Victoria

Births/Baptisms - Marriages/Divorces - Deaths/Burials

  • Victorian Deaths Index, 1921-1985
    Deaths only.
    Available in eResources or in Microfiche Drawer 30, mc N 1921
  • Victorian Pioneers Index, c1837-1888
    Index to births, deaths and marriage records held by Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Victoria, Australia.
    Available in eResources or in Microfiche Drawer no. 30; Call no. mc N 1059
  • Federation Index. Victoria, 1889-1901
    Index to births, deaths and marriages in Victoria.
    Available in eResources or in Microfiche Drawer no. 30; Call no. mc N 1555
  • Edwardian Index. Victoria, 1902-1913
    Index to births, deaths and marriages in Victoria.
    Available in eResources or in Microfiche Drawer no. 30; Call no. mc N 1557
  • Great War Index. Victoria, 1914-1920
    Index to births, deaths and marriages in Victoria.
    Available in eResources on in Microfiche Drawer no. 30; Call no. mc N 1556
  • Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, 1853-1920
    Contains index and digitised certificates of births, deaths and marriages onboard international and coastal ships bound for Victoria between 1853 and 1920.
    See eResources for access instructions
  • Marriages, 1921-1942
    Available in eResources
  • Divorce index Victoria, 1861-1900
    This index was compiled using two records, both of which are held by the Public Record Office Laverton Repository, VPRS 5335: Index to divorce cases; and VPRS 283: Divorce case files.
    Available online at: http://www.macbeth.com.au/indexes/divsearch.html
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1248

Argus births, deaths and marriages index, 1846-1860, 1861-1865
This index covers matters relating to births, deaths, marriages and funeral notices. The index also incorporates any activities relating to a birth, death or marriage. These entries might be inquests, murders, wife-beating, maintenance applications, etc. ... There are three areas of the newspaper from which entries have been taken:

  1. Births, deaths and marriages notices, usually page 3;
  2. General newspaper columns;
  3. Funeral notices, generally on the last page of the paper.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1358
  • Melbourne Argus, 1914-1925
    Index to birth notices, including cross-references to mother's maiden name
    Part 1, 1914-1920, 1921-1925
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1208
  • Melbourne Argus Index to Marriage Notices, 1931-1940
    An alphabetical index of marriage notices and wedding anniversaries.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1417
  • Index of Funerals, Inquests, Obituaries ... from Bendigo Advertiser newspaper
    Contents include:
    • Index of funerals, inquests, obituaries and many more, 1854-1865, 1866-1871
    • Index to Funerals, Inquests, Obituaries, Accidents, and more, 1872-1882
      Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1863
  • Index to Numurkah Leader, 1895-1899, 1975-1979, 1980-1989
    Index to births, deaths and marriages appearing in the newspaper.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 2119
  • Death Notices taken from Warrnambool Standard
    Index of notices appearing 1 Feb. 1982 to 31 Dec. 1992.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1137

Parish Registers-Cemetery Transcripts-Monumental Inscriptions: by Placename

Australian Cemeteries at www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/  is a gateway site which lists all known cemeteries in Australia, giving contact information and links to online data, if available.
A listing of online cemetery indexes and other online burial indexes held by councils, churches and individuals is found at www.coraweb.com.au/cemetaus.htm.

