News from Access Services at Public Record Office Victoria
August 2006 – Number 18

rEsearch is a bi-monthly update on public access news at Public Record Office Victoria (PROV). Current and past editions of rEsearch are available online here and are also emailed to subscribers. Email a request to ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au if you want to be included on our subscriber list.

Contents
1. Congratulations to the Digital Archive for the 50,000th VEO..
2. Exhibitions: '...And Your Petitioners Humbly Pray...' 150 years of petitions in Victoria
3. Breaking News! New Microfiche soon to be available
4. New series available on the PROV online catalogue
5. Melbourne -- 50 years on
6. Provenance
7. Seminar Series June-November 2006
8. Archival Support Program (ASP)
9. Tours of the Victorian Archives Centre
10. Walks and talks at the Victorian Archives Centre
11. PROV Calendar June - August 2006
12. Events and Training
13. Feedback
14. About this publication

1. 50,000th VEO transferred to the Digital Archive
PROV celebrated the permanent storage of its 50,000th electronic record into the Digital Archive in June of this year. The Digital Archive has been fully operational for less than one year and is already successfully transferring thousands of records every week. These records are available to view via our public website so we encourage you to look online at www.access.prov.vic.gov.au and browse through our physical and digital collections.

2. Exhibitions
Open until 30 September: The Town of North Melbourne 1905
The 'Town of North Melbourne 1905' exhibition was developed with Melbourne City Council and Hotham History Project. The exhibition gives the visitor a glimpse of the lives and stories of ordinary people living and working in North Melbourne. With its proximity to markets, abundant water supply for industry, port and rail terminals, it became the storehouse and transfer depot, processing and manufacturing centre for much of Victoria’s produce.

Opening 11 November at PROV: ‘And your petitioners humbly pray…150 years of Petitions in Victoria’
Over the past 150 years, hundreds of petitions have been presented to the Victorian Parliament. Petitions are an important way for the people to have their views heard. Although they may not always result in immediate change, petitions help to raise public awareness and shape opinions. This exhibition will give the visitor a chance to lift the archive lid and view a selection of previously unseen petitions.

The petitions range from the quirky one-offs to those that have strongly influenced Victorian legislation, including Sunday trading, Daylight saving and the famous Ned Kelly petition (VPRS 4966/P0 Unit 3 Item 1) ‘Your humble PETITIONERS… respectfully pray that the Life of the CONDEMNED man, EDWARD KELLY, may be spared’. It has been estimated that over 30,000 signatures were collected for the Ned Kelly petition and it was formally tabled before the Governor-in-Council, but the request was not granted.

This exhibition has been developed by PROV in partnership with the Parliament of Victoria, as part of celebrations for the150th anniversary of responsible government in Victoria. Opens 10 October to 1 November Queens Hall, Parliament.

Both exhibitions can be viewed at the VAC 99 Shiel Street North Melbourne. Educational materials are available online: www.prov.vic.goc.au/online

3. Breaking News! NEW MICROFICHE soon to be available!
Inward overseas passenger lists UK ports 1900 to 1923 (323 fiche)
Inward overseas passenger lists Foreign ports 1900 to 1923 (177 fiche)
Inward overseas passenger lists New Zealand ports 1852 to 1923 (390 fiche)
Register of Assisted immigrants from UK (VPRS 7310) 1839 to 1871 (124 fiche)

The order form is available from the PROV website: www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/publns/PROVOrderFormJune2006.pdf

4. New Series Available on the PROV Online Catalogue (all open access)
VA 3697 Kingston City Council
VPRS 14501/P1 Registers of Inwards Correspondence 1986–1988, 1 unit
VPRS 14502/P1 Regulations and By-Laws 1921–1962, 1 unit
VPRS 14503/P1 Loan Register 1977-1986, 1 unit
VPRS 14612/P1 Annual Statement of Accounts 1985-1993, 1 unit
VPRS 14613/P1 Investment Register 1981-1988, 1 unit
VPRS 14614/P1 Correspondence Files, Multiple Number System 1948-1995, 5 units
VPRS 14506 /P1 Engineers Reports and Strategy 1976-1994, 1 unit
VPRS 14491/P1 Correspondence Files, Multiple Number System 1957-1995, 18 units
VPRS 15607 P1 Correspondence Files, Annual Single Number System 1990-1995, 17 units
VPRS 14497/P1 Subject Index to Correspondence Files 1984-1995, 1 unit
VPRS 14500/P1 Annual Statement of Accounts 1976-1994, 1 unit
VPRS 14611/P1 Engineer’s Subject Files 1983-1994, 73 units
VPRS 14492/P1 Correspondence Files, Multiple Number System 1960-1991, 82 units
VPRS 14493/P1 Annual Statement of Accounts 1927-1990, 2 units
VPRS 14494/P1 Index to Council Minutes 1939-1964, 6 units
VPRS 14496/P1 Health Register 1974-1988, 1 unit
VPRS 14498/P1 Index to Correspondence Files, Multiple Number System 1977-1990, 1 unit
VPRS 14588/P1 Loans Liquidation Register 1945-1978, 2 units
VPRS 14589/P1 Correspondence Registers 1928-1938, 2 units
VPRS 14590/P1 Subdivisional History Sheets 1963-1988, 4 units
VPRS 14591/P1 Register of Land and Property 1960-1988, 2 units
VPRS 14594/P1 Planning Permit Register 1964-1969, 1 unit
VPRS 14595/P1 Minutes of Council Meetings 1892-1994, 52 units
VPRS 14596/P1 Building Permit Applications Register 1970-1982, 3 units
VPRS 14610/P1 Voters Rolls 1990-1992, 1 unit
VPRS 15612 P1 Building Approval Register 1982-1983
VPRS 14505/P1 Committee Minutes 2000-2001, 1 unit
VPRS 15626/P1 Engineer’s Reports and Strategy Plans 1999-2001, 1 unit

