61 p.; 30 cm.Records Description (Registered Incoming Correspondence to C. J. LaTrobe 1839)aboriginal protctorate-victoria-history-(1839), robinson g. a. - chief protector of aborigines-port phillip, native police-correspondence (1839)

64 p. : ill ; facsims, ports. ; 21 cm.Includes a brief history of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (and its forerunners) and extracts from the papers of M. Sievewright, C.W. Sievewright (on a murder case), W. Thomas (on stone houses), W.A.P. Dana (on native police), E.S. Parker; (biography of Merringoondeet), P. Sohier (on phrenology); Coranderrk revolt; Lake Tyers; Ramahyuckphrenology. | public records -- victoria. | psychology - cognition - intelligence. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1851- crime - against persons. | education. | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850. | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1851-1900. | government policy - state and territory - victoria. | settlement and contacts - government settlements, reserves. | law enforcement - police - native police.

vii-xvi; 294 P.; maps; ill.; glossary; refs.; index; 24 cm. Records the life of a fully initiated Aboriginal man who worked as a tracker for most of his life.bohemia, jack, 1900-1994 -- career in the police. | aboriginal australian police -- western australia -- kimberley -- biography.

xv, 187 p. ; 25 cm.Contents: Archaeology Isabel McBryde; Archives H.J. Gibbney; Artefacts and museums Carol Cooper, Isabel McBryde; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Diane Barwick, Jane Forge, James Urry; Biography: writing a life story Diane Barwick, Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage; Censuses and other population records L.R. Smith; Court and police records: evidence for Aboriginal history Tom Stannage; Genealogy: tracing family history Diane Barwick, Diane Bell, Francesca Merlan; Government - Government publications on Aborigines Brownlee Kirkpatrick; Government committees and Royal Commissions David H. Bennett. Guardians of history - Aboriginal heritage and the Australian Heritage Commission Josephine Flood; Historical Societies Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage. Land rights - Land rights: recent events and legislation Anita Campbell, Diane Bell, Diane Barwick; Land rights: an introductory bibliography Nicolas Peterson. Language: resources for research Luise Hercus, Francesca Merlan; Libraries James Urry; Maps and mapping John von Sturmer; Missions: settlements, sponsors, sources of information James Urry; Music Alice Moyle; Newspapers Andrew Markus; Oral history interviewing Peter Read; Photographic records - Koorie studies: records of the South Coast Yuin walkabout Guboo Ted Thomas; Photographs old and new Colin Roach; Films and film-making David McDougall; Publishing your work Shirley Andrew, Diane Barwick; Sport: resources for research Michael Mace, Bill Rosser; Tape recording Bryan Butler; Torres Strait Islands: information available in Papua New Guinea Peter Bolger; War and Aborigines Hank Nelson; Women in Aboriginal society: resources for research Diane Barwick, Diane Bell.australian aborigines, to 1979. historical sources. | aborigines, australian -- history. | genealogy. | torres strait islanders -- history -- sources. | aboriginal australians -- genealogy. | aboriginal australians -- history -- sources. | aboriginal australians -- history. | aboriginal australians -- history -- archival resources. | aboriginal australians -- history -- library resources. | aboriginal australians -- history -- bibliography.

Port Phillip was first settled in 1803 and became a part of NSW in 1836. It became it's own governing colony in 1851. This statistical book lists public servants for the colony alphabetically, their role, place of employment, and a page reference to a description of the role can be found. Included positions in the fields of Government officers, Police , penal, judicial medical, ecclesiastical and education. Includes salaries for the various positions.Blue soft cover booklet of 76 pages. Titled 'The Civil Establishment of The Colony of Victoria for the Year 1851' Reproduced in facsimile from the Victoria 'Blue Book, No,1 First published in 1976 by the Public Record Office, Melbourne. Printed by C.H.Rixon, Government Printer, Melbourne civil establishment, victoria 1851

Victoria became its own colony in 1851, after being the Port Phillip district of NSW from 1803. These books that were produced regularly to provide statistical information of the Civil, Judicial, Police, Penal, Medical, Ecclesiastical and educational establishments. The civil list includes public servants, listed alphabetically, their role, place of situation and reference to a later page that describes the actual role.113-page blue soft cover booklet. Civil Establishment of the Colony of Victoria for 1856 (Reprint) in the front section. Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for 1856 in the back section. Compiled from Official Records in the Registrar General's Office. First published in 1858, Reprinted in 1975 by C.H.Rixon, Government Printer for the Public Records Office, Melbournestatistics, port phillip district

