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The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria

ISSN 1832-2522

CURRENT ISSUE - 2009, Number 8

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Editorial

Sebastian Gurciullo...

A R T I C L E S

The Protector of Aborigines speaking at an Aboriginal encampment in the bush, pencil drawing dated 5 April 1843, possibly by William Thomas (detail). R Brough Smyth Collection, La Trobe Library, State Library of Victoria. Reproduced with permission

The case of Peter Mungett:

Born out of the allegiance of the Queen, belonging to a sovereign and independent tribe of Ballan
Fred Cahir and Ian D Clark


A Flood of Celestial Light pouring on upon the Diggings, Melbourne Punch Almanack, January 1857 (detail). Rare Books Collection, State Library of Victoria

'The most determined, sustained diggers' resistance campaign':

Chinese protests against the Victorian Government's anti-Chinese legislation, 1855-1862'
Anna Kyi


F O R U M

File cover, PROV, VPRS 24/P0, Unit 232, Item 1869/119, Inquest into the death of Margaret Bardon (detail)

'A most difficult and protracted labour case':

Midwives, medical men, and coronial investigations into maternal deaths in nineteenth-century Victoria
Madonna Grehan


Clarence Woodhouse, Melbourne in 1838 from the Yarra River, c. 1888. Reproduced courtesy of the State Library of Victoria (detail)

Nichola Cooke:

Port Phillip District's first headmistress
Liz Rushen


Birthday page from scrapbook, c. 1880-90s. Louise Blake's collection

'Woods Point is my dwelling place ...':

Interpreting a family heirloom
Louise Blake


Herdman's Bakery, 1920 (detail). Nan Herdman front second left. The photo was taken by the youngest Herdman son, William, who inherited the bakery. Private collection

The black sheep:

Robert Herdman of Paisley, Scotland and Australia
Marilyn Kenny and Anne Martin


Bilingual petition from Chinese Resident in Castlemaine (E 66), received 18 August 1857, PROV, VPRS 3253/P0, Unit 51, File 479 (detail). Reproduced by permission of the Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

Finding the Chinese perspective:

Locating Chinese petitions against anti-Chinese legislation during the mid to late 1850s
Anna Kyi



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