  • Cemetery Transcriptions Index: v. 3.0  consolidated index of monumental transcriptions for the following: Victorian cemeteries: Alberton, Amherst/Talbot, Amphitheatre/Glenlogie, Andersons Creek, Warrandyte, Antwerp/Ebenezer Mission, Avoca, Bairnsdale, Ballan Old, Ballangeich, Balmoral, Bannockburn, Baringhup, Barkly, Bellbrae/Jan Juc, Benalla, Benalla (Part), Bendigo, Birregurra, Blue Mountain, Boort, Boram Boram, Box Hill, Branxholme, Briagolong, Bright, Brighton, Broadford, Buangor, Buckland, Bundalong, Bungaree, Bunyip, Burramine, Burwood, Byaduk, Byaduk North, Campbells Creek/Castlemaine, Camperdown, Cape Bridgewater, Caramut, Carisbrook, Casterton Old, Cavendish, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Old, Chewton, Clunes, Cobden, Coghills Creek, Corinella, Corop, Corryong, Cressy, Creswick, Crib Point, Cudgewa, Darlington, Dartmoor, Daylesford, Deans Marsh/Bambra, Dergholm, Derrinallum, Digby, Donnybrook, Dookie, Dookie East, Drik Drik, Dromana, Dunkeld Old, Dunolly Old Pioneer, Eddington, Eganstown/Roman Catholic, Eganstown General, Ellerslie, Elmhurst, Elphinstone, Epping, Erica, Flinders, Footscray, Framlingham, Franklinford, Freshwater Creek, Fryerstown, Garvoc, Gembrook, Glen Wills, Glenlyon, Gordon, Gowangardie, Granite Flat, Gray’s Bridge, Graytown, Greta, Guildford, Harkaway, Harrietville, Hastings, Hawkesdale, Hazelwood/Morwell, Heathcote, Heidelberg, Heidelberg/Alphington, Heidelberg-Warringal, Hepburn East, Smeaton, Hezham, Heywood, Joyces Creek, Kangaroo Flat, Kangaroo Ground, Kerang, Kilcunda, Kilnoorat, Kingower, Korong Vale, Krambruk/Apollo Bay, Kyneton, Lake Rowan, Leongatha, Lexton, Lilydale, Lismore, Loch Ard, Lockwood, Longwood, Macarthur, Majorca, Maldon, Marong, Maryborough, Maryknoll, Marysville, Merbein, Meredith, Mildura, Mildura - W.G.P., Millers Hill Pioneer, Moliagul, Moonambel, Morrisons, Mortlake, Mount Duneed, Mount Egerton, Mount Moriac, Mount Prospect, , Myamyn/Condah, Myrtleford, Myrtleford New, Myrtleford Old, Mysia, Nagambie, Nambrok, Nangana/Emerald, Narrawong, Natte Yallock, Navarre Old, Newbridge, Newstead/Green Gully, Nirranda, Nyah, Oakleigh/Mulgrave, Oakleigh Pioneer Memorial Park, Old Beach St George’s Church of England, Tasmania, Outtrim, Pakenham, Panmure, Paynesville, Peters Hill Old, Pine Lodge South, Point Gellibrand, Point Nepean, Port Campbell, Port Fairy, Portarlington, Pyalong, Pyramid Hill, Queenscliff, Redbank, Redcastle, Rheola, Rodborough, Rosebery, Rosedale, Rupanyup, Rushworth, Sailors Home/Blackheath, San Remo, Sandon Roman Catholic, Scotts Creek, Seymous Old, Shelford, Skipton, Smeaton, Smythesdale, Sorrento/Portsea, Speed, Spring Hill, Staffordshire Reef, Stawell, Steiglitz, Strathbogie, Stuart Mill, Sutton Grange, Talbot, Tarnagulla, Tarrawingee, Tarrayoukyan, Tea Tree, St Thomas, Tasmania, Teesdale, Templestowe, Terang, Terrappee, Thomastown-German, Timor, Tongala, Tooan, Toongabbie, Tower Hill, Trentham, Tyaak, Vaughan, Waanyarra/Dunolly, Wallan, Walpeup, Wareek/Bung Bong, Warrak/Mount Cole, Warrnambool, Waterloo, Waubra, Werribee, Wesburn, White Hills, Whitehills, Whroo, Williamstown, Woods Point, Woolsthorpe, Woorndoo, , Wycheproof, Yambuk, Yan Yean, Yaugher.
    See eResources for access instructions.
  • Ballarat-Ballarat Cemetery Registers
    1. Ballarat Old Cemetery register, 1856-1988
    2. Ballarat New Cemetery register, 1867-1988
    3. Ballarat Crematorium register, 1958-1988.
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 924
  • Ballarat-Ballarat New Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 927
  • Ballarat-Consolidated Index to Ballarat District Cemeteries (to 1994)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1300
  • Ballarat-Ballarat, People & Places
    Reproduction of: China, Australia and the Pacific Islands the years 1853-56 (chapter III, Ballarat) by J. D'Ewes. London : Richard Bentley, 1857
    • Half-yearly report / Ballarat Gas Company. 1862-63
    • Niven's guide book and souvenir of Ballarat. Ballarat: F.W. Niven, [1885]
    • Craig's Royal Hotel
    • F.W. Niven & Co's guide to Ballarat. Ballarat: F.W. Niven, 1890
    • Cities towns of Victoria : golden Ballarat. [Ballarat: F.W. Niven, 1892?]
    • Ballarat and vicinity/edited by W.B. Kimberl
    • Reproduction of: History of Ballarat/compiled by Nathan Spielvogel for the Ballarat City Council. Ballarat: Tulloch & King, 1935.
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1017
  • Bendigo-All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Bendigo
    • Index to Baptisms 1853-1935
    • Index to Marriages 1852-1963
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2214
  • Bairnsdale-Bairnsdale Cemetery Transcript of Registers, 1871-2000
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2271
  • Bendigo-Bendigo Cemetery Transcriptions, 1858-1992
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1258

