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from Access Services at Public Record Office Victoria
February 2007– Number 21
rEsearch is a bi-monthly update on public access
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- Local History Grants Program 2007
-- Now Accepting Applications
- Volunteers News
- Exhibition News
- Walking Tour: Suffragists of Hotham
Hill, North Melbourne
- Seminar Series February -- June
2007
- Archival Support Program 2007
- Koorie Records Unit -- wilam
naling .. knowing who you are ,,, projects
- Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU)
Project
- Ballarat Archives Centre News
- PROV Microfiche available for
purchase
- Mining Shareholders Index 1857-1886
(CD ROM)
- New Series Available on the PROV
Online Catalogue
- Free Tours of the Victorian Archives
Centre
- Staff Speaking Engagements
- Feedback
- About this Publication
1. Local History Grants Program 2007 -- now
accepting applications
The Local History Grants Program supports projects that preserve and present
Victorian local history. Local History Grants are available for projects
that record history as it was experienced in local communities throughout
Victoria.
Applications close 5:00 pm Monday 26 March 2007. Application forms and
further information are available through the Grants@DVC website <http://www.grants.dvc.vic.gov.au>
or phone Information Victoria on 1300 366 356. You can also visit the
PROV website at <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au.lhgp>
for further details.
If you have already completed a local history project, you might want
to consider entering it in Information Victoria's Victorian Community
History Awards. Entries close 30 March 2007. Visit <http://www.information.vic.gov.au>
for further details.
2. Volunteers News
PROV volunteers, through their work indexing passenger lists for the Outwards
Passenger List Index Project, have come across many exciting finds. Opera
companies, famous theatre personalities including Lola Montez, clerics,
politicians and entrepreneurs who founded enduring Australian companies
are amongst the entries that have been indexed.
Recently volunteers came across the passenger list on which the first
Australian Test Cricket team leaving for New Zealand in 1878 is shown.
This team included Spofforth, the Demon Bowler, who 'got batsmen out with
a glare'; Bannerman, who scored the first Test century; and Conway 'the
organiser'. Ten years previously Conway had organised and accompanied
the first cricket team to tour England. This was the famous Indigenous
team of cricketers.
As the volunteers return to PROV after their New Year festivities, and
the indexing project continues, we anticipate more intriguing passenger
discoveries.
To find out more about Volunteers' activities at PROV, contact the Manager,
Volunteers Program on (03) 9348 5600.
3. Exhibition News
Travelling Exhibitions
A number of fascinating displays and exhibitions featuring a range of
topics based on records in PROV's custody are available for historical
societies, libraries, schools and other organisations around Victoria
to borrow free of charge. Visit the PROV website at <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/online>
and look at the 'Travelling Exhibitions' section for further information
on what each of the exhibitions cover and for contact details for bookings
and enquiries.
This same section of the PROV website also lists the venues of where
the displays and exhibitions are currently on show. So if you are interested
in viewing PROV's fascinating travelling displays and exhibition, visit
the PROV website to find out if there is one on show near you!
New Displays in VAC Repository
There are two new displays in the VAC repository which feature intriguing
glimpses into the range of records in PROV's custody. The first is based
on Clunes, a historic township known as Victoria's first goldfield. This
display includes photos and records of the town, school photos and gold
license applications.
The second display features a miscellany of public records comprising
interesting and quirky documents selected from varies series in PROV's
archives. Items such as Squizzy Taylor's prison record and photographs
of the Melbourne Zoo's Queenie the Elephant are on display.
In addition to the above new displays, there is on show ephemera from
the State Bank of Victoria Collection, which is reported on extensively
in the current edition of PROactive no. 39.
To see all three of these displays, book into a free volunteer led tour
of the VAC. (See item 13 for full details of the VAC tours.)
