Employment Applications
APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
By Helen D. Harris, OAM.
This web page lists basic details of people who wrote to various Victorian government departments, in the 19th century, seeking employment in the Victorian public service. I have already indexed, and published, a list of all those who sought employment in the police department during this time, compiled from police correspondence files, held at the Public Record Office. Those microfiche indexes are still available, and can be purchased from Harriland Press by clicking on that website. In addition there are some applications to join the police department on both the Index to Missing People and Index to Criminal & Other Case Files web pages.
The list below is taken from other government department records, found as I was researching another project. It is by no means a complete record of all those who wrote seeking employment, merely those I have come across to date. The list will be added to as time permits.
Like all correspondence, the amount of detail in the applications for employment varies considerably, from a simple formal application of a few lines, to a detailed listing of the applicant’s previous employment and personal history. Some files consist of one or two pages only, while in others the file can run to over 20 pages, as the applicant renews their application more than once.
As in my other web pages, I am happy to arrange photocopying of a file, but my fee is $35 plus photocopying and postage costs. Currently the PRO charges 65c per page copying, and there is a delay of around two weeks. Anyone who would like to use the service is asked to contact me on hdh1atozemail.com.au [replace the ‘at’ with @]. When someone requests a file I keep a note of their details, and place a CONNECTION FOUND next to the relevant entry. If in the future someone else requests the same file, I put the two researchers in touch with one another.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL BE UNABLE TO PROCESS REQUESTS FOR COPIES FROM 1 SEPTEMBER TO 1 NOVEMBER 2010.