WHAT A GOOD IDEA: BENDIGO'S INNOVATION, AN EXHIBITION - Bendigo Historical Society Submission to the Victorian Community History Awards 8142.4 Two page letter to the Victorian Community History Awards 2003 showing costs etc. and 17 Attachments for the submission; from Helen Mainka (Mrs) Collections Manager 6 Feb 2003 1. Exhibition Proposal 2. Notice to Society members - call for information 3. Example letter seeking input from outside bodies 4. Exhibition preparation timeline 5. Exhibition promotion 6. Flier DL 7. Flier A4 8. Education Information package 9. Puzzle sheet for child visitors to the exhibition 10. Exhibition procedures 11. Supervisors badge 12. Visitor Numers Record sheet 13. Visitors Book (ITEM 8142.2) 14. Exhibition Booklet 15. CD-ROM-Images of interpretive panels and photographs of exhibition (ITEM 8142.1) 16. Reduced (A1-A3) interpretive panels for "Sunday School Picnic" 17. Photograhs of exhibition An Exhibition by Helen Mainka (ed.). Contents include: Acknowledgements, Introduction, Australian Bell, Bendigo Mining, Coliban Water Scheme, Ford's Rock Boring Machine, Goyne's Battery Gratings, Hospital Sunday, The Huntly Bus, Ladies' Cricket Match, Movable Cuff Shirt, New Goldfields Act 1858, Safety Cages, Scalebuoys, School of Nursing, Sunday School Picnic, Taipan Catamarans, Taraxale, Victorian Police Guide, A Bendigo Miscellany, References and Further Reading, List of Artefacts and List of Illustrations.bendigo, industry, what a good idea! - bendigo's innovations - an exhibition, helen mainka (ed.), city of greater bendigo, bendigo historical society inc, joseph martin brady, robert gray ford, john goyne, joseph henry abbott, william bannerman, john edward buchan, joseph a c helm, benedict branch, john henry seymour, william middleton, richard h s abbott jnr, abraham harkness, greg goodall, jim boyer, george albert pethard, george albert pethard jnr, john barry

Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing information about the heritage significance of the Kew Court House (and Police Station) in High Street, Kew. Most of the file contains correspondence between a number of interested parties including the Kew Historical Society which was leading the campaign to have the building/precinct preserved and used for community purposes. Letters and submissions include those from the Department of Treasury & Finance, Ray Tonkin (Heritage Victoria), Dr. Robert Dean MLA, Judith Voce, Hon David Davis MLC, John Lenders MP, Hon John Thwaites, Andrew McIntosh MLA and officers of the Kew Historical Society. The file also contains records of interview and memos and meeting minutes relating to the campaign.kew - history, kew court house, kew police station, heritage campaigns - kew (vic)kew - history, kew court house, kew police station, heritage campaigns - kew (vic)

The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fictionWhat's doing in Kew January 1980 / p1. Police Message [Intruders; Strangers] / p1. What do you do when no-one seems to have the right answer [Citizens Advice Bureau] / p1. Protect your car / p2. Be alert to anything suspicious: Never admit to callers that you are alone / p2. Kew High School Holiday Program / p2. Street Bar-b-que [Uvadale Grove] / p2. Can you help? Just once! [Meals on Wheels drivers] / p2. Kampuchea [Cambodia] Record Event [East Kew Uniting Church Youth Group] / p2. A.R.A.F.E.M.I. at the Citizens' Advice Bureau [Association of Relatives and Friends of the Emotionally and Mentally III] / p2. Council News [Summer Ground allocation; Flats survey in Kew] / p2. Living in Kew [Kew Family and Community Services (F.A.C.S.) Committee] / p2. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.)

This collection of approximately 20 letters between Melbourne men Ben Morris and Harry Bruin, covering a period of several months in 1919, consists of original letters handwritten by Morris and carbon copies of Bruin’s replies. Love letters between men from this period are extremely rare in an Australian context, and globally. They were seized by police from Bruin’s home in Harcourt Street, Auburn in October 1919. The police were investigating a report that Bruin and Morris were conducting an intimate affair. The relationship came to light when the mother of one of Morris’ friends, having failed in her attempt to blackmail Bruin, went to the police. Blackmail was an ever-present danger to homosexual men at that time. Homosexual sex was against the law and even gossip alone could ruin reputations, careers and social standing. In refusing the demands of his attempted blackmailer, Bruin took an enormous risk. However, Morris and Bruin were lucky that their letters contained no descriptions of sex acts. It was not illegal to express love for a person of the same sex and when the matter came before the court, the police had no choice but to let the matter drop without laying charges. Letters like these are rare as potentially incriminating correspondence between men was usually destroyed by the writers or the recipients, to prevent it falling into the hands of the authorities, blackmailers, or disapproving third parties. These letters survived only because they were seized by the authorities for the purpose of prosecution. Morris and Bruin’s letters are also important because, together with the statements taken from the two men and others involved in the case by police prosecutors, they provide insight into the development of the liaison over an extended period. The emotional letters provide rare evidence of a deep romantic affection between two men in their own words. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood.

