Stay up to date with the latest records and interesting stories uncovered from the collection. This blog will offer you a snapshot into the world of historical research featuring the extraordinary tales of Victorian people captured within Victorian Government archives.
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New Central Information Sharing RDA
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Recordkeeping For Government
IMMAP 2019-20 report now available
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Recordkeeping For Government
Take a walk in the park day
![people on a hike in the bush VPRS 12903 black and white photo of people dressed for a picnic on a hike](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/parks_banner.jpg?itok=B3Zkj-mW)
News And Events
Bendigo's queer history
![John Reardon VPRS 515 No. 22397 a page from a prison register](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/bendigoqueerhistorybanner.jpg?itok=NaTP1T0n)
News And Events
Transfers and RDA projects update
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Recordkeeping For Government
Website search and order
![website website](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/websites-grk-banner.jpg?itok=xfxe0lAE)
News And Events
Oral histories of Lake Tyers and surrounds
![Oral Histories of Lake Tyers and Surrounds Uncle Frank Hood being interviewed at Lake Tyers](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/wurinbeena_banner.jpg?itok=nFbsVw1C)
In The Community
Infamous prison escapee and first mafia murder among S9s
![Crime scene photo from the criminal trial brief of Kevin Joiner, VPRS 30 P26 Unit 6 black and white photo of a man looking out over a field of trees and grass](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/2021_section_9_banner.jpg?itok=X1NXKjmE)
News And Events
Provenance Journal 2020 online now
![Rowville camp investigations black and white photograph](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/journal2020blog_banner.jpg?itok=ggS1JNs7)
Research
Marking off the days
![SBV 1891 Calendar Middle Pages View State Bank Archives - Ephemera Collection VPRS 8936/P1, Units 201 & 202 SBV 1891 Calendar Middle Pages View State Bank Archives - Ephemera Collection VPRS 8936/P1, Units 201 & 202](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/Marking%20off%20the%20days%20blogpost/Marking%20off.jpg?itok=MzJ-f5M_)
Archival Snapshot
Material in the Public Record Office Victoria archival collection contains words and descriptions that reflect attitudes and government policies at different times which may be insensitive and upsetting
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be aware the collection and website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
PROV provides advice to researchers wishing to access, publish or re-use records about Aboriginal Peoples