Historical information

Voting registers, or electoral rolls, are a census of those who were eligible to vote. They are valuable because a country-wide census was not taken until 1911. Early electoral rolls give an individual name, residence, status of property occupation/ownership, and the rate value of the property. Supplementary Electoral Rolls are arranged by electoral district and subdistrict. Name, Address, Occupation and gender for thirteen subdivisions. Electoral rolls were published by each state during election years.

Physical description

Supplementary Electoral Roll for the Commonwealth Division of Bendigo, State Assembly District of Bendigo, and State Electoral Province of Bendigo for 1952 (made up to 16th May 1952). Includes Name, Address, Occupation and gender for thirteen subdivisions. Assembled and bound with staples, and a light green card cover and pages.

Inscriptions & markings

Stamped on cover as owned by Harold Curnow, Accountant and Auditor, Colonial mutual Building, View Street, Bendigo.