Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

In 2013 the Public Record Office of Victoria, PROV, will be celebrating 40 years of collecting and preserving Victorian public records. PROV has records dating from the mid 1830's and includes records from Government Departments, courts, local councils, schools and hospitals. As part of the celebrations,  PROV will be holding an open day at the Victorian Archives Centre on Saturday the 20th April, with tours, talks and information sessions. Entry is free, but bookings are essential. For more information go to http://prov.vic.gov.au/prov-open-day2013 Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel St North Melbourne 3051  

The National Archives of Australia will be hosting an open day at the Public Records Office on Friday 25th February, 9.30am-4pm, the event is free. This is your chance to take part in activities, demonstrations and workshops. For more information and a detailed listing of the Melbourne program visit NNA website.

The Victorian Archives Reading Room in North Melbourne will closed for two full weeks at 4.30pm on Friday 26th March, 2010 and re-open on Monday 12th April, 2010. The Reading Room will continue to be closed on Mondays and Saturdays until April 2010. These closures will allow additional building improvement works to be undertaken. Further details about the Reading Room closure can be found at PROV website.

The Public Records Office of Victoria has launched a social network to promote research using records from Victorian state archives. Their blog will give the community the opportunity to ask questions, join a like-minded community and hear about events relating to history and place; as well as become a part of a network to share knowledge about family and history.

As part of a program of building works being conducted by Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) to improve the Victorian Archives Centre in North Melbourne, there will be some disruption to our services from 1st June, 2009. As a result of the building works the Victorian Archives Centre will not be open on Saturdays or Mondays from 1st June, 2009 to February, 2010. This means that the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room will be closed to the public on Saturdays and Mondays between these dates. This necessary work will ensure that the archival collections of both PROV and the National Archives of Australia stored in the Victorian Archives Centre continue to be preserved in state-of-the-art facilities.