Last Weeks to See Petitions Exhibition
Hurry to see And your petitioners humbly pray…150 years of petitions
in Victoria where more than fifty significant petitions presented to Parliament
by the people of Victoria over the past century and a half are about to
end their display at the VAC. The petitions on display chronicle some
of Victoria's key political issues since 1856.
Developed by PROV and the Parliament of Victoria to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the Victorian Parliament, And Your Petitioners Humbly Pray
… 150 Years of Petitions in Victoria is on display at the VAC until
30 April. Admission is free. <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/petitions>.
4. Walking Tour: Suffragists of Hotham Hill, North Melbourne
In celebration of Women's History Month
Places are still available for participants to join "Suffragists
of Hotham Hill', a walking tour which takes you to the streets of Hotham
Hill to discover more about the lives and stories of the suffragist movement
in one of Melbourne's historic neighbourhoods.
Led by local historian Lorna Hannan, the walk will commence at the Victorian
Archives Centre, (VAC) North Melbourne with a viewing of the 1891 Women's
Petition. This event coincides with Women's History Month and the exhibition
And your petitions humbly pray...150 years of petitions in Victoria at
the VAC.
Date: Saturday 17 March
Venue: Meet at VAC, 99 Shiel St, North Melbourne.
Time: 1.30pm
Cost: $5, to be paid on the day (includes light refreshments on arrival)
Bookings are essential. Enquiries: ph (03) 9348 5600, email ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au.
5. Seminar Series, February -- June
The Seminar Series February -- June program includes a range
of seminars aimed at helping researchers to get the most out of the PROV
collection. Upcoming seminars include: Making the Most of PROV's online
Catalogue: Handy Hints and Tips, on Tuesday 13 February; Miners and Chinese
Market Gardiners, Wednesday 28 February and Women in the Archives, Tuesday
20 March. There is also the opportunity to attend a free floor talk about
the current exhibition on display at the VAC prior to the commencement
of these seminars. To obtain the complete list of seminars on offer from
February to June, pick up the Seminar Series brochure from PROV Reading
Rooms or visit <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/seminars.asp>
to view and download the brochure.
6. Archival Suport Program 2007
The Archival Support Program (ASP) offers training for small archives
and collection holders. It is hosted in conjunction with the Australian
Society of Archivists, the National Archives of Australia and PROV at
the VAC, metropolitan and regional locations. 'Introduction to Archives',
on Saturday 17 March at the Geelong Heritage Centre is the first ASP of
the year. In this course, participants will learn about current methods
of managing archives. Other topics for 2007 include: 'Next Steps in Archives';
'Computers and Small Archives' and two 'Preservation and Conservation'
days one of which will focus on photographs and the other on paper records.
Pick up a brochure with full details of each ASP from PROV Reading Rooms
or visit <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/asprogram.asp>
to view and download the ASP 2007 brochure.
7. Koorie Records Unit: wilam naling ...knowing who you are...
projects
wilam naling…knowing who you are… is a report from
the Victorian Koorie Records Taskforce coordinated by the Koorie Records
Unit (KRU) of PROV and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. The report presents
recommendations to the Victorian Government regarding improving access
to records of the Stolen Generations. Funding has been received to enable
the KRU to coordinate six projects to meet the improved access to records
requirements that are specified in the report's recommendations.
The projects include: the PROV Koorie Index of Names (KIN); Common Access
Guidelines; Small grants for non government record holders; Cultural awareness
training for government record holders (Workshop); Promoting good record
keeping in Koorie communities (Workshop) and Training for non government
record holders (Workshop).
Much progress has been made to organise and coordinate the combined workshops
with 7 regional workshops targeted at Koorie and other communities throughout
Victoria and one metro workshop. The first workshop will be held at Lakes
Entrance over two days on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 March. For further
details and bookings, contact Kathy Nicholls, Project Officer, Koorie
Records Unit on (03) 9348 5760 or email <kathy.nicholls@dvc.vic.gov.au>
For more information on the wilam naling report and projects, please
go to <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/wilamnaling/default.asp>
8. Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) Project
The Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) is providing voluntary assistance
to PROV by digitising will and probate files. Late last year, PROV welcomed
two new GSU teams. Carl and Jo Anne Adams and Mark and Bernita Dawson.
