[can-talk] New issue of Provenance: the Journal of Public Record Office Victoria now online

Goodmorning and apologies for cross-posting.

'Provenance' is the free scholarly journal of Public Record Office Victoria
(PROV), the Victorian state archives. 'Provenance' features peer-reviewed
articles, and other contributions, that present reseach drawing upon
records in PROV custody.

Issue no. 7 (September 2007) is now available at:

<http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance/>


This year's issue contains the following contributions:

* Lee-Ann Monk presents a case study of reports of patient abuse at Kew
Asylum;

* Valerie Lovejoy examines the lives of Chinese miners on the Bendigo
goldfield from 1854-1865;

* Benjamin Mountford and Keir Reeves present a case study of Chinese gold
seekers in the central Victorian goldfields;

* Sarah Mirams explores the remote community of Mallacoota in the early
twentieth century through the prism of education and school records;

* Lyn Payne explores the efforts of the Loch community to secure a school
for their town;

* Peter Andrew Barrett reminds us about another stockade from Victoria's
early history, the Collingwood stockade;

* Cate Elkner reports on the digitisation of a truly unique record from
PROV's collection - a 4.5 x 6 metre map of Victoria;

* Jan Croggon explains how Sovereign Hill historians have used public
records to re-create the goldfields town;

* Abigail Belfrage takes a figurative stroll along the Merri Creek,
exploring and interpreting the landscape through a variety of records held
by PROV;

* Sonia Jennings explores the connection between land ownership and the
right to vote in nineteenth century Victoria;

* Alain Hosking researches the capital case file of John Hassett, who was
wrongfully convicted for the severe bashing of Constable Albert Ernest
Vizard in the seedy streets of Carlton in 1889; and

* Noni Dowling researches criminal trial briefs and capital case files
relating to Frederick Jordan, a member of Port Melbourne's small
African-American community in the late 1800s.

If you are interested in submitting an article for future issues or would
like to receive an email reminder when each issue is published online,
please contact the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo by phone on (03) 9348 5600;
or email <provenance at prov.vic.gov.au>



Regards

Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, 'Provenance'





Dr Sebastian Gurciullo
Archivist, Online Exhibitions and Publications
Editor, Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance


PLEASE NOTE - MY EMAIL HAS CHANGED:


sebastian.gurciullo at prov.vic.gov.au


Public Record Office Victoria
PO Box 2100, North Melbourne 3051
T: 9348 5626 F: 9348 5656 M: 0403 415 521



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PROV Exhibitions at
Victorian Archives Centre
99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne


'Summers Past: Golden Days in the Sun 1950-1970'
A National Archives of Australia touring exhibition
Until 10 November 2007


'Treasures of the Keeper'
Highlights of some of the unique records
at the state archive selected by PROV staff.
Level 1, Corridor Gallery,


Visit our online exhibitions at
www.prov.vic.gov.au/online


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