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A volunteer success story

Behind The Scenes
We built this city

In The Community
Minimising the privacy impacts of an incident

Recordkeeping For Government
Making cursive comfortable

Behind The Scenes
An AI - human workflow for describing archived photographs

Behind The Scenes
PROV's probates, courts and mining collections expand
![VPRS 19163/C2, EL1244, EL1245 [EL3008]; 2905 mining map drawn in blue ink](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/gsvminingbanner.jpg?itok=mwiO6xnt)
New To The Collection
Did you miss our August 2024 RMN?

Recordkeeping For Government
More than 300 Hazelwood Power Station records new to PROV

New To The Collection
Archiving the Deadly and Proud website

News And Events
Cloud services

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Material in the Public Record Office Victoria archival collection contains words and descriptions that reflect attitudes and government policies at different times which may be insensitive and upsetting
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be aware the collection and website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
PROV provides advice to researchers wishing to access, publish or re-use records about Aboriginal Peoples