Bendigo-Bendigo People and Places
Title: Bendigo & its Vicinity

  1. History of the Bendigo goldfield from its commencement in 1851 to June, 1881
  2. Sandhurst
  3. Bendigo 'Quartzopolis'
  4. Souvenir of the golden city of Bendigo
  5. Bendigo the golden city
  6. Bendigo & district in 1902
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1046
  • Bendigo-Index to Bendigo Region Cemeteries: Series 1 Northern Districts
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1603
  • Bendigo-Index to Bendigo Region Cemeteries: Series 2 Southern Districts
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1604
  • Bendigo-St Andrews Church, Bendigo
    Baptismal (1903-1925) and marriage (1859-1925) index
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; call no. mc N 2121
  • Brighton-Brighton Cemetery Headstones
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 778
  • Brighton-Brighton General Cemetery, 1855-1988
    Index and register
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 779
  • Cheltenham-Cheltenham Victoria Cemetery Register ,1865-1900
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1060

Coburg-Coburg Cemetery
Coburg Pine Ridge Memorial Park - Registers.
In two sequences:

  1. Funeral Service location print as at 31/03/98
  2. Funeral Service deceased listing as at 31/03/98
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1887
  • Eildon-Eildon (Darlingford) Cemetery, Victoria Headstone Inscriptions, 1870-1999
    Includes a full headstone and burial register transcription for the Darlington Cemetery 1870-1920 and, after its flooding, Eildon Cemetery to 1999.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1922
  • Echuca-Echuca Burial Index & Memorial Inscriptions, 1860-1998
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2008
  • Fawkner-Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park Funeral Service
    Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park – Registers.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 780
  • Footscray-Footscray Cemetery headstone transcriptions
    The publication is divided into the religious denominations which are shown on a map included at the start of the publication. The overall volume is indexed by surname only.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1879

Frankston-Frankston cemetery Victoria, 1875-1996
An index and& transcription of monuments.

  1. Index
  2. Transcripts
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1592
  • Frankston-Death and Obituary Index, Part 1
    A name index of items housed at the Resource centre at Ballan Park Homestead, Frankston, taken from many sources and held by the Frankston Historical Society.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1594
  • Geelong-Funeral Service Deceased Listing as at 1996
    • The Eastern Cemetery, Geelong (34 fiche)
    • Geelong Western Public Cemetery (15 fiche)
    • Barrabool Hills (Highton) Cemetery, 1856- (4 fiche)
    • Grovedale (Germantown) Cemetery (1 fiche)
    • Mount Duneed Cemetery (1 fiche)
    • Geelong Memorial Park (1 fiche)
    • Geelong Crematorium (3 fiche)
    • Bellarine Peninsula
    • Leopold (Kensington) Cemetery
    • Drysdale (Bellarine) Cemetery
    • Portarlington Cemetery (3 fiche)
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1611
    Online index to Geelong burials at www.gct.net.au/search.hml#deceased.
  • Geelong-Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Roman Catholic section
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1008
  • Geelong-Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Protestant Headstone Transcriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1830
  • Gippsland-Mid-Gippsland Cemeteries, Victoria
    • Willow-Grove Cemetery
    • Trafalgar Cemetery
    • Childers Cemetery
    • Gippsland Crematorium register
    • Gippsland Crematorium transcriptions
    • Hazelwood Cemetery transcriptions
    • Walhalla Cemetery transcriptions: 1869-1995
    • Toongabbie Cemetery
    • Traralgon Cemetery
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1361
  • Gisborne-Gisborne Public Cemetery, 1857-1993
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1425
  • Gobur-Gobur Cemetery Victoria Headstone Inscriptions, 1878-1999
    Includes a full headstone transcription and index for the old and new cemetery.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1923
  • Keilor-Keilor & District Historical Records
    • Keilor Court Books
    • Keilor Watchhouse Book
    • Keilor Electoral Rolls 1856
    • Will Will Rook (Broadmeadows) Cemetery
    • Keilor Cemetery
    • Monumental Inscriptions
    • St. Augustines Baptisms and Marriages
    • Keilor Rate Books
    • Keilor Directories
    • Keilor School Records
    • Keilor Hotel Records
      Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1387
  • Kerang-Register of Burials in Kerang, February 1878-23, January 1983
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc G 5110
  • Lilydale-Lilydale Cemetery (Victoria) Headstones 14 May 1864-1 May 1993
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1304
  • Macedon-Macedon Cemetery 1864-1993
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1426
  • Mornington-Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Cemetery Records
    • Stage 1, Cerebus Naval Base, Cranbourne, Crib Point, Dandenong, Frankston, French
      Island, Hastings, Mornington & Rye Cemeteries (10 fiche)
    • Stage 2, Dromana Cemetery (1 fiche)
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 828
  • Mornington-St. Peter's Church of England Mornington
    Church Records 1860-1920
     Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 905
  • Melbourne-Melbourne General Cemetery Index
    Index and transcriptions of monumental inscriptions to 1989
    Available on NMRR Stand-alone computer
  • Riverina Cemeteries-Monumental Inscriptions and Burial Records (to at least 1998)
    Available in eResources
  • Rushworth-Rushworth Cemetery, 1861-1997
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1593
  • Sunbury-Sunbury Public Cemetery
    Existing tombstones, December 1993
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1424
  • Swan Hill-Swan Hill Memorial Park Burials, Victoria, 1 April 1859-31st March 1989
    This index was compiled from Cemetery Trust books, monumental inscriptions, some death certificates, death notices and obituaries from the Swan Hill Guardian. 
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 983
  • Swan Hill-Swan Hill Monumental Inscriptions
    Consult Swan Hill Memorial Park Burials above for an index to names and plot numbers.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1124
  • Warrnambool-Warrnambool Cemetery Grave Plans, 1854-1988
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 784
  • Yarck-Yarck Cemetery Victoria Headstone Inscriptions, 1883-1999
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1924