However, they sadly farewelled Sharon Curtis who returned to Sydney to
lead another dedicated project team.
The GSU project is busily digitising the images for probates 1889 to
1898. To date over 1.6 million images have been digitised for this project
and PROV is truly impressed by the great efforts and team work.
9. Ballarat Archives Cetre (BAC) News
Displays
Records and photographs from the 1956 Olympic Games entitled The 1956
Olympic Games Come to Ballarat are on display at the Ballarat Archives
Centre until March 2007. The display includes photographs from the rowing
events at Lake Wendouree, Olympic ephemera and official reports. A new
display exploring petitions sent to the Ballarat City Council will be
on view at BAC in March of 2007.
BAC Brochure
A new brochure to assist those travelling to BAC is now available in the
Ballarat and North Melbourne Reading Rooms as well as online at <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/contact.asp>.
The brochure includes a map showing how to get to BAC, public transport
information, opening times and contact details.
10. PROV Microfiche Available for Purchase
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)
To order these items or other PROV microfiches, visit <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/default.asp#indexes>
and click on the link to our online order form, or phone PROV on (03)
9348 5600.
11. Mining Shareholder's Index 1857-1886 (CD ROM)
This publication, produced by Marion McAdie in 2006, is an index of names
of shareholders in mining companies extracted from the Victorian Government
Gazette 1857-1886. It lists 9000 Australian mining companies and over
228,000 names and addresses of mining company shareholders.
Data includes name of shareholder, address, occupation (after 1872),
number of shares purchased, value of shares, name of company, location
of mining operations, date and Gazette reference.
There are two databases on the CD: the Company index and the Shareholders
index, both searchable using Microsoft Excel. They are similarly arranged
with a separate worksheet for each letter of the alphabet and then listed
within alphabetical order for each letter. The indexes may be used to
narrow down searching for mining company records at PROV.
A copy of this CD has been donated to PROV and will be available in the
North Melbourne Reading Room after processing into our catalogue. It is
for sale from the author, Marion McAdie who can be contacted by email
at <arabooks@netconnect.com.au>.
12. New Series Available on the PROV Online Catalogue (All open
access)
(Controlling Agency) VA 3739 South Gippsland II Shire
VA 2540 Woorayl Shire
VPRS 15951/P1 Valuation and Rate Books 1920-1963, 54
units
VPRS 12868/P2 Council Minutes 1938-1967, 28 units
VPRS 12870/P2 Committee Minutes 1935-1955, 3 units
VPRS 15952/P1 Deeds and Securities Register 1890-1996,
1 unit
VPRS 15953/P1 Register of Land and Improvements ?1855-?1940,
5 units
VA 2471 Mirboo Shire
VPRS 12866/P2 Council Minutes 1894-1974, 14 units
VPRS 15954/P1 Rate Records 1897-1925, 28 units
VPRS 15955/P1 Outward Letter Books 1894-1912, 7 units
VPRS 15956/P1 Annual Statements of Accounts and Balance Sheets
1979-1992, 1 unit
VPRS 15957/P1 General Ledger 1946-1978, 4 units
VPRS 15958/P1 Deeds and Securities Register 1896-1979,
1 unit
VPRS 15959/P1 Contract Register 1900-1971, 2 units
VPRS 15960/P1 Country Roads Board Contract Register 1934-1977,
2 units
VPRS 15961/P1 Balance Book 1910-1922, 1 unit
VPRS 15962/P1 Index to Council Minutes 1972-1975, 1 unit
