Daring crimes and Violet Town's devastating disaster in files opened by Public Record Office Victoria
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Every year on the 1st of January, hundreds of Victorian archival records are made public as part of Public Record Office Victoria's Section 9 openings. Under Section 9 of the Public Records Act 1973, records of a private or personal nature are closed to prevent the violation of privacy.
On the 1st of January 2025, files opened for the first time include files of a 1949 Ferntree Gully bank robbery and Pentridge prison escape. Also opened for the first time are files collated by the Victorian Railways Commissioners Board of Inquiry into the 1969 Violet Town train crash.
Director and Keeper of Public Records, Justine Heazlewood, says:
"Public records provide Victorians with an insight into the past. The records now available for researchers date back as far as the early 1900s revealing much about what our ancestors and communities experienced at the time. From the heroism of first responders to the devastation of lives lost, it's important to remember and continue to learn from the past."
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