Biographies

  • Biography index
    This index contains over 150,000 entries to biographical articles, notes, obituaries, etc. for Australian identities, with particular emphasis on Victorians. The Index attempts to cover particularly the period c.1860-1910. The entries have been indexed from a wide variety of publications such as the 19th century illustrated newspapers.
    Title also given as Biographical index of Victoria.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 984

 

Convicts

Convicts were not transported directly to the colony of Port Phillip but may have arrived as Exiles or Pentonvilleans – these convicts were usually given a ticket of leave on arrival.  Their names will appear in passenger lists of assisted immigrants to the colony. Convicts may also have come into the Port Phillip district as assigned servants to free settlers or as escapees.

Convicts of the Port Phillip District
RX 929.3945 C598 on the NMRR reference shelves.

  • Tickets of Leave and Certificates of Freedom Index, 1840-1851
    Entries have been taken from the Port Phillip Herald, 1840-1846 and from the Argus for 1847-1851.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1388

Directories

  • Port Phillip/Victoria Directories, 1839-1867
    Microfiche Drawer no. 37; Call no. mc N 326
  • Kerr's Melbourne Almanac and Port Phillip Directory for ...
    ...a compendium of useful and accurate information connected with Port Philip, 1841-1842
    Microfiche Drawer no. 35; Call no. mc N 467
  • Port Phillip Government Gazette, 1843-1851
    Microfiche Drawer no. 37; Call no. mc N 989
  • The Port Phillip Patriot Almanac and Directory, for 1847
    [Melbourne: Printed at the "Port Phillip Phillip Patriot" office, Collins-Street, 1847.]
    Microfiche Drawer no. 37; Call no. mc N 1965
  • Moore's Almanac and Hand Book for New South Wales, 1853
    Issue for 1853 includes Supplement for Victoria.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 7; Call no. mc N 857
  • Sands and Kenny Melbourne Directories, 1857-1861
    Available on NMRR Stand-alone computer and in Microfiche Drawer no. 35; Call no. mc N 327
  • Bailliere's Victorian Directory, 1868-1871/72; 1875; 1880/81
    Originally published as: 1868-69, The Official post office directory of Victoria (Bailliere's):
    • The Victorian Official Post Office Directory (Bailliere's): 1870
    • The Official Post Office Directory and Gazetteer of Victoria (Australia): 1871-72
    • The Official Post Office Directory of Victoria (Australia): 1875
    • Official Post Office Professional, Commercial, Trade, Farming, and Squatting Directory of Australia: 1880-82
      Microfiche Drawer no. 37; Call no. mc N 168
  • Baillieres Victorian Gazetteers, 1865, 1870, 1879
    Microfiche Drawer no. 37; Call no. mc N 376
  • Niven's Directory for the City of Ballarat, Ballarat East & Sebastapol, 1875, 1882
    Including Clunes, Creswick, Smythes &c.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 35; Call no. mc N 862
  • Massina's Guide to Melbourne, 1878, 1881
    Subtitle: With map of the city and all information to the new arrival, by land or sea; where to go and what to do; how to reach every post town in Victoria from Melbourne.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 35; Call no. mc N 864

