Call for Papers for issue no. 8 - due 31 March 2008

The most recent issue of the journal is issue no. 7 (September 2007), which is available at:

And contains the following contributions:

* Lee-Ann Monk presents a case study of reports of patient abuse at Kew Asylum;

* Valerie Lovejoy examines the lives of Chinese miners on the Bendigo goldfield from 1854-1865;

* Benjamin Mountford and Keir Reeves present a case study of Chinese gold seekers in the central Victorian goldfields;

* Sarah Mirams explores the remote community of Mallacoota in the early twentieth century through the prism of education and school records;

* Lyn Payne explores the efforts of the Loch community to secure a school for their town;

* Peter Andrew Barrett reminds us about another stockade from Victoria's early history, the Collingwood stockade;

* Cate Elkner reports on the digitisation of a truly unique record from PROV's collection - a 4.5 x 6 metre map of Victoria;

* Jan Croggon explains how Sovereign Hill historians have used public records to re-create the goldfields town;

* Abigail Belfrage takes a figurative stroll along the Merri Creek, exploring and interpreting the landscape through a variety of records held by PROV;

* Sonia Jennings explores the connection between land ownership and the right to vote in nineteenth century Victoria;

* Alain Hosking researches the capital case file of John Hassett, who was wrongfully convicted for the severe bashing of Constable Albert Ernest Vizard in the seedy streets of Carlton in 1889; and

* Noni Dowling researches criminal trial briefs and capital case files relating to Frederick Jordan, a member of Port Melbourne's small African-American community in the late 1800s.

If you are interested in submitting an article for future issues or would like to receive an email reminder when each issue is published online, please contact the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo by phone on (03) 9348 5600; or email

Regards

Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, 'Provenance'