The following website was posted to another List. I thought it may be helpful to some. Cheers Beryl http://www.cohsoft.com.au/afhc/vic.html Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin

And it has just been pointed out to me that the website I gave you has not been updated since 2001, so beware. I'm guilty of not reading it thoroughly. Here's the latest on the PROV. (Hope I've got it right this time.) The National Gallery of Victoria has now relocated its staff back to the newly refurbished National Gallery on St Kilda Road. Over the next few months, Public Record Office Victoria will undertake a fit-out of the vacated floor space in the Victorian Archives building. Of most significance to researchers, the fit-out includes the new reading room. On present indications it will open in April 2004, at which time the Melbourne Archives Centre Reading Room at Casselden Place will close. For the first time since PROV was established in 1973, all of its Melbourne operations will be based in one location. The close working relationship between Public Record Office Victoria and the National Archives of Australia will continue in the new reading room. The joint PROV/NAA operation which has worked so well at the Melbourne Archives Centre will continue in the new Harry Nunn Reading Room at the Victorian Archives. The relocation of the reading room to North Melbourne will again allow on-site access to PROV record holdings. On-site access to public records will give PROV the opportunity to offer enhanced services to researchers. (Summarised from PROV Newsletter) Nowhere on the website can I find the actual North Melbourne street address but all other contacts are below. Public Record Office Victoria PO Box 2100 North Melbourne, 3051 Tel: (03) 9348 5600 Fax: (03) 9285 7953 [email protected] http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/welcome.htm Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin