importance as aforesaid.
(r) To maintain and manage, either alone or
jointly with any Local Government or other authority or body of persons
(corporate or unincorporate), any building or place or things of national or
local importance as aforesaid.
(s) To cause such steps to be taken as in the
opinion of The Trust are necessary to make places and things of national or
local importance as aforesaid readily accessible to the public under proper
conditions.
(t) To charge such fees for admission to lands and
buildings vested in it or under its control as The Trust thinks fit.
(u) To expend any money and generally take any
action for any purpose that in its opinion is necessary for the exercise of or
ancillary to any of the objects, purposes and functions of The Trust.
(v) To give and enter into any guarantee in
relation to the payment of any moneys and to give and enter into any form of
indemnity.
(w) To acquire by purchase, exchange, gift,
devise, bequest, lease, hire or otherwise any real or personal property in
furtherance of the objects and purposes of The Trust.
(x) To sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose
of any real or personal property of The Trust.
(y) To apply to have any land of The Trust brought
under the provisions of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 , as amended from time
to time, or of any statutory re-enactments thereof.
(z) To construct, build, repair, maintain and
alter any buildings.
(aa) To invest the moneys of The Trust not
immediately required in such manner as may from time to time be deemed
expedient.
(ab) To borrow or raise money and secure the
repayment thereof on such terms and at such rate of interest and otherwise as
the Council of The Trust from time to time shall think fit and in particular
by mortgage or other similar charge on or security over any property real or
personal of The Trust.
(ac) To make gifts and to give and make over
moneys and other property of The Trust with or without consideration where the
making thereof is calculated to promote the objects and purposes of The Trust.
(ad) To place any moneys of The Trust on deposit
with any bank and to open and pay moneys of The Trust into and operate upon
accounts current with any bank.
(ae) To promote legislation likely to further and
advance the objects and purposes of The Trust and to apply for and accept the
grant of a Royal Charter for The Trust.
(af) To do such other acts and things within the
State of Western Australia as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of
the above objects and purposes or any of them.
[Schedule amended by No. 14 of 1996
s. 4; No. 8 of 2009 s. 96.]