Primary contact
Museum: 2 Invermay Road, LauncestonLaunceston, Tasmania 7250
Identity area
Identifier
daa/322
Authorized form of name
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, History Collection, Launceston, Tasmania
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- QVMAG
Type
- State
Contact area
Curator
Type
Address
Street address
Museum: 2 Invermay Road, Launceston
Locality
Launceston
Region
Tasmania
Country name
Postal code
7250
Telephone
03 6323 3726
Fax
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Description area
History
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery History collection represents both Tasmania's place in Australia and the world, and brings the world to Tasmania.
The Collection is diverse, and ranges across many collecting areas, from archives and photographs, to personal items, archaeology, comparative cultural collections and large industrial technology such as trains, aircraft or printing presses. The collection represents collecting activities from 1842 to present day.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Curator, History Collection
Records management and collecting policies
Tasmanian history with particular reference to Northern Tasmania.
Buildings
Holdings
History Collections include:
Specific holdings include, for example:
- General History
- Photographs
- Community History Series (CHS)
- Oral History
- Tasmanian Aboriginal collections
- Large Technology
- Comparative Cultural
- The Beattie Collection
- Arms and Militaria
- Numismatics
- Manuscript and ephemera
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery records
Specific holdings include, for example:
- Launceston City Council: Correspondence and Cuttings (includes former Lilydale Council and St Leonards Council), 1850s-1980s (334m)
- Uniting Church Collection: Baptism and Marriage Registers, 1833-1985 (4.5m)
- Weston Papers: Correspondence, 1830-1880 (3.5m)
- King, H J: Photographs, 1921 (3m)
- Cowie: Postcards, 1900-1915 (3m)
- Masters, A H: Photographs, 1890-1930 (4m).
- Scott Papers: Correspondence, 1847-9, 1853-4 (2m).
- Wherett: Photographs, 1940s (2m)
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery: Correspondence and records, 1891-1985 (60m)
- Mead, Isabella: Correspondence, historical files, photos, 1835-1990 (7m)
- King, H J: Photographs, especially 1920s aerial views of Tasmania (3m)
- Donnelly, Jack: Sport notebooks, scrapbooks, photos, 1880s-1990s (20m)
- Craig, Clifford: Doctor, furniture historian - publication drafts, photos, 1830s-1986 (11m)
- Tasdance: performing arts - correspondence, photos, videos, cassettes, 1981-1996 (34m).
Finding aids, guides and publications
Bartlett, Anne, 'Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Archive Collection' Local and Family History Sources in Tasmania, Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1991: 81-83.
Access area
Opening times
The History Centre is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10am-12pm, 2-4pm by appointment.
The Centre is located on the second floor of the Museum at Inveresk.
The Centre is located on the second floor of the Museum at Inveresk.
Access conditions and requirements
Copies of collection guides, some photographs, and news cutting files are available without appointment. Appointments however are essential if visitors wish to access original items. Please contact us at least 24 hours prior to a planned visit.
Access to all material is subject to standard archival restrictions. Donated material which has not been catalogued is not generally available.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
General reference assistance is available.
Reproduction services
Copies of most items can be purchased. Appropriate forms listing fees and conditions can be provided upon request.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 1 November 2021
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Religion (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Defence (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)