In Victoria’s State archives there is a remarkable cache of letters written by George Bateson, who was arrested and convicted of sodomy in late 1860. There are some 200 letters addressed to notable Victorians including the governor, premier, inspector-general of penal establishments, members of parliament, and lawyers. These rare documents provide powerful evidence of homosexual life and the impacts of mid-nineteenth century laws relating to sodomy. The story begins on an evening in November 1860, when 19-year-old William Gardner went to the police to complain that the previous evening, when he was staying at a city hotel with George Bateson, he had been subjected to Bateson’s sexual advances. The police asked Gardner to meet with Bateson again the following evening and when their sexual connection was sufficiently advanced, Gardner should cough twice. He agreed to the plan, and when Gardner coughed the police emerged from a closet in the hallway, catching the two men in the act. Bateson was convicted of sodomy in 1860, but his death sentence was recorded rather than pronounced. In due course the Governor of Victoria commuted the sentence, as was usual for the crime, and instead sentenced Bateson to 15 years’ hard labour, with the first three years to be spent in chains. In 1871, Bateson was released, having spent four years less in prison than his original sentence. During and after his time in prison, Bateson wrote letters to the authorities to assert that he was innocent, falsely accused and the victim of a conspiracy. He demanded that this terrible miscarriage of justice should be reversed and a pardon granted to him. Bateson was not the first man in Victoria to be convicted and sentenced in this way; nor was he the first to petition for redress. But the extent of his letters and the scope of the issues raised in them offer a remarkable insight into homosexual life in the mid-nineteenth century, such as how men might meet each other, and approaches to police and punish homosexual behaviour. Bateson’s letters provide crucial evidence to expand our understanding of Victoria’s queer past. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood.

In October 1901, Mr B. Cleal wrote to the Chief Commissioner of Police complaining about the large number of effeminate young men using ‘various conveniences’ for ‘an evil of the most terrible description’. Mr Cleal’s letter is part of a remarkable collection of documents held by Public Record Office Victoria that are valuable to LGBTIQ+ history and heritage in providing unparalleled insight into where and how beats operated in and around the city at that time. By ‘conveniences’ Cleal meant public toilets, and he listed the busiest of them: the corner of Rathdowne and Victoria streets; Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne; under the viaduct opposite the Customs House in Flinders Street; at the rear of the old City Court in Little Collins Street; and under the viaduct at the foot of King Street. Cleal described in detail how these beats worked: ‘One cannot enter but two or three of the above fellows rush in and on pretence of using same will pass some disgusting remark concerning one’s person etc’. The Chief Commissioner despatched one of his officers, Sergeant Canty, to investigate. Canty’s report provides further detail and description of who he encountered at the public toilets. He reported that men ‘known by the term “Pufters” [sic], are generally well dressed, sober, quiet in their manner and some of them very well connected’. Canty further noted about these men: 'it is often very difficult for the police to catch them offending, and if they do at any time make filthy or indecent overtures to any man, they believe him to be similarly inclined, but should they make a mistake the man insulted never thinks of giving any of them in charge [complaining to the police], but sometimes gives the offender a well-deserved blow or kick instead, of which the recipient never complains.' Sergeant Canty admitted that the problem had existed for some time. But, he added, ‘I don’t think the evil complained of is as great as said in attached [Cleal’s letter]’. In reviewing the file, Canty’s supervisor noted that Cleal, ‘appears to have given these resorts considerable attention’. Much of the evidence for same-sex activity in Melbourne in the early twentieth century comes from court cases and sensationalist news reports. With their eyewitness accounts of the use of local beats, these documents in the collection of Public Record Office Victoria provide a more detailed, understated account, making them some of the more unusual and historically significant records in Melbourne’s queer history. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood.

Donald Clark Collection. Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Donald Clark. Within this set are multiple archival folders with the following subject matter: Hotels Gold, prospecting & mining Peace Picnic Street lighting Churches Cemetery Poems Shire of Bet Bet Chinese Clubs Police Transport Local businesses/premises Local people Post Offices Previous history work / previous history enquiries Back To Tarnagulla events Victoria Theatre / Entertainment Schools Water and waterways Early town Mapping and geography Photocopies of photos Miscellaneous Rail Link Centenary Newbridge Eddington Waanyarra Bet bet (town) Llanelly Murphy's Creek / Irishtown Laanecoorie Military Service Fire Brigade Tarnagulla Landmarks / Places of Interest Family Histories Births, Deaths, Marriage info Transcript of St. Saviour's Records A plastic pocket containing duplicate copies of local history images held elsewhere in the collection. The contents of these files were research notes compiled by Donald Clark from his local history research about Tarnagulla and district. tarnagulla & district, donald clark, research