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Australian Maths Trust

mathematics competition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ4824417 ↗
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The Australian Maths Trust (AMT), formerly Australian Mathematics Trust, is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at helping students to develop their abilities in maths. The AMT was formed in 1992 from a merger of the Mathematics Olympiad (founded 1979) and the Australian Mathematics Foundation (founded 1987).

The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) is a mathematics competition for school students run by the AMT. The Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC) runs the Australian Mathematical Olympiad (AMO), supporting Australian students to enter the International Mathematical Olympiad and the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad.

Since 1992, AMT has awarded the BH Neumann Award to recognise AMT volunteer members for their contributions to the teaching and learning of mathematics in Australia.

AMT history

The forerunners of the Australian Maths Trust were the Mathematics Olympiad (1979-1992) and the Australian Mathematics Foundation Limited (1987-1992). In 1992, the two organisations merged and established the Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT).

All of these organisations were founded with the goal of assisting Australian secondary students to realise their potential in problem-solving through mathematics and algorithmics. AMT took on the running of the Olympiad through the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC) as well as running the Australian Mathematics Competition.

The Australian Mathematics Trust was later rebranded Australian Maths Trust.

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O'Halloran undertook a 12-month study tour in Canada and Europe, including some time at the University of Waterloo in Canada, where he observed their mathematics competition.

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