Records Held
A
SELECTION OF OUR RECORDS INCLUDES:
-
Shire of Kyneton Rate Books and correspondence {some in book form
others on microfilm}
-
Shire of Kyneton Council early minute books
-
District photographs {old and new}
-
Oral
history tapes & transcripts {currently being transferred to CD-ROM}
-
Videos
{of early Kyneton in film converted to VHS format}
- Real
Estate Records
- Kyneton
Cemetery Headstone Register
- Kyneton
Cemetery transcripts of headstone up to 1994 on microfiche
- School
Registers {selection only}
- Clippings
from local newspapers
- Local
newspapers 1856-1954 on microfilm
- Local
newspapers 1954 onwards
- Sporting
records – minutes books, anniversary booklets etc
- Local business records – old invoices, ledgers, cash- books etc
- Family history folders
- Subdivision, titles and land records
- Parish maps of various districts
- Minute books & records from local organizations, e.g.
Agricultural Society, Fire Brigade, Red Cross, Hospital, Mechanics
Institute, schools etc.
- Undertakers records {selection only}
- Hospital Patients – females 1885-1898
- Hospital Patients – males 1891-1898
- Hospital Annual Reports
- Directory of Port Phillip Bay – 1847
- Early Local Doctors – profiles
- Directories –microfiche
- Celebration booklets – eg. Churches, Schools, Fire Brigade,
Sporting clubs etc
- Early Gas Company register
- Victorian
Birth, Deaths & Marriages – microfiche & CD-ROM
- Community
groups folders
- Obituaries
- Family Trees
& histories
CD-ROMS:
New releases added when available.
- Census
of New South Wales – 1828
- Inquest
Index – Victoria 1840-1985
- Pioneer
Index Victoria 1836-1888
- Hatches,
Matches, Dispatches- Ballarat & surrounding area 1800-1930
- Parish
Registers in Australia 1787-1990
- Bailliere's
Victorian Gazetteer & Road Guide 1879
- Victoria
Police Gazette 1855
- The
land Tax register & Valuation for Victoria 1888
- Bound
for South Australia - Births & deaths on government immigrant ships
1848-1885
- 1922
Electoral Roll - Division of Bendigo
- Victoria
and Tasmania - Trollope 1874
- Letters
from Victorian Pioneers
- Australia,
Victoria: Federal Referendum 1899
- Victorian
Goldfields Hospital Index
Most of our records are computer indexed
for easy access of information.
Please
note: An embargo may apply to some sensitive records/files.
We
also have an extensive fine library of Australian history books and also a reference
section that includes Shipping, Convict lists, Squatting runs and much more.
We
publish a bi-monthly Newsletter, ‘The Chronicle’ which is posted to all
members and kindred organizations. Copies are available from the society at a
cost of $A3.00.
The Kyneton Historical society has been approved by the Public Records Office of
Victoria as a place of Deposit (POD) for records relating to this area.
Location of Society
Kyneton Mechanics Institute
81 Mollison Street
Kyneton
3444
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