Searching for records held at Robert O'Hara Burke Museum, Beechworth

This search is not intended to identify all records relating to Beechworth or the Beechworth region. The search can only be used to find series that are physically held in Beechworth. Many more records relating to Beechworth are held in North Melbourne at the Victorian Archives Centre. You can search for these using the simple catalogue search.

Use keywords that will allow you to find a particular series title - this does not search for individual records in each series. It is designed to let you know whether there are records with series titles held at Robert O'Hara Burke Museum in Beechworth that match your keyword.

Once you find a series that you are interested in you can select any records that you wish to order from that series to view in the Beechworth reading room.

You can search by using a keyword. If no keyword is used you will be directed to a search result which lists all series titles of records held at Beechworth which you can browse.

Your keyword(s) should be relevant to the title of the record series. For example: council minutes, rates, or court.

These records generally cover a range of local administration functions, whether relating to the work of local government, courts, hospitals, mining or water and sewerage provision.

These records were largely created by agencies that were located in Beechworth or in towns in the surrounding region, including municipalities, hospitals, courts, mining offices and sewerage and water authorities. A small number of records may have been created by other types of agencies.

Browse the results and identify records that might be of interest for viewing online as most of these records have been digitised. Original physical records can still be viewed in the Robert O'Hara Burke Museum in Beechworth, see their website for details on how records can be accessed onsite.