Ned Kelly: ned online
Documents tracing the chase, capture, trial and execution of Victoria's most famous son.
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Eureka on Trial: Archives of the Eureka Stockade
Explore the revolt at Eureka through the trial transcripts of the miners and police involved.
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Melbourne 1956 Olympics
Thousands of images of the 'Friendly Games'.
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• This enormous photographic archive depicts nearly every facet of VIctorian life in the first half of the twentieth century.
  
• The records reflect the cultural and social history of Victoria and the stories of people, places and events that have influenced Victoria's past.
  
• They cover all aspects of government including justice, transport, women, Indigenous people, sport, natural resources, and immigration.

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Victorians at Work
A snapshot of the diversity of work undertaken by Victorians over the past two centuries drawn from PROV's photographic collections.
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Women's Suffrage Petition
30,000 Victorian women signed this petiton in 1891.
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People and Parliament
Telling the story of 150 years of responsible government in Victoria.
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The Town of North Melbourne 1905
The life of people living and working in North Melbourne in 1905.
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And your Petitioners Humbly Pray...
150 years of petitions in Victoria
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Our Nation's First Capital
Federation and the City of Melbourne 1901-1927
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Documenting a Democracy
The story of Australia's system of government
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• The Immigration Indexes are a very simple method of introducing students to historical research and the archives.
  
• There are 3 index lists but the ‘Index of Unassisted Inward Passengers 1852-1923’ is the best to start with. Teachers/students can search for details of when their ancestors arrived in Victoria.
  
• They can enter a surname and any other information available such as the year someone migrated or the names of the ship on which they came to Victoria.
  
• The Index gives you a persons’ age, date of arrival, the port and lists all the other passengers on the ship and the port they left from- B (British), F (Foreign), N (New Zealand).

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