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from Access Services at Public Record Office Victoria
June 2006 – Number 17
rEsearch is a bi-monthly update on public access
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Contents
1. PROV wins a Museums Australia Publication
Design Award 2006.
2. Exhibitions - 'The Town of North Melbourne
1905'
3. Breaking News! New Microfiche
soon to be available
4. New series available on the PROV
online catalogue
5. New
PROV databases online
6. Saving Our Census!
7. Seminar Series June-November
2006
8. Archival
Support Program (ASP)
9. Saturday Record Deliveries
10. Saturday Openings
11. Tours of Victorian Archives Centre
12. Walks and Talks at the Victorian Archives
Centre
13. PROV Events Calendar, June-August 2006
14. Feedback
15. About this publication
1. PROV wins a Museums Australia Media and Publication Design
Award 2006
PROV's newest online exhibition, Tracking
the Native Police, is the winner of a Museums Australia Publications
and Design Award 2006! MAPDA celebrates excellence in design and communication
in the Museum and Collections sector across Australia. PROV was awarded
in the large institutions category for websites.
The judges commented: "Very strong section winner – this information
rich site has a good balance of text and imagery, clean navigation and
innovative use of map overlays that uses the medium effectively that has
given historical material a contemporary feel which will appeal to a wider
audience".
2. Exhibitions
Town of North Melbourne 1905 is the newest exhibition on display
at the Victorian Archives Centre from 13 June to 30 September 2006. A
collaborative exhibition between PROV, the City of Melbourne and the Hotham
History Project, Town of North Melbourne 1905 is a fascinating
snapshot of life in the North Melbourne community at the turn of the century.
Accompanying the exhibition is a program of events which includes a walking
tour of North Melbourne around the Victorian Archives Centre precinct,
and a talk for family and local historians who are looking at producing
publications on their local areas and characters. See item 11 of this
issue of rEsearch for more details.
3. Breaking News! NEW MICROFICHE soon to be available!
PROV is delighted to announce that four microfiche publications will be
available for purchase in early 2006/07. While the microfiche are not
yet published at the time of distribution of this issue of rEsearch, PROV
is taking orders to ensure that enough copies of each set are produced
for researchers interested in obtaining them. Please see following a description
of the microfiche and their costs. Note that costs exclude postage and
handling. To order your sets, or to receive further information regarding
the microfiche, contact Pam Sheers (tel. (03) 9348 5600).
Inward Overseas Passenger Lists UK ports 1900-1923: $250
Inward Overseas Passenger Lists FOREIGN ports 1900-1923: $180
Inward Overseas Passenger Lists NEW ZEALAND ports 1852-1923: $280
VPRS 7310 Register of Assisted Immigrants: $220
4. New Series Available on the PROV Online Catalogue
PROV regularly transfers permanent archival records from government agencies
to PROV custody. Also, Victorian Public Record Series (VPRS) are occasionally
reprocessed as research by PROV archivists uncovers more about the records
and their context. The lists appearing below may include some reprocessed
series, as well as new accessions and transfers of additional consignments
to existing series. They are all open unless otherwise indicated, and
available to view.
The descriptions of all series flagged as 'restricted' are available to
view. However, all requests to access the records require prior permission
from the Clerk of the Legislative Council/Legislative Assembly.
