Local History Collection

Electoral Rolls

Municipal or Local Government electoral rolls list rate paying residents of a municipal district. Thes…

The Ephemera Files contain invitations, programs, promotional materials, newspaper clippings and corre…

Discover a collection of local newspapers on microfilm, dating back to 1858.

The Lost Soldiers of South Melbourne lists World War 1 soldiers who didn’t return home.

Comprising contemporary and historic art, heritage furniture, photographs, maps and plans, monuments,…

The Heritage Review is the main heritage reference document for Council. The Heritage Review provides…

A valuable resource for local and family history research, rate books list all the rateable propertie…

Was your South Melbourne house built before 1900? If so, it may have originally had a different number.

This correspondence contains some of our earliest letters and documents, from 1857 to the early 20th century.

See the original plans of St Kilda surveyed and compiled by J.E.S. Vardy in 1873.