Series VPRS
7659
Record of Melbourne Inquest Books
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Date Range:
Series
By 1901 - 1959
Series in Custody
1920 - 1959
Contents
1920 - 1959
Public Access:
Open
Location:
North Melbourne
Format of Records:
Physical
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Coroners Courts
VA 2263
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1986 - cont
State Coroner's Office
VA 2807
Description of this Series
Description of this Series
How to use the Records
Consult the consignment details and order records of interest.
Detailed instructions regarding inquests can be found here:
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide071/PROVguide071.jsp
Function / Content
This series records summary information about inquests heard by the Melbourne Coroner's Court. The entries are arranged in chronological order and detail case number (annual single number), name and age of deceased, person reporting death (usually a police officer and station), initials of doctor performing post mortem (usually vacant), coroner, the complete inquest finding and the date the depositions were forwarded to the Registrar-General's Office for registration and filing.
Recordkeeping System
The series is controlled by VPRS 7660 Index to Record of Melbourne Inquest Books. The contents of these indexes extend to 1901, indicating that this series was probably in existence by 1901. However volumes prior to 1920 have not been located. The case numbers in this series do not control the Inquest Deposition Files in VPRS 24. To access those files, consult VPRS 1920 Index to Inquests [Microfilm copy of VPRS 23].
This series is in all probability the subsequent series to VPRS 1205 Register of Melbourne Inquest Verdicts 1858 - 1897. Information found in VPRS 1205 is similar in content although entries are arranged chronologically. A dual numbering system comprising an annual single number and a number indicating the month of the year is included in one of the columns of the final volume, however a controlling series is yet to be located.
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VPRS 7660
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P0001
1920 - 1959
Open
29
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