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– Looking for the Evidence By Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
– Looking for the Evidence By Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
Victorian Railway Employee Records
Victorian Railway Employee Records
Above: STAFF AT UPPER FERNTREE GULLY STATION
PRO Photo , VPRS 12800/P1, item H 1369
Research Disclaimer : Please note that This Research was done many years ago now :
so the information contained may now be out of date , photos gone missing or web links broken
My apologises : But It has become an impossible task to try and keep it up to date - Jenny
Victorian Railway Employee Records
Victorian Railway Employee Records
Hint in searching : use pressing control + F
to bring up a search text box in pdfs
The Victorian Government Gazettes.
The Victorian Government Gazettes.
The Gazette published a list of railway employees every three years between 1880 and 1929
Information given in the lists is:
- Name
- their employee number,
- date of birth,
- branch they worked in,
- position,
- date of entry (that is date on which they were permanently employed) and sometimes date of leaving
- and rate of pay.
- sometimes station allocated to
Where to find the Triennial List of Railway Employees in the Government Gazette (1880 – 1929)
Where to find the Triennial List of Railway Employees in the Government Gazette (1880 – 1929)
The list was discontinued after 1929.
Railway Commissioners Reports
Railway Commissioners Reports
Victorian Railways - WW1 Rolls of Honour and Obituaries Lists
Victorian Railways - WW1 Rolls of Honour and Obituaries Lists
Rolls of Honour and Obituaries lists Published in Victorian Railways Commissioners Reports 1915 - 1920.
For each of the war years 1915 -1919 the Commissioner's Annual Report included the following
- A summary statement report on the railway employees at the war
- An Honour Roll which was list of railway employees who had enlisted in the past year
- An Obituary list of railway employees killed while serving at the war
Victorian Railways - WW11 Rolls of Honour and Obituaries Lists
Victorian Railways - WW11 Rolls of Honour and Obituaries Lists
Rolls of Honour and Obituaries lists Published in Victorian Railways Commissioners Reports 1940 - 1946.
For each of the war years 1940 -1946 the Commissioner's Annual Report included the following
- A summary statement report on the railway employees at the war
- An Honour Roll which was list of railway employees who had enlisted in the past year
- An Obituary list of railway employees killed while serving at the war
Women of the Victorian Railways
Women of the Victorian Railways
See my research page for more details and an index of Women who worked for Victorian Railways
Public Record Office Victoria - Tramways and Railways
Public Record Office Victoria - Tramways and Railways
Public Record Office Victoria has an extraordinary collection of historical photographs of Victorian railways, tramways, trains and trams.
Which can be search online for photographic collection of images from the former Public Transport Corporation Photographic Library using keywords of your choice
If you can’t find what you are looking for in this index, why not try one of their other finding aids for more information on the range of railway and tramway records.
- PROVguide 40: Railway Employment Records
- HOW TOguide 40: How to find Railway Employment Records
- PROVguide 62: Public Transport Railways
- PROVguide 63: Public Transport Tramways
- HOW TOguide 63: Finding Tramway records
- PROVguide 69: Public Transport Photographic Transport Collection
- FAQ – Employment Records
- FAQ – Railway Records
Other Government Records
Other Government Records
Other Government Records on Victorian Railways which may contain information are held with in the Victorian Parliamentary Papers Database which can be searched online at
Above: Engine Painters at Williamstown Workshops 1883
PRO Photo , VPRS 12800 / P1, H2344
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