Wise's Victoria Post Office Directory, 1884-1885, 1888-1889, 1891-1900
Originally published as The Victoria Post Office directory (1884-89) and as The Victoria Post Office Commercial directory (1891-1900) : Melbourne : Wise, Caffin & Co.
Microfiche Drawer no. 37; Call no. mc N 173

  1. Sands & McDougall Melbourne Directory, 1862-1918
  2. Sands & McDougall's Commercial and General Melbourne directory, 1862
  3. Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory, 1863-1883
  4. Sands & McDougall Melbourne Directory, 1901-1910
  5. Sands & McDougall's Melbourne, Suburban and Country Directory, 1902-1911
  6. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1912-1939
  7. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria and Canberra, A.C.T., 1940-1947
  8. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1948-1974
    Microfiche Drawer nos. 35, 36 & 37; Call no. mc N 325

Electoral Rolls

  • Electoral Lists, 1841-1851
    Entries are from the Port Phillip Herald for 1840-1846 and from the Argus for 1848-1851. The lists vary considerably in coverage and are generally for the Melbourne area. Most of the lists give addresses. Additional information, such as lists of voters for particular candidates, may be found in the newspapers.
    Microfiche Drawer no. E26; Call no. mc N 1382
  • Electoral Roll, 1851
    Melbourne & surrounds
    This index has been compiled using printed lists found in the Colonial Secretary's Inward Registered Correspondence held at the Public Record Office in Laverton; reference VPRS 1189, Unit 3, File 51.19.
    Microfiche Drawer no. E26; Call no. mc N 1496
  • Victoria. Electoral Roll, List of Voters etc., 1856-57
    Contains list of voters registered in 1856-57, compiled from various published and unpublished sources held at the State Library of Victoria. Microfiche Drawer no. E26; Call no. mc N 477
  • Victoria, Federal Referendum, 1899
    Roll of electors who voted: presented to the Parliamentary Library, 3 May, 1901.
    Fiche 50 contains signatures of some of the electors who voted at the referendum, some notables, and the Victorian Board of Directors, 1901, of the Australian Natives Association.
    Microfiche Drawer no. E26; Call no. mc N 378
  • Victoria. Electoral Roll, 1856/57, 1903, 1908, 1912, 1916-1989
    Microfiche Drawer no. E26-E34; Call no. mc N 485
  • Victoria Electoral Roll, 1903
    Microfiche Drawer no. E26; Call no. mc N 772
  • Electoral Roll. Victoria, 1905-1970, 1981-1989
    Microfiche Drawer nos. E26-E34; Call no. mc N 1099
  • [Electoral Roll] Vic/Aust. Electoral Commission, 1988, 1990 - current
    Microfiche Drawer nos. E34-E36; Call no. mc N 456
  • Keilor Electoral Rolls, 1856
    Keilor & district historical records.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1387

Government Records

  • Keilor & District Historical Records
    • Keilor Court Books
    • Keilor Watchhouse Book
    • Keilor Electoral Rolls 1856
    • Will Will Rook (Broadmeadows) Cemetery
    • Keilor Cemetery
    • Monumental Inscriptions
    • St. Augustines Baptisms and Marriages
    • Keilor Rate Books
    • Keilor Directories
    • Keilor School Records
    • Keilor Hotel Records
      Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1387
  • Parliamentary Papers for the Colony of Victoria: an index of the ordinary people they uncover
    v. 1. 1852-1859/60
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1864
  • An Index to Victorian Railway Employees of the 19th Century
    Reproduction of: A guide to Victorian railway employees contained in published documents
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 775
  • Index to Candidates for the Victorian Police
    1852-1872, 1873-1893, 1852-1893, 1894-1908, 1909-1920
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1402

