Historical records
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Culture Victoria (CV) provides a mix of culture, community life and creativity that is Victoria. CV gives you hundreds of stories, videos, and images from Victoria's great arts and culture collections, all in one place.
http://www.cv.vic.gov.au...
http://www.cv.vic.gov.au
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The Digital Storytelling Project aims to record the wartime experiences of Victorian veterans and civilians. Up to 200 stories will be collected over the next three years for use as a resource for teaching history in Victorian secondary schools.
http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au...
http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/web16/veterans/dvcveterans.nsf/headingpagesdisplay/digital+stories
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Documenting Australia tells the story of Australia through the documents which give our national, state and territory governments the right to govern. The site exhibits and explains Australia's primary constitutional documents for New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Commonwealth and traces through these documents the shaping of Australian democracy and citizenship.
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au...
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/
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The Australian War Memorial receives many public inquiries. The Encyclopedia features answers to frequently asked questions about Australians at war. The Encyclopedia will allow you to search the contents of the Memorial's databases, and provides links to other resources.
http://www.awm.gov.au...
http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/index.htm
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Provides online exhibitions that showcase records from Public Record Office Victoria's archives. Includes the extraordinary tale of Frederick Bailey Deeming, the Eureka Stockade, Ned Kelly, Federation and the City of Melbourne (1901-1927) and the West Gate Bridge Collapse of 1970.
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au...
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/online/
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The National Archives of Australia holds many records in which you might find information about your ancestors for your family history.
http://www.naa.gov.au...
http://www.naa.gov.au/services/family-historians/index.aspx
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Gallipoli and the Anzacs is an educational site containing text, documents, graphics, timelines, video and audio about Australians in the 1915 World War 1 ANZAC landing and campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. It also gives information about visiting Gallipoli today and the ANZAC commemorative site.
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au...
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/index.html
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Search this list for names of immigrants from Britain to Victoria, Australia between 1839 and 1871. These immigrants were 'assisted', meaning in most cases that their passage was subsidised by the Victorian Government.
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au...
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24
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Search this list for names of passengers who boarded ships to Victoria, Australia from overseas ports between 1852 and 1923. 'Unassisted' passengers' fares were not subsidised by government.
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au...
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23
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The Koorie Records Unit promotes Aboriginal records within PROV's collection and improves the accessibility of these records. It also builds links between PROV and a range of Indigenous community organisations through outreach and education and training activities.
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au...
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/about/kru/default.asp
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