Geelong Heritage Centre
The Geelong Heritage Centre is Victoria's largest regional archive and historical resource centre. The Centre's role is to act as a place of deposit for local government and community records and to provide public access to the records for research, legal administrative recall, establishing citizen's rights and entitlements, cultural enjoyment and display purposes. The collections embrace the entire history of Geelong from 1838.
The Centre has an extensive local and family history collection that includes council records, newspapers, reference works, maps and plans, photographs and archival materials. The Centre provides assistance and guidance to members of the general public in family, local history and school projects.
The Centre operates as a business unit of the City of Greater Geelong (CoGG). The Centre has a management committee that directs policy and strategy comprising the municipalities of CoGG, Surf Coat and Golden Plains, the Geelong Historical Society and the National Council of Women. Funding is provided from municipal grants, self-generated revenue and donations.
Currently the archives take up more than 1.8km of shelving and more than 30km of microfilm. The Centre has a permanent staff of 3. They are supported by a team of about 15 volunteers who help in a variety of tasks and a very active 'Friends' group. The Centre has a strong relationship with the Public Record Office of Victoria.
In 2004, the centre received about 2,000 phone and letter inquiries and about 8,000 client inquiries. The main use is family history, followed by school projects and research by tertiary students. Some particular uses may be bodies such as sporting clubs gathering historical material for celebrations.
The future of the Centre is to remain a well used, appreciated and user friendly heritage information service. In the future there will be greater reliance on electronic records and systems.
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