Stay up to date with the latest records and interesting stories uncovered from the collection. This blog will offer you a snapshot into the world of historical research featuring the extraordinary tales of Victorian people captured within Victorian Government archives.
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From activism to the Act
Cabinet Records
Royal Melbourne Hospital, local council and cemetery records added to collection
New To The Collection
Yarns from Ballarat
In The Community
Review our draft Managing Records in Business Systems Policy
Recordkeeping For Government
A New RDA for Victorian Government Schools
Recordkeeping For Government
Website archiving: A simple solution
Recordkeeping For Government
Places of Deposit in flood affected locations
In The Community
Nominations now open
Recordkeeping For Government
Chief Parliamentary Counsel and Kew Asylum records now at PROV
New To The Collection
Annotating the archives
News And Events
Victoria's most notorious female housebreaker
Archival Snapshot
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