Welcome to Provenance, the free annual journal published online by Public Record Office Victoria. The journal features peer-reviewed articles, as well as general research papers, drawing on original records in the Victorian state archives' collection.
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![Detail of an image of the Melbourne Central Institute, c. 1920. PROV, VPRS 8357/P0001/63, Photograph [108], Postcard of the Victorian Missions to Seamen, Melbourne Victoria, undated.](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/provenance_2022_banner_v2.jpg?itok=a8oy_5g0 "Detail of an image of the Melbourne Central Institute, c. 1920. PROV, VPRS 8357/P0001/63, Photograph [108], Postcard of the Victorian Missions to Seamen, Melbourne Victoria, undated.")
![Detail of a photograph of Point Gellibrand Pile Light House, c. 1960s, PROV, VPRS 8357/P1, Unit 6, Photograph [006]](/sites/default/files/styles/348x144/public/files/banners/provenance2021-banner.jpg?itok=5qf0wnJy "Provenance 2021")
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