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Series VPRS
9463
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Burchett Index: Notices of Intention to Build (Microfiche)
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| Date Range: |
Series |
1980 - 1982 |
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Series in Custody |
1980 - 1982 |
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Contents |
1850 - 1916 |
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Open |
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Physical |
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How to Use this Series
The notices on the microfiche are arranged in chronological and register number order. If you wish to look at a notice of intention to build in the Burchett Index please refer to the register of these notices (VPRS 9289 Building Notices Registers) to ascertain the year and registered number for the property in which you are interested. With the year and the number you will be able to more easily select the relevant unit of microfiche.
Burchett also compiled an Index to Architects Named in Notices of Intention to Build (VPRS 9462). These are separate microfiche arranged in alphabetical order by surname of architect. Otherwise, they include the same information as that described above. The microfiche transferred from the City of Melbourne ranged from Beswick to Young, sheets 3 to 32. (The whereabouts of the other sheets is unknown.).
Function / Content
The full title of the Burchett index is Index of Notices of Intent to Build lodged with Melbourne City Council from 1850 to 1916. New buildings and major works. It was compiled by Winston Burchett between the years 1980 and 1982 from original documents, building registers and contemporary directories. The original notices of intent to build may be found in VPRS 9288 Notices of Intention to Build
Information from the aforementioned sources was transferred on to index cards under the following headings: register (or notice) number, date, address, builder, owner, architect, and brief description of building or work. The typewritten index cards were then microfiched.
Not every Notice of Intention to Build is covered by The Burchett Index, only those which relate to what have been described as new buildings and major works, not those which relate to the construction of privies, or chimneys or the like. The Burchett Index is not a facsimile of the series (VPRS 9288 Notices of Intention to Build), but a valuable reference tool which will satisfy many research inquiries. The Burchett Index should be used whenever possible in preference to VPRS 9288 because of the fragile nature of the original documents.
Date Range
Series: 1980 to 1982
Contents: 1850 to 1916
The dates of the creation of the series and details of the sources used for the information to be found on the index are given in the first frame on the first microfiche.
System of Arrangement and Control
As mentioned above, the notices on microfiche are arranged in chronological and register number order.
There are 215 fiche in total. The numbering of the microfiche starts again at 1 each year. For example, there are five fiche for 1850: 1 of 5, 2 of 5 etc.
Most of the information found on the index was obtained from VPRS 9288 Notices of Intention to Build. Notices of intention to build were registered in chronological order by date of notice (see VPRS 9289 Building Notices Registers). From the register each notice was given a single number.
The notices are filed in registered number order, which is also chronological order. In the early years the numbering began with 1 (one) at the start of each new year; in later years the numbering ran on from one year to the next.
Controlling Series
Information in VPRS 9289 Building Notices Registers includes: date of notice, registered number of notice, name of builder, name of owner, address and type of work to be done (e.g. house, stable, additions, etc.), remarks (such as works commenced), and fees charged.
Consignments in this Series
Each consignment is a complete set of microfiche. The information is the same in each consignment.
P1: has been designated as the reproduction master in the absence of a master set of fiche. This consignment is Closed to public access under Public Records Act 1973, s. 11.
The duplicates, P2, P3 and P4, have been given separate consignment numbers for ease of control by Repository (location, etc.).
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