Public Record Office Victoria holds a vast array of records created by Victorian Government departments and authorities including the State’s courts, local councils, schools, public hospitals and other public offices.
The records date from the establishment of the Port Phillip District in the mid 1830s right through to today and include information relating to areas of activity managed or regulated by government such as the administration of justice, immigration, health and welfare, land, education, Indigenous communities, planning, transport, and resource management.
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Temporary closure of Ballarat Archives Centre
Due to the need to undertake urgent unscheduled maintenance it is necessary for us to close the Ballarat Archives Centre Reading Room. This closure will commence with immediate effect and is currently expected to follow through to Tuesday 22 May 2012. An update on the situation will be issued no later than Wednesday 23 May [...]
Read MoreInformation Awareness Month 2012 Disposal Poster
Information Awareness Month is upon us again already! For your Records Management enjoyment, PROV have produced an interactive Poster on Disposal. The poster contains several key messages about disposal, such as ‘use good disposal practice’ and ‘do not dispose of records without authorisation’. Clicking on the photograph images in the poster will send you to [...]
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The progress of the Port of Melbourne
The series VPRS 8360 contains a slide display of many images on the progress of Port of Melbourne in the second half of the 19th and in the early 20th century. With the rapid growth of Melbourne and the poor state of the port, merchants pushed to develop a better port where ships could dock [...]
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