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These records were created in the process of administration of a range of Victorian Government functions relating to transport including: public transport, road transport regulation, roads and bridges, railways, and ports and harbours. In particular, we hold large collections of tram and railway photographs. Some of the records cover employment relating to transport and related workers employed by the Victorian Government.
The guides below will help you search these record series - scroll down to search under a specific topic. However, for more comprehensive and targeted searching, you may want to consider using the simple or advanced collection searches located at the top of this page.
What do I need to know before I start?
There are two main sets of searches from which you can select. The first set are designed specifically to search for particular types of transport records:
The second set of general searches can be used for much broader keyword searching on records created by particular types of transport agencies:
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