Below is a list of digitising projects we are working on at the moment. Our catalogue ‘Access the Collection’ has more information on the records and any images that we have published to date.

VPRS 515 Central Register of Male Prisoners (1850 – 1948)

Images from completed volumes are listed under the Central Register of Male Prisonersentry in our online catalogue. Detailed information and photographs of ‘clients’ of the prison system, 100 volumes. Records created within the last 75 years are closed to protect personal privacy.

VPRS 19 Inward Registered Correspondence, Superintendent Port Phillip District (1839 – 1851)

Partnership with the C J La Trobe Societysupported by a grant from the R E Ross Trust. Records are inward registered correspondence to La Trobe in his role as the Superintendent of Port Phillip District. Expect completion in 2012.

VPRS 8168 Historic Plan Collection (1802 – 1963)

Completed categories can be browsed through the Historic Plan Collectionentry in our online catalogue. Approximately 9,000 plans are arranged in categories and will be published progressively.

VPRS 9553/P1 Rate Records, Box Hill City Council (1863-1994)

A partnership with the Box Hill Historical Societyto digitise records made between 1937 and 1947 that are not available on microfilm. Digitisation complete, records available shortly.

VPRS 4/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, Police Magistrate (1836-1839)

The corresponding letters to Lonsdale.
– Expect completion mid 2012.

VPRS 5/P0 Outward Registered Correspondence to Surveyor General, (1836-1848)

Correspondence from the Surveyor-General’s Department in Melbourne to the Surveyor-General in Sydney, from before the formation of Victoria as a separate colony.
– Expect completion mid 2012.

VPRS 24/P0 Inquests, Supreme Court of Victoria (1840-1925)

Volunteers for FamilySearch digitised our collection of pre-1925 inquest records. 
– We anticipate that we will begin publishing these through our catalogue in the second half of 2012.

VPRS 95/P0 Inward Correspondence, Commissioner of Crown Lands Westernport (1841-1856)

This correspondence covers the granting and settling of Crown lands around the new colony.
– Expect completion mid 2012.

VPRS 4771/P0 Ballarat and Ballarat East Town Allotment Survey Plans, Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Ballarat Division (1858-1938)

Nearly 400 plans showing the early layout and inhabitants of Ballarat.
– Expect completion end 2012.

VPRS 5517/P0 Duplicate Returns and Requisitions, Police Magistrate (1841-1856)

Details of the daily operations of the Police Magistrate and his staff.
– Expect completion mid 2012.