VA 3545 Environment and Natural Resources Committee
VPRS 10976/P7 Committee Records 2001-2004, 9 units (restricted)
VA 3137 Public Accounts and Estimates Committee
VPRS 12625/P6 Committee Records 1995-2002, 6 units (restricted)
VPRS 12901/P2 Committee Meeting Records 2001-2002, 1
unit (restricted)
VA 3139 Economic Development Committee
VPRS 11957/P6 Committee Records 1998-2004, 24 units (restricted)
VA 4000 Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
VPRS 10977/P13 Committee Records 2003-2004, 7 units (restricted)
VA 4052 Subordinate Legislation Committee
VPRS 11228/P2 Committee Records 1967-1982, 1 unit (restricted)
VA 4775 Education and Training Committee
VPRS 15547/P1 Committee Records 2003-2004, 5 units (restricted)
VA 4776 Outer Suburban / Interface Services Development Committee
VPRS 15548/P1 Committee Records 2003-2004, 20 units (restricted)
VA 1238 Mercy Hospital for Women
VPRS 15627 P1 General Subject Files 1971-2000, 61 units
VPRS 15688 P1 Annual Reports 1972-2002, 1 unit
VPRS 15631 P1 Minutes, Advisory Council/Advisory Board
VPRS 15628 P1 to P18 Committee Minutes, Medical and Nursing Administration
1970-2002, 35 units
VPRS 15629 P3 to P5 Minutes, Board of Management and Sub- Committees:
P3 1976-1995, 8 units; P4 1986-1995, 7 units; P5 2000-2001, 1 unit
VPRS 15630 P1 to P14 Minutes, Various Committees 1959-2001,
14 units
VPRS 873 P2 Sale Contract Books 1856-1874, 1 unit
VA 4554 Department Of Sustainability and Environment
VPRS 1003 P4 Correspondence Files, Land Sales Branch
1877-1910, 1 unit
VPRS 1016 P2 Miscellaneous Correspondence Files 1851-1912,
2 units
VPRS 1417 P and P1 Certified Plan Registers: P 1886-1888,
4 units; P1 1876-1879, 1 unit
VPRS 3575 P Rent Roll, Grazing and Other Sections Licenses, Ballarat
District Survey Office 1887-1893, 1 unit
VPRS 6169 P Application and File Management Cards, Ballarat and
Ararat 1927-1941, 3 units
VPRS 15690 P1 File Movement Registers, Survey Branch
1873-1890, 2 units
VPRS 15645 P1 Register of Licensees, Section 19 Land Act 1869,
Receiver of Revenue Wedderburn 1882-1911, 1 unit
VPRS 14666 P2 File Movement Cards, 'C' Files ?1977-?1979,
1 unit
VPRS 14964 P3 Land Files Estrays 1878-1952, 1 unit
VPRS 15657 P1 Schedules of Residence Areas, St Arnaud District
Survey Office 1936-1954, 1 unit
VPRS 15691 P1 File Movement Register 1897-1901, 1 unit
VPRS 15692 P1 File Movement Register, Land Files, Hamilton, Horsham
and Stawell Land Districts 1925-1933, 1 unit
VPRS 15693 P1 File Management Register, Benalla, Echuca and Kerang
Land Districts 1910-1914, 1 unit
VPRS 15694 P1 Register of Referred Correspondence, Survey Branch
1918-1920, 1 unit
VPRS 15704 P1 Register of Files sent to Crown Lands Bailiffs
1880-1950, 3 units
VPRS 15706 P1 Purchases of Land, Closer and Discharged Soldier
Settlement Acts 1912-1918, 1 unit
VPRS 15707 P1 Register of Transfers of Crown Land 1923-1966,
1 unit
VPRS 15708 P1 Outward Letter Books, Surveyor-General
1902-1918, 2 units
VPRS 15709 P1 Outward Letter Book, Minister for Lands and Senior
Officers 1872-1884, 1 unit
VPRS 15710 P1 Outward Letter Book, Education Department, Secretary
for Lands 1877-1879, 1 unit
VPRS 15712 Referred Correspondence Book, District Surveyor, Sale
1865-1867, 1 unit
VPRS 15713 P1 Alienation of Crown Lands Cards ?1955-?1970,
3 units
VPRS 15635 P1 Schedules of Leases, Papers and Contracts, Mines
1890-1903, 1 unit
VPRS 6166 P Index to Application and File Management Cards, Ballarat
and Ararat by 1927-?1941, 3 units
VPRS 15637 P1 Schedules of Tenders, Requisitions and General Business,
Public Works Department, Schedule Order 1898-1916, 12 units
VPRS 832 P, P1 and P2 Applications for Crown Grants, Land Act
1862, Amending Land Act 1865 and Land Act 1869: P 1862-1876,
2 units; P1 1862-1882, 6 units; P2 1862-1878, 7 units
VPRS 1013 P Licenses Issued under Section 42 Amending Land Act
1865 1865-1870, 1 unit
VPRS 1382 P Applications for Residence and Business Areas and
Claims, Ballarat District, Central Division 1871-1914, 3 units
VPRS 1643 P Outward Letter Book, Lands Officer Ararat and Western
Victoria 1884-1915, 1 unit
VPRS 1655 P Register of Inward and Outward Correspondence, Crown
Lands Bailiff Ballarat 1883-1887, 1 unit
VPRS 4683 P3 Regional Rent Rolls, Unused Roads and Water Frontages
