About the Geelong Heritage Centre
In 2003 the Geelong Historical Records Centre changed its name to the Geelong Heritage Centre.
The Geelong Heritage Centre is Victoria's largest regional archive and resource centre.
The Geelong Historical Records Centre was established in 1979 through a partnership between Geelong local government and the Geelong Historical Society. Volunteers assist the Centre staff with cataloguing and indexing. The Centre is an approved place of deposit for local government records in the Barwon Region and works closely with the Victorian Public Record Office in identifying and preserving these public records. The Centre handles thousands of enquiries each year, providing assistance with school projects, family histories and general historical research.
The collection is based on local archives, public, private, commercial and individual. It includes a great deal of material that is donated by members of the public, both from within Geelong and further afield.
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Holdings of the GHC
The table below gives an overview of the holdings at the Geelong Heritage Centre, however the full list of the GEELONG RECORD SERIES (GRS) is now available on the Internet on the Centre's web site. This series covers the extensive collection of original records held by the centre. (In some cases, the records are copies of the originals.)
You should be aware that there can be many components of each Record Series number (referenced as GRS NNN/nnn where NNN = the Record Series number and nnn = the item number). Once you have chosen the relevant Record Series number, the details of the item numbers for each series can be found at the centre.
| Genealogy |
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| Reference works | Geelong and district historical publications and general Victorian historical works. |
| Newspapers |
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| Maps and plans | Subdivisional, dwelling and rural sales notices, and parish plans from 1850-1950 covering areas of Geelong and west to the South Australian border. |
| Photographs | Thousands of images depicting the life and times of Geelong from 1850 - port, streets, sport, schools, manufacturers, towns. |
| Other records |
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