Hi Everyone, There may be some on this list that do not know about 'Provenance'. I am particularly forwarding this announcement as there are articles in it about Mallacoota in far East Gippsland, and Loch in South Gippsland. Regards Linda >'Provenance' is the free scholarly journal of Public Record Office Victoria >(PROV), the Victorian state archives. 'Provenance' features peer-reviewed >articles, and other contributions, that present reseach drawing upon >records in PROV custody. > >Issue no. 7 (September 2007) is now available at: > ><http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance/> > > >This year's issue contains the following contributions: > >* Lee-Ann Monk presents a case study of reports of patient abuse at Kew >Asylum; > >* Valerie Lovejoy examines the lives of Chinese miners on the Bendigo >goldfield from 1854-1865; > >* Benjamin Mountford and Keir Reeves present a case study of Chinese gold >seekers in the central Victorian goldfields; > >* Sarah Mirams explores the remote community of Mallacoota in the early >twentieth century through the prism of education and school records; > >* Lyn Payne explores the efforts of the Loch community to secure a school >for their town; > >* Peter Andrew Barrett reminds us about another stockade from Victoria's >early history, the Collingwood stockade; > >* Cate Elkner reports on the digitisation of a truly unique record from >PROV's collection - a 4.5 x 6 metre map of Victoria; > >* Jan Croggon explains how Sovereign Hill historians have used public >records to re-create the goldfields town; > >* Abigail Belfrage takes a figurative stroll along the Merri Creek, >exploring and interpreting the landscape through a variety of records held >by PROV; > >* Sonia Jennings explores the connection between land ownership and the >right to vote in nineteenth century Victoria; > >* Alain Hosking researches the capital case file of John Hassett, who was >wrongfully convicted for the severe bashing of Constable Albert Ernest >Vizard in the seedy streets of Carlton in 1889; and > >* Noni Dowling researches criminal trial briefs and capital case files >relating to Frederick Jordan, a member of Port Melbourne's small >African-American community in the late 1800s. > >If you are interested in submitting an article for future issues or would >like to receive an email reminder when each issue is published online, >please contact the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo by phone on (03) 9348 5600; >or email <provenance@prov.vic.gov.au>