1905-1911, 2 units
VPRS 5448 P Registers of Residence Areas in the Ballarat District
1883-1936, 28 units (part open)
VPRS 6045 P Register of Residence Areas, Castlemaine District,
Daylesford Division 1897-1935, 3 units
VPRS 6165 P Record of Correspondence Sent (1864 - 1871);
Register of Correspondence Received and Dispatched (1894 - 1898)
1864-1898, 1 unit
VPRS 6168 P Index of Residence Area Rights 1936-1936,
1 unit
VPRS 6574 P and P1 Register of 'H' and 'HO' Files: P
1935-1964, 8 units; P1 1923-1943 5 units (closed)
VPRS 13464 P1 and P2 Register of Applications, Stawell , Section
42 Land Act 1884 and 1890, Sections 44 and 59 Land Act 1898 and Sections
47 and 54 Land Act 1901 (Occupation Branch): P1 1887-?1917, 1
unit; P2 1899-?1914, 1 unit (closed)
VPRS 14307 P1 Register of Inward Correspondence, 'G' Series
1902-1971, 11 units (part open)
VPRS 14309 P1 Register of Inward Correspondence, 'W' Series
1900-1930, 5 units (part open)
VPRS 14320 P1 Register of Inward Correspondence, Mallee Division
1896-1956, 6 units (part open)
VPRS 14327 P3 Register of Inward Correspondence, Bairnsdale District
Land Office 1922-1931, 1 unit
VPRS 14332 P2 Register of Inward Correspondence, Ballarat District
Land Office 1925-1975, 3 units (part open)
VPRS 14336 P2 Register of Inward Correspondence, Ararat District
Land Office 1931-1968, 1 unit (closed)
VPRS 14342 P1 and P2 Register of Inward Correspondence, Bendigo
District Land Office: P1 1892-1961, 10 units (part open); P2
1900-1928, 1 unit
VPRS 14664 P1 File Register, 'C' Files 1918-1933, 2 units
(closed)
VPRS 15031 P2 Salaries Registers 1905-1916, 2 units
VPRS 15573 P1 Register of Purchases of Land for Soldier Settlement
1920-1921 1 unit (closed)
VPRS 15614 P1 Auctions and Land Sales Files 1918-1950,
1 unit
VPRS 15639 P1 File Movement Book, Correspondence Branch
1884-1905, 7 units
VPRS 15640 P1 Register of Inward Correspondence, Closer and Soldier
Settlement 1925-1926, 1 unit
VPRS 15641 P1 Rent Roll, Benalla Land District, Section 80 Land
Act 1898 1900-1911, 1 unit
VPRS 15642 P1 Register of Probates and Marriages 1876-1879,
1 unit
VPRS 15643 P1 Document Register 1923-1931, 1 unit
VPRS 15644 P1 Register of Lessees, Section 20 Land Act 1869, Receiver
of Revenue Inglewood 1882-1907, 1 unit
VPRS 15646 P1 License Issue Book, Melbourne 1903-1928,
1 unit
VPRS 15647 P1 Register of Licensees, Hamilton, Section 49 Land
Act 1910-1911, 1 unit
VPRS 15653 P1 Register of Applications, Wire Netting
1910-1911, 1 unit
VPRS 15654 P1 Register of Applications, Wire Netting
1910-1926, 2 units
VPRS 15656 P1 Index of Residence Areas, St Arnaud District Survey
Office 1936-?1954, 1 unit
VPRS 15658 P1 Transfers and Cancellations of Residence Area Rights,
St Arnaud District Survey Office 1941-1970, 1 unit
VPRS 15660 P1 Transfers and Cancellations of Residence Area Rights,
Bendigo District Survey Office 1936-1974, 1 unit
VPRS 15661 P1 Register of Applications, Ballarat, Sections 113,
146 and 192 Land Act 1901 (Occupation Branch) 1899-1908, 1 unit
VPRS 15662 P1 Miscellaneous Royalty and License Payment Cards
?1914-1959, 1 unit
VPRS 15663 P1 Alphabetical Index to Correspondence, 'C' Series
1883-1904, 4 units
VPRS 15665 P1 Correspondence Movement Register 1882-1885,
2 units
VPRS 15666 P1 Correspondence Movement Register, Chief Clerk Series
I 1880-1885, 2 units
VPRS 15667 P1 Correspondence Movement Register, Chief Clerk Series
II 1880-1886, 2 units
VPRS 15668 P1 File Movement Register, Surveyor-General
1920-1930, 2 units
VPRS 15679 P1 Register of Applications, Ballarat, Other Sections
Land Acts 1884, 1890, 1891, 1898 and 1901 (Ballarat District Survey Office)
1885-?1948, 4 units
VPRS 15680 P1 Register of Approved Applications, Ballarat and
Western Victoria, Other Sections Land Acts 1901 to 1958 (Ballarat District
Land Office) 1908-1976, 4 units
VPRS 15681 P1 Register of Applications, Ballarat, Section 65 Land
Acts 1884, 1890 and 1898 and Section 103 Land Act 1901 and Section 106
Land Act 1901 (Ballarat District Survey Office) 1885-?1943, 4
units
VPRS 15682 P1 Register of Approved Applications, Ballarat, Section
103 Land Act 1901 and Section 86 Land Act 1915 and Section 49 Land Act
1958 (Ballarat District Land Office) 1908-?1948, 2 units
VPRS 15683 P1 Register of Approved Applications, Ararat, Section