VA 4248 South East Water Limited
VA 1007 Melbourne Water Corporation (known as Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works to 1992)
VPRS 8601/P3 Detailed Base Plans [DP] 40'=1" Numeric, 1891 – circa 1950, 915 units
VPRS 8602/P3 Detailed Base Plans [DP] 40'=1" Alpha- numeric, circa 1950 – circa 1970, 430 units
VPRS 8604/P3 Record Plans 160'=1" Numeric, circa 1890 – circa 1950, 4 units
VPRS 8605/P3 Record Plans 160'=1" Alpha- numeric, circa 1950 – circa 1970, 50 units
VPRS 8607/P3 Record Plans 200'=1", circa 1960 – circa 1970, 2 units

VA 4786 Springvale and Noble Park Sewerage Authority (1948-1984)
VPRS 15722/P1 Detailed Base Plans [DP] 40'=1" Numeric, ? 1949-?1991, 163 units

VA 1972 Dandenong Sewerage Authority (1935-1984)
VPRS 15723/P1 Detailed Base Plans [DP] 40'=1" Numeric, ?1935-?1984, 44 units

VA 4094 Central Gippsland Water Authority
VPRS 15747/P1 General Subject Files, Alphabetical (1994-2003), ?1983 – 2003, 299 units

VA 2923 State Library of Victoria
VPRS 12477 P1 Medical Ward Books, Case Notes 1856-1859, 3 units
VPRS 15764 P1 Council Minutes, Berwick Road District/ Shire 1862-1974, 33 units
VPRS 15765 P1 Council Minutes, Pakenham Shire 1974-1994, 164 units

VPRS 1911/P3 CPS/MC Ordinary Register 1978-1987, 1 unit
VPRS 1912/P1 CPS/MC Commonwealth Register 1958-1987 except for units 5 and 6 (which contain family law matters)
VPRS 15009/P1 CPS/MC Fair Rents Register 1955-1961, 1 unit
VPRS 1875/P2 CPS/MC Ordinary Register 1978-1988, 24 units
VPRS 1876/P2 CPS/MC Commonwealth Register 1958-1988, 20 units
VPRS 15008/P1 CPS/MC Fair Rents Register 1955-1960
VPRS 1912/P1 CPS/MC Commonwealth Register 1958-1987 units 5 and 6 (oldest unit available 2081)
VPRS 1880/P2 Children's Court Register 1980-1990 (oldest unit available 2088), 2 units
VPRS 15010/P1 CPS/MC Maintenance and Family Law Register 1981-1988 (oldest unit available 2087), 2 units

VA 3706 Monash City 1994-ct
VPRS 15809/R1 Registrar’s Certificates of Deaths for Undertakers ?1960-?1961, 1 unit
VPRS 15810/P1 Register of Burials 1880-1961, 6 units

5. Melbourne -- 50 Years On
From 16 to 19 November 2006 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre
PROV’s exhibition ‘Fun and Games’ and educational resources
The Victorian Olympic Council, in consultation with the Victorian Government, has commissioned an historic event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and the impact that the Games had on our great State of Victoria. This exhibition will be delivered as 'Melbourne – 50 Years On' and provides this State with a unique opportunity to ‘showcase’ the development of Victoria since the world came to our door in 1956. Please visit www.carrollpromotions.com.au/melbourne50yearson/index.php for more details
In the meantime, visit www.prov.gov.au/online to view our Melbourne 1956 Olympic images..

6. Provenance
The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria will be available online in late September www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance.

