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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.
Contexto geográfico y cultural
Mandatos/Fuentes de autoridad
Estructura administrativa
Officer in charge: Curator, History Collection
Administración de registros y políticas de recolección
Tasmanian history with particular reference to Northern Tasmania.
Edificios
Fondos
History Collections include:
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)
Tasdance: performing arts - correspondence, photos, videos, cassettes, 1981-1996 (34m).
Instrumentos de descripción, guías y publicaciones
Bartlett, Anne, 'Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Archive Collection' Local and Family History Sources in Tasmania, Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1991: 81-83.
Área de acceso
Horario de apertura
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.
Condiciones de acceso y requisitos
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.
Accesibilidad
Área de servicios
Servicios para la investigación
General reference assistance is available.
Servicios de reproducción
Copies of most items can be purchased. Appropriate forms listing fees and conditions can be provided upon request.
Áreas públicas
Área de control
Identificador de la descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación, revisión o eliminación
Revised 1 November 2021
Idioma(s)
Escritura(s)
Fuentes
Notas de mantención
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso
Local Studies (Thematic area)
Religión (Thematic area)
Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)