103 Land Act 1901 and Section 86 Land Act 1915 (Ararat District Land Office)
1908-?1941, 1 unit
VPRS 15684 P1 Register of Applications, Ballarat, Section 12 Land
Act (Amendment) Act1936 and Section 171 Land Act 1958 (Ballarat District
Land Office) 1936-1975, 3 units
VPRS 15686 P1 Register of Approved Applications, Ballarat, Sections
47 and 98 Land Act 1901 1908-1923, 1 unit
VPRS 15705 P1 Monthly Journals, Crown Lands Bailiffs
1868-1873, 4 units
VPRS 15717 P1 File Movement Register, Closer and Discharged Soldier
Settlement 1922-1929, 2 units
VPRS 15718 P1 Survey Fees Received for Special Allotments [1873
- 1875]; Record of Land Sales [1864 - 1878]; Mail Despatch Book [1945
- 1951] 1864-1951, 1 unit
VPRS 15719 P1 Register of Inward Correspondence Hamilton, Horsham
and Stawell Crown Reserves and Foreign Correspondence 1920-1940,
1 unit
5. New PROV databases online
Towards the end of June you will find some new databases to help you search
some of PROV records series more quickly. These include:
-an index to Building Services Agency Building Plans 1853-1998 (VPRS 3686,
3821, 11519)
-a list of parties featured in Companies and Miscellaneous Applications
Files in cases before the Master in Equity, 1884 - 1922 (VPRS 12024/P1)
compiled by long-term PROV researcher Ada Ackerly
- a list of parties to Nisi Rules cases before the Master in Equity, 1852-1883
(VPRS 12098/P0, P1) compiled by Ada Ackerly
- a list of people featured in photographs taken for the 1888 International
Exhibition in Melbourne, compiled by Ada Ackerly
As part of PROVs latest exhibition at the Victorian Archives Centre,
'Town of North Melbourne 1905' we will also publish a list of people named
in the Court of Petty Sessions Register of Applications for Victorian
Old-age Pension, North Melbourne, 1901-1910 (VPRS 13353).
6. Saving Our Census!
Tell 10 Of Your Friends To Tell 10 Of Their Friends To Tick "Yes"
To Q 60 On Census Night 8 August 2006
The next Australian census will be conducted on the night of Tuesday 8
August 2006 and will cost in the order of 300 million dollars. It will
contain 61 questions, of which all will be compulsory except the ones
on religion and census retention.
The retention question (Q60) reads: "Does each person in this household
agree to his/her name and address and other information on this form being
kept by the National Archives of Australia and then made publicly available
after 99 years?"
If this question is ignored, it will be treated as a NO.
The Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill (2005) was
introduced into the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament
on 3 November 2005 and passed later that month unopposed. It was passed
by the Australian Senate on 27 February 2006 and awaits Royal assent to
become law.
The Bill amends the Census and Statistics Act (1905) and the
Archives Act (1983) relating to the retention of identified census
information by the National Archives of Australia. The Bill ensures that
name identified information collected in all future Australian censuses
will be preserved for future genealogical and other research. Retention
only applies to information supplied by those households that provide
explicit consent on the census form. Some 51 percent of Australians answered
"YES" to the retention of their forms in the 2001 census survey.
This was in effect a national referendum of the Australian people and
a majority voted that our history matters. We can do even better this
year.
As with the 2001 survey, during the 99 year period, the name identified
information will not be released by the National Archives under any circumstances.
The Australasian Federation of Family History Organizations (AFFHO) is
working closely with the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the National
Archives of Australia to assist in the national public education campaign
prior to census night. Please support us by encouraging as many Australians
as possible to answer YES in the census question concerning the retention
of this vital record of the Australian culture. Unless you answer YES
your census form will not be retained in the archives.
More details will soon be published on the AFFHO webpage of the campaign
and how you can help.