VA 2452 Korumburra Shire
VPRS 12862/P2 Committee Minutes 1958-1994, 4 units
VPRS 15963/P1 Rate Records 1891-1892, 1 unit
VPRS 15964/P1 Contract Register 1891-1994, 3 units
VPRS 15965/P1 Country Roads Board Contract Register 1914-1956,
2 units
VPRS 15966/P1 Balance Book 1891-1956, 2 units
VPRS 15967/P1 Outward Letter Book 1891-1893, 1 unit
VPRS 15968/P1 Shire Engineer’s Outward Letter Book
1891-1895, 1 unit
VPRS 15969/P1 Shire Engineer’s Report Book 1891-1896,
1 unit
VPRS 15970/P1 Index to General Correspondence Files, Numeric System
1941-1954, 1 unit
VPRS 15971/P1 Allotment Book c.1891-c.1891, 1 unit
VPRS 15972/P1 Register of Orders to Officers 1891-1893,
1 unit
VPRS 15973/P1 Register of Inward Correspondence 1987-1994,
1 unit
VPRS 15974/P1 General Ledger 1891-1956, 3 units
VA 2511 South Gippsland Shire I
VPRS 15975/P1 Outward Letter Book 1917-1935, 5 units
VPRS 594/P2 Council Minutes 1947-1968, 9 units
VPRS 15976/P1 General Correspondence, Alphabetical System
1930-1940, 2 units
VPRS 15977/P1 Balance Book 1894-1958, 6 units
VPRS 15978/P1 Contract Register, Country Roads Board
1914-by 1921, 1 unit
VPRS 15979/P1 Health and Licensed Premises Register 1922-1965,
2 units
VPRS 15980/P1 Register of Land and Improvements 1910-1966,
1 unit
VPRS 15981/P1 Contract Register 1922-1965, 2 units
VPRS 15982/P1 General Ledger 1894-1936, 4 units
VPRS 596/P1 Rate Records 1894-1949, 52 units
VPRS 15983/P1 Deeds and Securities Register 1925-1996,
1 unit
(Controlling Agency) VA 4554 Department of Sustainability and
Environment
Conservation
VPRS 11542/P1 List of Authorised File Classifications
1973-1983, 1 unit
VPRS 11543/P1 Register of General Correspondence Files, Multiple
Number System 1973-1985, 11 units
VPRS 11544/P1 General Correspondence files, Multiple Number System
1973-1983, 676 units
VPRS 12490/P1 List of Authorised File Classifications and Register
of General Correspondence Files, Multiple Number System 1956-1976,
1 unit
Fisheries and Wildlife
VPRS 11560/P1 List of Authorised File Classifications
1976-1984, 1 unit
VPRS 11561/P1 Register of General Correspondence Files, Multiple
Number System 1976-1984, 13 units
National Parks
VPRS 11552/P1 National Parks General Correspondence Files, Multiple
Number System 1956-1976, 332 units
VPRS 11553/P1 National Parks General Correspondence Files, Annual
Single Number System 1976-1980, 1 unit
VPRS 11555/P1 Proper Name Index 1976-1984, 8 units
VPRS 11556/P1 Register of General Correspondence Files, Annual
Single Number System 1976-1984, 3 units
VPRS 11557/P1 Classified Index to General Correspondence Files,
Annual Single Number System 1976-1984, 4 units
VPRS 11558/P1 List of Authorised File Classifications 1956-1984,
1 unit
13. Free tours of the Victorian Archives Centre
For individuals or groups wanting to book a free, volunteer guided tours
of the VAC, please phone (03) 9348 5600 to book or visit <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/vactours.asp>
for the schedule of upcoming tours.
Don't forget that the tour is the only way to see the repository displays
which feature a wonderful array of records and objects from the PROV collection.
14. Staff Speaking Engagements
For a list of events that featre PROV staff, please visit <http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/events/speaking.asp>.
15. Feedback
If you would like to send feedback and suggestions on the content of this
newsletter or if you know someone who would be interested in receiving
rEsearch, please email ask.prov@dvc.vic.gov.au.
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