Government Records – Children

  • Index to Children's Registers, c.1850-1893
    Eye-readable title: AIGS index to Victorian children's register c.1850-1893.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1210
  • Children's Registers of State Wards in the Colony of Victoria, 1864-1897
    New series and receiving house 1880-1889
    Eye-readable title varies: AIGS children's registers (introductory fiche)
    Children's registers, 1880-1888, receiving house (Fiche 001-085)
    "Records of children in the care of the Department for Neglected and Criminal Children and specific industrial and reformatory schools of the nineteenth century" Fiche 001.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1620
  • Childrens Registers of State wards in the colony of Victoria: old series (Admissions), 1864-1899
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1411
  • Childrens Registers of State Wards in the Colony of Victoria, 1864-1897
    ...estray series registers, girls books and associated registers
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1410
  • Childrens Registers of State Wards in the Colony of Victoria: boys books, 1868-1888
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1409
  • Infant Life Protection Act
    • Pt. One: The nurses 1901-1908
    • Pt. Two: Illegitimate births 1901-1908
    • Pt. Three: The children and their nurses 1910-1908
    • Pt. Four: Adoptions 1910-1913
    • Pt. Five: Infant deaths 1901-1908
    • Pt. 6: Nurses- Miscellaneous 1901-1908
      Microfiche Drawer no.  33; Call no. mc N 2112
  • Index to Children in Victorian Institutions, 1860-1863
    The information in the alphabetical listing is extracted from the Colonial Secretary's Office Inwards Correspondence Files (VPRS 1189) held at Laverton Repository of the Public Record Office of Victoria.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1395
  • Victorian Juvenile Criminal Records, 1890-1924
    This microfiche index has been compiled from: VPRS 545 Juvenile Offenders Register and VPRS 10933 Reformatory Register.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1618

Government Records – Criminals/Prisoners

  • Geelong Police Deposition Book, 1839-1841 (with index)
    Reproduction of VPRS 109 Volume 1, held at the Victorian Public Record Office.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34, Call no. mc N 1832
  • Supreme Court, Criminal Sessions Index, November 1850 - December 1865
    This index has been compiled from reports in the Argus newspaper for the above period.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1386
  • Victorian Argus Court Reports, 1851-1856
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1619
  • Victorian Prisoners Index (Females), 1855-1918
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1384
  • Victorian Prisoners Index (Males), 1850-1900
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1383

Immigration & Shipping

  • Assisted immigrants from U.K., 1839-1871
    A passenger name index to this material is available online at http://www.macbeth.com.au/indexes/assimmsearch.html.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 761
  • Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip, 1839-1845
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1351
  • Overseas and Intercolonial Ports, 1846-1852
    Microfiche Drawer no. 31; Call no. mc N 1135
  • Inward Passenger Lists, (from) Foreign Ports, 1852-1923
    Immigration to Victoria: Register of inward shipping
    Use the index of passengers’ names which is available online at http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 or in eResources to find ship, date, port, fiche and page number. Consult these lists if the letter “F” appears in the Port column of the Index.
    • 1852-1859 (69 fiche)
    • 1860-1869 (58 fiche)
    • 1870-1879 (52 fiche)
    • 1880-1889 (76 fiche)
    • 1890-1899 (82 microfiche)
    • 1900-1923 (390 fiche)
      Microfiche Drawer no. 31; Call no. mc N 1135
  • Inward Passenger Lists, (from) British Ports, 1852-1923
    Immigration to Victoria: Register of inward shipping
    Use the index of passengers’ names which is available online at http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 or in eResources to find ship, date, port, fiche and page number. Consult these lists if the letter “B” appears in the Port column of the Index.
    • 1852-1859 (171 microfiche)
    • 1860-1869 (118 microfiche)
    • 1870-1879 (87 microfiche)
    • 1880-1889 (148 microfiche)
    • 1890-1899 ( microfiche)
    • 1900-1923 (191 microfiche
      Microfiche Drawer no. 31; Call no. mc N 1655
  • Inward Passenger Lists (from) New Zealand Ports 1852-1923
    Use the index of passengers’ names which is available online at http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 or in eResources to find ship, date, port, fiche and page number.  Consult these lists if the letter “N” appears in the Port column of the Index.
    Microfiche Drawer no 31; Call no. mc N 2256
  • Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, 1853-1920
    Contains index to and images of records of births, deaths and marriages on board international and coastal ships bound for Victoria between 1853 and 1920.
    Available on the NMRR Stand-alone computer.
  • Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ and Foreign Ports, 1852-1886
    An index of passengers’ names is available at http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=42 or in eResources
    Passenger lists are held at the Victorian Public Record Office, Melbourne only.
  • Victorian Deserters from Ships Index, 1853-1880
    This index was compiled from the weekly Victorian Police Gazettes. The information was listed under the headings of 'Deserters from Merchant Vessels' and 'Deserters from H.M. Service'.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1560
  • Victorian Sponsored Immigration Index, 1856-1858
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1408