Nick VINE HALL, Chairman, AFFHO Census Working Party: nick@vinehall.com.au
7. Seminars 2006
The Seminar Series for 2006 is popular among people researching on a variety
of topics using records at PROV.
Our next seminars are:
-21 June 10.30am-12.30pm Chinese Market Gardeners and
Miners at the Victorian Archives Centre
-28 June 10.30am-12.30pm Mining Records at the Ballarat
Archives Centre
Places are still available in these seminars but book in early as they
fill up fast! To book, pick up a registration form from the Victorian
Archives Centre or Ballarat Archives Centre or download it from the PROV
website http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/seminars.asp.
Alternatively, contact PROV on phone (03) 9348 5600.
Also, look out for the July--September Seminar Series program brochures
in your next issue of PROactive (due out late June). The exciting program
of informative talks include 'Making the Most of the PROV Online Catalogue,
Handy Hints and Tips', 'Researching at the Geelong Heritage Centre', 'Mining
the Goldfields', 'Researching Wards of the State', and repeats of the
ever popular 'Ancestors in the Archives Parts 1, 2 & 3' and 'Land
Occupation and Selection Records at PROV'.
If you do not receive PROactive, subscribe to the free publication online
at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/main/maillist.asp
or phone (03) 9348 5600. Seminar Series program brochures can be picked
up from PROV reading rooms or viewed online at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/seminars.asp
8. Archival Support Program (ASP)
The seminars ‘Preservation and Conservation’ on Saturday 29
July at the Victorian Archives Centre, and ‘Computers and Small
Archives’ on Saturday 14 October, also at the Victorian Archives
Centre, still have a small number of places available. The archival support
program brochure and registration form covering all events on offer until
November 2006 may be collected from the Victorian Archives Centre or Ballarat
Archives Centre or downloaded from the PROV website at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/asprogram.asp.
For further information on the archival support program phone (03) 9348
5600.
9. Saturday Record Deliveries
Good news for Reading Room users...
From Saturday 8 July, you'll notice an improvement in record deliveries
in the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room – four record deliveries
will now take place every open Saturday, just as they do on weekdays.
Summary of the delivery times:
-records ordered before 4.00 pm Friday will be delivered
9:30 am Saturday
-records ordered before 9:30 am Saturday will be delivered
11.00 am Saturday
-records ordered before 11:30 am Saturday will be delivered
2.00 pm Saturday
-records ordered before 2.00 pm Saturday will be delivered
3:30 pm Saturday
-records ordered before 4.00 pm Saturday will be delivered
9:30 am Monday
We do recommend that researchers continue to preorder records prior to
visiting the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room. The existing limits
of 20 records per researcher, 4 records per delivery, still apply. Ask
Reading Room staff for further details.
10. Saturday Openings, June-August 2006
The Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room is open on 24 June. PROV now
opens on the second and last Saturday of the month, even if there is a
long weekend, that is 23 Saturdays this year!
11. Tours of the Victorian Archives Centre 2006
Tours of the Victorian Archives Centre exhibition space, reading room
and repository continue to be very popular, they are held on the last
Friday of every month and on open Saturdays. Dates and times follow:
-8 July at 11.00 am
-28 July at 10.00 am, 12.00 am, 2.00 pm
-29 July at 11.00 am
More information can be found at: http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/vactours.asp
Reservations are essential and can be made by phoning Reception on (03)
9348 5600. Group tours outside of these times may also be arranged by
phoning Reception on (03) 9348 5600.
12. Walks and talks at the Victorian Archives Centre
-8 July & 9 September, 1.30 pm: ‘Walking into the past,
a 150 years on the hill’
The walking tour will take a look at the local history and landscape of
North Melbourne. Tales of both early and long-term residents as well as
prominent people will illustrate life at the turn of the century.
-26 August 10.30 am to 12.00 pm: ‘How to produce a local
history book’
Lorna Hannan works with the Hotham History Group in producing many history
books on the neighborhood of North Melbourne…and very successfully
too! She is a wealth of information on how to research, collate and promote
a family or local history book.
13. PROV Calendar April-June 2006
The PROV calendar for speaking engagements and other dates can be found
at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/speaking.asp.
Public Record Office Victoria's records management events, training and
education program for 2006: http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/records/training.asp#calendar
14. Feedback
We welcome your feedback and suggestions on the content of this newsletter
via email. ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au
If you know someone who would be interested in receiving rEsearch, they
can subscribe by emailing a request to ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au.
15. About this publication
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