• Archival Collection

Koorie index of names

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Please contact Public Record Office Victoria:

Postal Address: PO Box 2100, North Melbourne VIC 3051

Phone: (03) 9348 5600

Website: http://prov.vic.gov.au/contact-us/

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The Koorie index of names is a database created by Public Record Office Victoria which can be searched to locate references to Victorian Aboriginal people who are mentioned in some archival records that relate to Aboriginal affairs (1839-1946).

This database is not accessible online and is only searchable on-site at the Victorian Archives Centre in North Melbourne.

The Koorie index of names was developed by transcribing original archival records. It does not contain personal information about people named, but provides a references to the original archival record where that name appears.

The information indexed includes:

  • names of Aboriginal people
  • names of non-Aboriginal people related to or associated with Aboriginal people
  • names of Government missions and reserves where Aboriginal people were placed
  • names of Government stations and depots associated with Aboriginal people
  • places where Aboriginal people have lived or visited
  • details of records where that name appears

The Koorie index of names only covers a small portion of material about Aboriginal Victorians within the collection of Public Record Office Victoria. It includes references to people from the following series:

Board for the Protection of Aborigines correspondence 1867-1946 (VPRS 1694)

Chief Protector of Aborigines records 1839-1851 (VPRS 11)

Superintendent correspondence, Aboriginal affairs (VPRS 10)

 

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