Public Record Office Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the archive of the State Government of Victoria. On this channel you'll find tours, talks, educational resources and research stories.

Interested in researching at PROV?
You can search our collection and view digitised records on our website, or if you want to dig deeper, you can order an original record to view in our North Melbourne reading rooms. Our vast repository holds around 100kms of records dating from the mid-1830s to the present day! Our collection includes records of immigration and shipping, criminal trials and prisons, premiers and governors, royal commissions, boards of inquiry, wills and probates and much more. These records hold stories of the key events and decisions that have shaped the history of the State of Victoria.