National & International
Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.
We collect, protect and provide access to millions of physical items and billions of digital records about Australia and Australians.
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia’s pre-eminent dictionary of national biography.
World’s largest gravesite collection.
Over 265 million memorials created by the community since 1995
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies is an Indigenous-led, national institute
Explore over 1 million objects from museums, galleries, libraries, and archives around the world. Includes art, artefacts, books, photographs, specimens, and more.
State
Victorian Collections is a digital archive where you can search thousands of items held by galleries, museums, libraries, archives, historical societies and cultural collections.
Established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, State Library Victoria is Australia’s oldest public library and one of the first free public libraries in the world.
From its humble beginnings in 1854, Museums Victoria has established a collection of more than 15 million items, tracing Australia’s natural, social and cultural history.
Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the archive of State and Local Governments in Victoria. It holds over 100 km of digital and physical records from 1836 to the present day.
Heritage Inventory – a statutory list of all known historical archaeological sites
Heritage Register -a statutory list of significant heritage places, objects and historic shipwrecks
From the early British colonial days to the 1990s. Particularly after 1907, when the first government agency dedicated to the conservation and ‘wise use’ of natural resources was formed in the then State of Victoria.
MHHV includes all aspects of military history and heritage related to Victoria, Australia
Land Services Victoria
The state’s agency for land registration, property information, spatial data services and maps, surveying, land valuation
geographic names
The print volume of the Encyclopedia of Melbourne was published in 2005 by Cambridge University Press. The online Encyclopedia of Melbourne – eMelbourne – now contains the full text of the print volume, with additional text and digital resources.
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria was formed in 1909 and is a community-based organisation committed to collecting, researching and sharing an understanding of the history of Victoria.
The Federation of Australian Historical Societies has eight members, one in each state and territory. It is the national peak body representing the interests of about 1,200 historical societies and about 100,000 members.
Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council
Helping the community respect and understand Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Traditional Owner responsibilities
Land and Survey Spatial Information
Helping the community respect and understand Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Traditional Owner responsibilities
Local
Amazing photographs, documents, artworks and objects. Discover thousands of items which reflect the stories of the Yarra Ranges.
The Association of Eastern Historical Societies Inc. has a membership of 24 historical societies and history groups in the Eastern region of Melbourne.
Monbulk Historical Society covers the townships of Monbulk, The Patch, Kallista and Sherbrooke and the families who pioneered these towns.
Lilydale & District Historical Society is located at the Old Lilydale Court House, 61 Castella Street, Lilydale. We maintain an extensive paper-based archive on people, places and events of the area.
Mount Evelyn History Group members are interested in the collection, preservation, research, writing and publication of all aspects of history relating to our town.