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. We work with libraries throughout Australia to give you access to library collections and services, and to Trove.
Explore 1,063,634 objects from museums, galleries, libraries, and archives around the world. The collections on eHive include 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 across the state of Victoria.
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.
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. Many records are accessible to the public either online or in Reading Rooms.
From the early British colonial days to the 1990s and the approach taken, 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.
Land Services Victoria
The state’s key agency for:
land registration, property information
spatial data services and maps
surveying, land valuation
geographic names
government land policy and advice
government land transaction oversight
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 was established in 1977, has eight constituent members, one in each state and territory, and is the national peak body representing the interests of about 1,200 historical societies and about 100,000 members throughout Australia.
Local
Amazing photographs, documents, artworks and objects. Discover thousands of items which reflect the stories of the Yarra Ranges.
Monbulk Historical Society was established around 1982 and began the preservation of many documents and photographs donated to the Society covering the townships of Monbulk, The Patch, Kallista and Sherbrooke and the families who pioneered these towns.
Formed in 1971, the Lilydale & District Historical Society is an incorporated association located at the Old Lilydale Court House at 61 Castella Street, Lilydale. We maintain an extensive paper-based archive on people, places and events of the area, including Dame Nellie Melba and her family.
Mount Evelyn History Group members are interested in the collection, preservation, research, writing and publication of all aspects of history relating to our town.