Welcome

The PMI Library is a community owned and run library specialising in the history of Victoria, Australia.

We have over 30,000 books for loan and a professional information service for our members. We provide a central resource for research into the history of Victoria.

Joining is easy, affordable and open to all.

The PMI is also the home of special collections of the Mechanics’Institutes of Victoria, the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society and The Victorian Railway History Library

PMI lift is now working

Our lift has finally been repaired as of late Wednesday evening 25 November and is back in service.

Thank you.

2019 AGM Notification

We wish to advise that our 2019 AGM (normally held in May each year) will be held on Tuesday 24 November 2020 commencing at 6.00pm.

Our AGM will be held via Zoom rather than at the PMI.

To book your attendance please click here where you will be taken to the TryBooking page.

The following are attachments in relation to the AGM.

PMI 2019 Annual Report

PMI AGM 2019 Agenda

PMI AGM 2018 agenda and minutes

Nomination form for Committee

Model rules for an incorporated association

We have several Committee vacancies following the announcement by our President Dr Judith Buckrich and long standing Committee member Cr John Chandler OAM that they wish to stand down and retire from Committee.

Two motions in regards to the process regarding the incorporation of the PMI under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act (2012) will also need to be considered.

Please contact us on 0432 012 118 or email library@pmi.net.au to seek further information.

Thank you.

The PMI team

Due to Stage 4 restrictions we are currently closed to our members, associated groups and the general community. We are operating a virtual library service. Please contact us at library@pmi.net.au or 0432 012 118 for further details.
Indexes

We hold a variety of indexes ranging from Australia’s Army war dead, to Victorian mining accidents.

These indexes provide primary resources - the footsteps of real people that get lost in the broader narrative of more general histories. This information can be invaluable, for family history researchers in particular.

The indexes can be found on the library computers under indexes.
Electronic Databases
Electronic databases are often overlooked, and the PMI’s collection can provide a myriad of information. They range from directories like the Sands and McDougall’s directories which cover addresses in first Melbourne and then Victoria, to hospital indexes, to registries for example cemetery burial registries from a wide variety of Victorian cemeteries, to gazettes for example the police gazette, which covers all sorts of ways that people came into contact with the law. These are just examples of some of these sorts of resources and they can be invaluable as they can give you firsthand primary information.

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										We are pleased to announce that the PMI will be reopening on Tuesday 10 November 2020 from 10.00am. Our opening...									                				
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Wanting to renew your items?

Click on the Catalogue tab, to access the member login area. Enter your email address and password then select from the pull down menu ‘Loans and Reservations’.

Revised opening hours

Commencing the week beginning Monday 9 November 2020 our opening hours are as follows:

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Wednesday: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Thursday: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Friday: Closed

Contact Us

Telephone: (03) 9510 3393

Mobile: 0432 012 118

Email: email us here

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