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VPRS 10677 Orders Made In Other Courts Of Petty Sessions and Also For Inebriates
No full text<br/>Subject to further research
VPRS 14437 Register of Inwards Correspondence, Soldier Settlement
No full textThis series was maintained by the Closer Settlement Board within the Department of Crown Lands and Survey and registered correspondence received relating to the purchase of land for the settlement of discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1917 and other matters relating to soldier settlement.<br/><br/>Registrations consisted of the registered number, the dates of the letter and of the entry, the name and address of the correspondent, a summary of the subject of the letter and how it was dealt with. There may be within a registration, notations of the numbers of other pieces of correspondence received on the same subject denoted by a letter and a number
VPRS 2173 Court Of Petty Sessions Public Leasing Account Book
No full text<br/>Subject to further research
VPRS 6058 Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court Civil Summons Register
No full textThe Jurisdiction of Courts of Petty Sessions and Magistrates' Courts<br/><br/>Courts of Petty Sessions, or Magistrates' Courts as they have been called since 1971, dealt with a very large range of "minor" court matters. Apart from a large number of tribunals, they provide the lowest level of redress in civil and criminal matters, with the County Court, the Supreme Court and various Commonwealth courts hearing and determining more serious criminal cases and larger civil disputes.<br/><br/>The jurisdiction of Courts of Petty Sessions / Magistrates' Courts has changed, and on the whole increased over time, but has usually included the following types of cases:<br/><br/>The criminal jurisdiction includes all offences under Summary Offences legislation including traffic offences, minor assault and drug offences, obscene language, trespass. A number of more serious offences known as indictable offences may be tried in either the Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court or a higher court. These include theft up to a certain value, burglary, indecent assault, offences against prostitution regulation legislation, criminal damage to property, occupational health and safety offences. Committal proceedings are also conducted in Courts of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Courts in order to determine whether a case involving a more serious offence should proceed to a higher court.<br/><br/>The civil jurisdiction includes claims for debts arising out of contractual disputes, claims for losses arising out of a breach of duty such as negligence, claims for damages arising out of motor vehicle accidents or assaults and claims for taxes due.<br/><br/>The licensing jurisdiction has diminished in the twentieth century. At different times it has included the issue of licenses for gold buyers, auctioneers, carriers, pawnbrokers, estate agents, commercial agents and sub agents, inquiry agents, hawkers and pedlars. By 1991 the only licences still issued by Magistrates' Courts were for commercial agents and sub-agents and hawkers and pedlars.<br/><br/>The family law jurisdiction includes matters relating to child support assessment, maintenance, custody, guardianship, access, change of name, marriage of under age persons, property interests of de facto partners and, since 1987, family violence intervention orders. From the ?1930's until the ?1950's Courts of Petty Sessions were also responsible for granting adoptions.<br/><br/>Court Registers<br/><br/>Successive Justices' Acts and, more recently, Magistrates' Court Acts have required the clerk or registrar of the court to make and keep a register of all convictions, orders and other proceedings of the court. This register is the authoritative record of the court.<br/><br/>Until about 1888 this record was usually called a Cause List Book and had a slightly different format, since then the term Register has been used.<br/><br/>Initially most clerks maintained a single sequence of registers for all or most of the court's business. However in the twentieth century some courts have maintained several sequences of registers according to different types of matters dealt with by the court. Typically criminal matters have been registered separately from civil matters, matters under Commonwealth legislation, matters relating to traffic offences, licensing applications and various types of civil cases have all been registered separately. Some courts dealing with a large number of criminal cases have maintained separate registers for matters brought to court by summons and by arrest, and some have used separate volumes for each courtroom. Where courts have subdivided the registration of cases into several sequences, each has been allocated a different Victorian Public Record Series number and the specific type of register has been included in the series title. The inventory of series for this court lists other types of registers used
VPRS 1647 Mining Registrar's Register of Claims, Korong Mining Division
No full textBetween 1855 and 1975 the administration of mining in Victoria was partly carried out at a district level. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries district mining officials had extensive administrative and judicial responsibilities. Over time the role of district officials diminished as the function gradually became more centralised.<br/><br/>The boundaries of each Mining District were proclaimed by the Governor-in-Council. Each District was divided into several divisions which at times were further subdivided. It is important to note that the names and boundaries of the Districts, Divisions and Subdivisions changed over time as the scale of mining activity in various locations changed. Victorian Government Gazettes provide information about the boundaries of mining areas. The first six Districts were established in 1858.<br/><br/>Administration of mining activity took place at both the District and Divisional level. The names of the Districts and Divisions do not necessarily indicate the location of the offices of the mining officials.<br/><br/>Mining Registrars<br/><br/>The Gold Fields Laws Amendment Act 1860 (24 Vic.,No.115) empowered the Governor-in-Council to appoint Mining Registrars in the Mining Districts to carry out duties prescribed in the mining by-laws for their district. Mining Registrars were primarily concerned with claims or priveleges held under miners rights. Responsibilities included the registration and transfer of various types of claims specified in the mining by-laws. Mining Registrars were also responsible for preparing reports and statistics showing the progress of mining within their district.