Shipping Intelligence from Newspapers - Passenger Indexes

  • Port Phillip Herald Passenger Index, 1840-1846
     Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1390
  • Argus Passenger Index, 1846-51
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1391
  • Argus Passenger Index, 1852-1855
     Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1126
  • Argus Passenger Index, 1856-1860
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1139
  • Argus Passenger Index, 1861-1865
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1392

Shipping Intelligence from Newspapers - Shipping Movements

  • Port Phillip Herald Shipping Movements Index, 1840-1846
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1390
  • Argus Shipping Movements Index, 1846-1851
    (supplement to Argus passenger index)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1392
  • Argus Shipping Movements, 1852-1855
    (supplement to Argus passenger index)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1127
  • Argus Shipping Movements Index, 1856-1860
    (supplement to Argus passenger index)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1140
  • Argus Shipping Movements Index, 1861-1865
    (supplement to Argus passenger index)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 32; Call no. mc N 1392

Inquests/Probate

Land Records

  • Depasturing Licences Index, 1840-1851
    Index entries have been taken from the Port Phillip Herald for 1840-1846, and from the Argus for 1847-1851. Consult the introduction for instructions.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1389

Other

  • Argus Missing Friends Index, 1851-1853
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1385
  • Ashley Mining Index, 1860-1864
    Mining Companies applying for Registration in Victoria
    Introduction, 1 microfiche;
    • Part 1: Alphabetical Index to Mining Company Applications for Registration, 1 microfiche;
    • Part 2: Alphabetical Index to Legal Managers of Mining Companies, 1 microfiche;
    • Part 3: Alphabetical Index to Witnesses to Signatures to Register Mining Companies, 1 microfiche;
    • Part 4: Alphabetical Index to Shareholders in Mining Companies Applying for Registration, 15 microfiche.
      Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 2221
  • Ballarat, People & Places
    1. Reproduction of:
    China, Australia and the Pacific Islands in the years 1853-56 (chapter III, Ballarat)/ by J. D'Ewes. London Richard Bentley, 1857
    • Half-yearly report / Ballarat Gas Company, 1862-63
    • Niven's guide book and souvenir of Ballarat. Ballarat: F.W. Niven, [1885]
    • Craig's Royal Hotel - F.W. Niven & Co's guide to Ballarat. Ballarat : F.W. Niven, 1890
    • Cities & towns of Victoria : golden Ballarat. [Ballarat : F.W. Niven, 1892?
    • Ballarat and vicinity / edited by W.B. Kimberl.
    2. Reproduction of: History of Ballarat / compiled by Nathan F. Spielvogel for the Ballarat City Council.
    Ballarat : Tulloch & King, 1935.
    3. Includes indexes.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1017
  • Ballarat East Petty Sessions Registers, Part 2, 1890
    Surname index
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 2248
  • Ballarat Base Hospital Admission Register, 1856-1913
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1524
  • Bendigo (Sandhurst) Benevolent Asylum inmates register, 1860-1941
    Contents:
    • Book 1. 1860-1920
    • Book 2. 1881-1900
    • Book 3. 1901-1920
    • Book 4. 1921-1941
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1347
  • (Index to) Bendigo Hospital
    Admissions. Book 1 & 2, September 1856
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2111
  • Bendigo Advertiser, 1854-1861
    Missing friends notices.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1866
  • Bendigo People and Places
    Contents:
    • Bendigo & its vicinity compiled by W.B. Kimberley
    • History of the Bendigo goldfield from its commencement in 1851 to June, 1881/by Hay Kirkwood
    • Sandhurst
    • Bendigo 'Quartzopolis' --Souvenir of the golden city of Bendigo by B.A. Levy
    • Bendigo the golden city
    • Bendigo & district in 1902
      Includes indexes.
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1046
  • Corfmat Index – Index to Victorian Volunteer Forces personnel from the ‘Victorian Review’, 1860-1861
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 2255
  • Darragh Index to the Melbourne German Sick and Relief Society Membership,1861-1924
    Melbourne, Deutscher Krankenverein
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2223
  • Dunolly Hospital, Victoria Admissions Register, 1860-1900
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1906
  • East Gippsland Primary School Index
    Index of surnames including students' birthdates, attendance dates, schools, and country of origin. Dates vary with school opening dates.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2019
