Public Record Office Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria Information

Public Record Office Victoria manages and archives records created by the Victorian State Government from the 1830s to today.

The collection includes records relating to areas of health, education, justice, natural resources, environment, mining, transport and the arts.

Every year thousands of people visit the Public Record Office Collection at the Victorian Archives Centre, in North Melbourne and the Ballarat Archives Centre to research immigration, family and local history or to find intriguing information about government relations with the people of Victoria.

Visitors have the opportunity to view fascinating exhibitions and displays of original public records and items in Public Record Office Victoria's collection and participate in tours of the Victorian Archives Centre which include the exhibition spaces, reading room and repository where almost 100kms of original Victorian government records are archived.

Public Record Office Victoria also offers a range of seminars, workshops and talks on a variety of topics related to important records that form a part of your history.