City of Melbourne Archives
Contact
- Street address
- Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000
- Postal address
- GPO Box 1603M, Melbourne 3001
- Phone
- (03) 9658-9771 / 9658-9770
- Fax
- (03) 9654-4854
- Enquiries to
- Archivist
- Note
- All permanent records transferred to the Public Record Office of Victoria by the end of 1996.
About
- Officer in charge
- Senior Archivist
- Hours & facilities
- Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. General reference assistance and general copying services available. Referral to paid researchers is available.
- Access
- Tertiary level education required. 24 hours' advance notice of visit, background to researcher and research topic required.
- Acquisition focus
- City of Melbourne records only. Collection reflects broad interest of council.
- Quantity
- 5,000m (97% in-house).
- Major holdings
- Melbourne City Council: Minutes of Council and Standing Committees 1842- (589m); Building Approval Records (plans and files) 1916- (1774m); Valuation Books 1864- (27m); Town Clerks Correspondence files 1910-1983 (451m); Rate books (Microform) 1845-1975; City Engineer Correspondence Files 1940-1986 (206m); Statutory Planning Files 1971-1984 (171m); City Architects Plans 1845- (62m).
- Shrine of Remembrance Trustees: Various series: correspondence files, minutes, photographs, plans 1921-(5.5m).
Last updated: 2010-10-11