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RHSV Collection

There are two ways to search our collection:

You can enter your search in the box below to stay on the RHSV website or click here to use eHive for a rich search experience (will open in new tab). 

Search tips:

  • for two or more words together use double quotation marks
    i.e. “drill hall”
  • for two words occurring in the same record use AND
    i.e. drill AND hall

About the RHSV Collection:

This is a significant historical collection focusing on the Victorian experience in Australian history. The collection continues to expand with donations from the public and society members.

The collection contains books, manuscripts, ephemera, pioneer registers, scrapbooks, journals, photos, slides, glass negatives, maps, artwork and prints and audio visual material.

If you can’t find what you are looking for, please fill in the General Enquiry Form here .

If you would like to visit and make use of the collection, please contact us to arrange an appointment.

 

Members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities should be aware that the RHSV catalogue site contains names of deceased people.

Users are warned that there may be words and descriptions which reflect the creator’s attitude, or that of the period in which the item was produced, that are inappropriate or offensive today. This historical language is reproduced where necessary to help locate the item and understand its historical context.

 

Special Collections

Judge Willis Casebooks 

Collections Lounge

Women’s Biographical Dictionary

Victorian Historical Journal Indexes online 
Note this is not searchable externally, please contact us for assistance.