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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2003-01-17 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-09-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002201b.htm corporateBody Mathematical Association of Western Australia AACR2 1958 Start Place Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Location Claremont, Western Australia Association Society or Membership Organisation The Mathematical Association of Western Australia was formed in 1958. It is an association for teachers of mathematics.

It is impossible to pinpoint exactly the first discussions concerning the founding of an organisation concerned with the teaching of mathematics, but I remember talking about the possibility of such a development with Frank Gamblen, after I returned from the South Asian Conference on Mathematical Education in early 1956. I also remember that Ernie Bowen, then a lecturer in the Mathematics Department of the University of W.A., was keen to see established here a branch of the Mathematical Association (of Great Britain); he had been a member of the Mathematical Association of Victoria before coming to Perth.

The first formal steps appear to have been taken in 1958. As the result of an informal meeting held on May 22, 1958, I distributed a circular (dated July 18, 1958) "To All Persons Interested in the Teaching of Mathematics". This circular indicated that a provisional decision had been made at the May meeting that steps be taken to form a Western Australian branch of the Mathematical Association (of Great Britain). [https://mawainc.org.au/history/]

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