<br/><br/>Mining Registrars Register of Claims<br/><br/>Under the mining by-laws the holder of a miners right was entitled to take up various claims. Each type of claim specified the nature of the mining activity which could be undertaken. The types of claims included:<br/><br/>- prospecting claims (along a reef)<br/>- alluvial claims (for shallow sinking)<br/>- tunnnelling claims<br/>- sluicing and puddling claims<br/>- water right or water race claim<br/>- site for machinery<br/>- site for a dam<br/>- site for residence (to 1936).<br/><br/>Registers of Claims may be specific to a particular type of claim (eg. Register of Water Races, Register of Residence Areas) or may include a mixture of claims. In circumstances where claims were taken up by partnerships the Register of Claims will usually include a record of the agreed percentage of shares of each of the partners.<br/><br/>Registers of Claims will often include:<br/><br/>- number and date of claim<br/>- name of holder or owner<br/>- number of Miners Right and date of Miners Right<br/>- particulars of the claim<br/>- locality<br/>- details of transfers or amalgamations of claims
VPRS 7270 Minute Books
No full textMinutes related to a wide range of activities for which the water/sewerage authority was responsible. Minutes of meetings of Waterworks Trusts and Water and Sewerage Boards were created in accordance with section 212 of the Water Act 1890 (No.1156) and subsequent legislation including the Water Acts of 1905 (No. 2016), 1958 (No. 6413) and 1989 (No.80). These Acts required that for each meeting, minutes of all proceedings be recorded together with the names of all commissioners present that voted for and against motions. Bound volumes of minutes often included the minutes of annual, ordinary and special meetings, and associated business papers. Business papers comprised meeting agenda and reports to the Board.<br/><br/>Typical agenda items were: Letters received and sent; accounts for payment; reports of Officers including the Superintendent/Clerk of Works, Secretary/Manager, Engineer and Plumbing Inspectors; matters under investigation; tenders; orders of the day, and general business
VPRS 15062 Duplicate Annual Reports of the Chief Protector of Aborigines [Digitised Series - Archival Quality Master] (SERIES CANCELLED)
No full textThis series was created by Public Record Office Victoria in order to capture high resolution VEOs (VERS Encapsulated Objects) of the records contained within VPRS 4399 Duplicate Annual Reports of the Chief Protector of Aborigines for preservation purposes.<br/><br/>This series consists of Duplicate Annual Reports for 1845 and 1849 of the Chief Protector of Aborigines (VA 512).<br/><br/>Information for each Protectorate District (i.e. North Eastern, North Western, Western and Westernport), is recorded on the following subjects: personnel, medical, agriculture, stock, building and improvements, conduct of aborigines, births and deaths, expenditures, religion, education, native police and crime. Both reports have appendices of returns. Both reports have been handwritten by Robinson.<br/><br/>Annual Reports sent from Robinson to the Superintendent of Port Phillip District can also be located in VPRS 10 Registered Inward Correspondence to the Superintendent of Port Phillip District relating to Aboriginal Affairs and VPRS 19 Inward Registered Correspondence. A copy of the 1848 Annual Report was recorded in VPRS 2895 Outward Letter Book.<br/><br/>Note:<br/><br/>It was decided to cancel this series as it was never created.<br/><br/>An explanation: (source is Daniel Wilksch, Manager, On-line Projects, PROV August 2006)<br/><br/>At the initial stage of Digital Archive project before the Digital Archive went live, the need for an archival master and a working copy of our digitised paper material was envisaged. The VERS standard at that stage forbade compressing images and a high-resolution copy of paper material would have been too large to download over the internet.<br/><br/>However, since the DA went live, we have started dealing with the way it works in the real world. The VERS standard was extended to allow image compression with certain formats. This means that we can now have a high-resolution image that is small enough for an internet download.<br/><br/>Because of this the only situation where we will have 'archival quality' masters in a series of their own is digitised photographic records. For digitised paper records the preservation requirements are lower and the one copy will do for both.<br/>
VPRS 15241 Index to General Correspondence Files, Multiple Number System
No full textThis series comprises an index to correspondence files maintained by the authority. File titling was based on a system of primary, secondary and tertiary names. Each name within the title was given a number. File numbers are therefore three-tiered
VPRS 2204 Court Of Petty Sessions Record Books
No full textCourts of Petty Sessions, or Magistrates' Courts as they have been called since 1971, dealt with a very large range of minor court matters and provided the lowest level of redress in civil and criminal matters. By the 1850's, an authoritative record of all decisions and orders made by these Courts was required to be kept, known as the Record Book. Usually civil and criminal matters were recorded in the same volume, although the largest and busiest courts may have created separate civil and criminal books.<br/><br/>Unlike the Court of Petty Sessions Cause List Books that ultimately replaced them from 1858, record books were not generally created in a common format. This means that the information recorded for each case can vary within a given book or between different courts. The following details were usually recorded:<br/><br/>- name of the Court and date of sitting<br/>- name of the accused (in criminal cases)<br/>- names of the complainant and defendant (in civil cases)<br/>- the cause (i.e the criminal charge of nature of the civil complaint)<br/>- the decision, and<br/>- any remarks.<br/><br/>Record books appear to have been replaced by Cause List Books, which were introduced in late 1858 and which were created in a common format. In some Courts a record book and cause list book were maintained simultaneously for a time, essentially detailing the same information for each case. In some Courts, it is possible that the record book after 1858 performed the same function as a Deposition Book