Western Victoria collections
About the collections
The Western Victoria collections contain a rich and diverse range of material relating to Western Victoria, Australia.
The collections consist of over 8,000 items including:
- local histories
- publications relating to business, cultural and sporting organisations
- biographies
- literature
- annual, economic and developmental reports.
Also included are:
- journals and newsletters
- almanacs
- pamphlets
- maps
- architectural drawings of Warrock homestead
- audio visual material
- local newspapers
- the Wathaurung Territory series.
Find these collections
Material from these collections have the prefixes:
- DU ADPML SPWV
- DU W'BOOL SPC
The Western Victoria collections can be used in the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library.
Collection highlights
The Western Victoria Collections provide an excellent resource for regional studies in:
- agriculture
- economics
- geography
- immigration
- literature
- local business
- family history
- regional development
- archaeology
- culture
It also contains:
- over 1,000 items relevant to the Warrnambool area (held at the Warrnambool Campus Library)
- the Edmund Gill geological collection.