  • Gravel Hill (Bendigo) School: Index to Pupil Registers, 1875-1925
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 2116
  • Index of Deserters of Wives and Children, 1880-1885, 1886-1890, 1891-1895
    The Indexes are compiled from the weekly issues of the Victorian Police Gazette and includes all names mentioned in the gazette entry. An additional index of locations is provided.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1827
  • Index to Aliens, 1914-1918
    Listing of people mentioned in the Index and Registers of Victoria Police correspondence, under a heading firstly of "Commonwealth" and, from 1916, under a heading of "Aliens". It covers foreign-born people who were obliged to register under the Aliens Act of 1914 and then 1916. The listing also covers those people who wrote in to complain about various Aliens, or report suspicious happenings. The index includes a location and a nationality cross reference.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 2249
  • Index to Victorian Goldfields Hospitals’ Admissions
    At Amherst, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Creswick, Dunolly, Kyneton, Maldon & Maryborough
    Available on NMRR Stand-alone computer
  • Insolvency Index, 1840-1854
    This index has been taken from both the Port Phillip Herald and the Argus newspapers.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1428
  • Keilor & District Historical Records
    • Keilor Court Books
    • Keilor Watchhouse Book
    • Keilor Electoral Rolls 1856
    • Will Will Rook (Broadmeadows) Cemetery
    • Keilor Cemetery
    • Monumental Inscriptions
    • St. Augustines Baptisms and Marriages
    • Keilor Rate Books
    • Keilor Directories
    • Keilor School Records
    • Keilor Hotel Records.
      Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1387
  • Maryborough and District Hospital, Victoria Index to Admissions, 1855-1907
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 1323
  • Melbourne Benevolent Asylum Register, 1851-1858
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1768
  • Mildura Law Courts: Index and Court Cases, 1889-1910
    1889 to 1900, 1901 to 1910, each group in the following format:
    • Fiche 1: Index
    • Fiche 2: Cases (Petty Session, Common Law, Insolvencies)
      Microfiche Drawer no. 38; mc N 2201
  • Missing Friends in VIC. Police Gazettes, 1880-1885
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 1396
  • Port Phillip Clergy, 1803-1851
    Microfiche Drawer 33, Call no. mc N 2184
  • Swan Hill (Pioneer) Register
    Previously published as: Bicentennial pioneer register 1988.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1012
  • Tetlow index to the Robert K. Cole Collection of Hotel Records: City and Suburban Hotels Melbourne
    Contains an alphabetical compilation of over 21,000 entries of names of hotel licensees and others taken from the Melbourne city and metropolitan volumes of Robert K. Cole's hotel records held at the State Library of Victoria. 1841-1949, gathered from various sources, not exhaustive.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 2217
  • "Those who served". World War I - index, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
    Areas of information on the microfiche are: soldiers, nurses and families, marriage, engagements, farewells by families, locals and employers, sports and social clubs, churches, honour rolls, enlistments, commissions, on leave, returning home, letters to family and friends, wounded, ill, killed in action, obituaries, photos of soldiers, some with family, etc.
    This index is taken from the newspaper 'The News of the Week, Geelong and Western District Illustrated'.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 38; Call no. mc N 1883
  • Index to the Members of Victoria Police, 1853-1953
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 2270
  • Victoria Police Gazette, 1853-1870
    Facsimile of: Melbourne : G.P.O., 1853-1870.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 33; Call no. mc N 999
  • An Index to Victorian Railway Employees of the 19th Century
    Reproduction of: A guide to Victorian railway employees contained in published documents compiled by Bob Thornton.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 775
  • Unclaimed letters Index 1856: Sandhurst (Bendigo) Post Office
    Contains lists of names which were published in the 'Bendigo Advertiser' for each month in 1856 to notify people that letters had arrived from overseas and were waiting to be collected at the Sandhurst Post Office.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 2213
  • Victorian Argus court reports, 1851-1856
    Microfiche Drawer no. 34; Call no. mc N 161

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