Tuesday 10 February

Beginning your Family History - using GSV Library Resources including the Internet

10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Topics to be covered include:

Births, deaths and marriages
Cemetery records
Shipping / passenger records
Wills & Probate, Inquests
Military & Occupational records
Newspapers
Government & Police Gazettes

Saturday 14 March 2009

Crime in 19th Century Victoria

10.00 am to 4.00 pm

His Honour Judge Paul Mullaly QC - Crime in the Port Phillip District 1838–1851

Who were the victims, the people charged, the witnesses and the lawyers etc? Judge Mullaly will explain some aspects of the different law at that time and what we can learn about that community from the surviving records.

Dr Gary Presland - Tracking criminals through 19th century Victoria Police records

A record is created by the police at every stage from the report of an offence to the apprehension of the offender. Many of these records from the 19th century still exist and can be used by historians to track criminals once again. Gary will show you how.

Charlie Farrugia - Using Criminal Trial Briefs in Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria holds briefs and associated documentation relating to the prosecution of criminal trials in Victoria dating from 1841. Charlie will explain what you can find in these records and how to find briefs for individual cases.

Diane Gardiner - Prisons, porridge and punishment

Diane will give a brief overview of 19th century Victorian prisons, prison life and crime and punishment. Using prison records, stories of some prisoners will be reconstructed. These records reveal much about the lives of people in Melbourne during the boom and bust years of the 1800s.