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Victoria Archives and Libraries

Archives collect and preserve original documents from organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books and maps. This article describes the major national and New South Wales archives and libraries that hold genealogical and historical information.

Government Archives

National Archives of Australia
National Archives Victoria Office
National Archives Victoria Office
Victorian Archives Centre
99 Shiel Street
North Melbourne Vic 3051
Australia

Phone: 03 9348 5703
Website
Research Guides
Family history

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Public Record Office Victoria
Telephone: +61 3 9348 5600
Postal address: PO Box 2100, North Melbourne, VIC 3051
Website
Family history
Online collections

Public Record Office Victoria is the archives of the State Government of Victoria which hold records from the late 1830s to today. These include indexes to passengers from inwards assisted from 1839 to 1871 and unassisted from 1852 to 1923, outward passengers from 1852 to 1901, and Wills, Probates and Administrations from 1841 to 1925. There are other records available online including education and teachers, court in quest records, insolvency, prisoners and convicts and much more.

Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) has Reading Room locations at North Melbourne and Ballarat, and we support regional archives which hold public records - in particular at Bendigo and Geelong. In most cases it may be faster to visit a local Reading Room and ask our staff for assistance in researching our online catalogue and retrieving physical records to view.

Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street North Melbourne Australia Ballarat Archives Centre Eureka Centre 102 Stawell Street South Ballarat Central Australia

Bendigo Regional Archives Centre 1st Floor Bendigo Library 251-259 Hargreaves Street Bendigo Australia Geelong Library and Heritage Centre 51 Little Malop Street Geelong Australia

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State Library Victoria
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne 3000
Australia

Phone (Ask a Librarian): 03 8664 7002
Online enquiry form, family history collections
Website
Catalogue
Family history
Research guides

The State Library of Victoria is Victoria's premier research library and helps family historians find their ancestors in our dedicated Genealogy Collection and unique Victorian heritage records.

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Genealogical Society of Victoria
Level 1, 10 Queen Street
Melbourne Victoria, 3000
Australia

Phone: 03 9662 4455
Email: gsv@gsv.org.au
Website
Collection

• Family Histories: The GSV Collection covers families from royalty to paupers. Items include a large range of published volumes, modest self-published works and manuscripts. A significant collection of over 1300 digitised family histories and genealogical charts are available online within the library. In some cases the copy in the GSV collection is the only copy in existence.

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