This year's issue includes: a biographical sketch of James Acoy the Castlemaine court interpreter, businessman, miner and settler who was imprisoned for corruption in 1869; an article examining the trial of three policemen charged with the murder of an Aboriginal man named Jim Crow in Victoria's Wimmera district in October 1843; two articles presenting true crime stories from the 1920s drawn mainly from Criminal Trial Briefs held in PROV’s custody; and a researcher's report on finding primary sources (from PROV and other collections) to write a biography about Victoria’s cricketing great Bill Ponsford.

Provenance is a free, scholarly, refereed journal published online by PROV. The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles, as well as other written contributions, that contain research drawing on records in PROV's holdings. Please send any queries, comments and submissions regarding Provenance to the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo, who can be contacted by email at sebastian.gurciullo@dvc.vic.gov.au or by telephone on (03) 9348 5600.

7. Seminars 2006
Coming to grips with the instant, disposable word
Kathy Sinclair introduces PROV's new advice, Messaging Technologies and Recordkeeping: Advice to Victorian Government Agencies which deals Instant Messaging, SMS and Video Instant Messaging in the workplace, and their effect on records management. Wednesday 9 August at 12.30pm – 2.00pm (lunch inc.) DOI Theatrette level 29, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne

EDRMS -- How I got my millions
Various speakers discuss aspects of funding for EDRMS implementation. Monday 18 September at 12.00pm -- 1.30pm (lunch inc.) DOI Theatrette level 29, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne

Please visit www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/seminars.asp to view information about PROV’s regular seminar series.

8. Archival Support Program (ASP)
Hurry! we are almost booked out for Saturday 14 October 2006 session -- Computers and Small Archives
Cost $20.00 (incl. morning tea, lunch and GST)

To reserve your place please book on ph. 03 9348 5600 or email ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au

9. Tours of the Victorian Archives Centre
Group bookings are also available, please book by calling ph. 03 9348 5600 or visit www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/vactours.asp

10. Walks and talks at the Victorian Archives Centre
In conjunction with the ‘Town of North Melbourne 1905’ exhibition the following programs are on offer. ‘Walking into the past, a 150 years on the hill’ Saturday 9 September 1.30pm at the VAC and ‘How to produce a local history book’ Saturday 26 August 10.30 am to 12.00 noon at the VAC.
To reserve your place please book on ph. 03 9348 5600 or email ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au

11. Tours of the Victorian Archives Centre 2006
Our calendar of public events can be found at: www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/speaking.asp
30/07/2006-6/08/2006, National Family History Week 2006, 1 Week
31/07/2006 Residing and Cultivating – the Other Side of Mining the Goldfields, 2.00pm-4.00pm
31/07/2006, Seminar Series - Goldfields Talk, 2.00pm-4.00pm
03/08/2006, Launch of Free Availability of Wills and Probate Files Online, 10.30am-11.30am
04/08/2006, Free Tours of the Victorian Archives Centre 10.00am, 12.00pm, and 2.00pm
11/08/2006, Seminar Series - Handy Hints for Using PROV Catalogue Online, 10.30am-12.30pm
17/08/2006, In the Community Event - Hume Global Learning Centre, All Day
19/08/2006, VAFHO Treasure Chest Expo, All Day, website for more information: www.rootsweb.com/~ausvafho/events.html
20/08/2006, Sunshine Historical Society, Talk On PROV Resources for Local History: Shauna Hicks, 2.00pm-3.00pm
24/08/2006, GSV Talk On Lands: James McKinnon, 12.00pm-2.00pm
02/09/2006, Queensland Local & Family History Fair, PROV Talk: Shauna Hicks, 9.15am-2.15pm
09/09/2006, Shepparton Family History Group Talk: Shauna Hicks, 1.30pm-3.30pm
09/09/2006, Local History Walk 'Walking Into the Past, A 150 Years on the Hill', 1.30pm-3.00pm
14/09/2006, Education Talk At GSV: Jack Martin, 11.00am-3.00pm
15/09/2006, In the Community Event: Hobson Bay, All Day
15/09/2006, NSW & ACT Family History Conference: Shauna Hicks, 4 Days
17/09/2006, Maryborough History Fair, 10.00am-4.00pm
20/09/2006, Coburg Historical Society Talk: Jack Martin, 8.30am-9.30am
21/09/2006, Echuca Family History Group, 7.00pm-10.00pm
30/09/2006, Family History Feast SLV: Shauna Hicks, All day

12. Events and Training
Public Record Office Victoria's records management events, training and education program for 2006: www.prov.vic.gov.au/records/training.asp

13. Feedback
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14. About this publication
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From all of us at PROV, we send our deepest sympathies to the friends, family and loved ones of the late Dr. Prue Torney. Her friendly face will be missed in the reading room as she was one of our most dedicated researchers.

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