Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1837-2002 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
19 bound volumes and notebooks, 3 manila folders - 4 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Auxiliary Bible Society of Australia Felix was formed in 1840 - when the colony of Victoria was established the auxiliary changed their name to the Victorian Auxiliary. The Auxiliary was incorporated in 1965 and changed its name to The Bible Society in Australia (Victoria) in 1977.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Minute books of local Victorian branches:
Bairnsdale 1923-1960, 1960-2001
Bendigo 1972-1980
Bentley 1934-1941, 1942-1953, 1953-1964, 1965-1980
Camberwell 1939-1975
Carnegie, Glenhuntly and Murrumbeena branch 1960-1976
Castlemaine 1912-1954, 1954-1975, 1975-2004
Caulfield and Elsternwick 1944-1977
Colac (financial records) 1967-1981
Croydon 1940-1950, 1945-1959
Dandenong 1945-1960
East Malvern 1938-1947, 1957-1961
Eddington 1920-1953
Frankston 1960-1973
Geelong 1846-1962, 1863-1887, 1887-1896, 1896-1909, Centenary 1946, correspondence 1952-1958
Glenhuntly 1948-1961
Hamilton 1919-1939
Horsham accounts 1921-1955
Hughesdale 1934-1946, 1946-1965, 1966-1974, 1983-1992
Korumburra 1910-1981
Mitcham branch - speech at final meeting
Mornington 1923-1966
Northcote 1944-1951
Ringwood 1952-1954
Stawell 1995-2002
Surrey Hills 1923-1959, 1952-1957 - ephemera and correspondence
Wangaratta 1905-1927, 1928-1970
Early branches including Castlemaine and Geelong - correspondence - 1837-1858
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Alphabetical
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access restricted for records 50 years old or less