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GET IN TOUCH with brac

What BRAC can help with:

Short, specific queries from interstate or international researchers
General advice about the collection (please check our Guides first!)
Help with ordering (again, please try the dedicated Guide first)
The PROV collection held at the two Bendigo repositories

What BRAC cannot help with:

Newspapers
Photographs
Vital records i.e. births, deaths and marriages
Local history books or other library collections
Broad family history research enquiries
Significant research enquiries
Records for non-state government agencies
Current or original/physical land titles (researchers can book to search historical titles in the Reading Room HERE)
General PROV collection (i.e. inquests, wills, land records). To contact PROV, email HERE or call 03 9348 5600.
Records held at North Melbourne or Ballarat

Click HERE for advice on where to get help with these queries.

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Bendigo Regional Archives Centre (BRAC)

First Floor - Bendigo Library

251-259 Hargreaves Street

PO Box 887

BENDIGO VIC 3552

03 5449 2706

(PROV at the Victorian Archives Centre - 03 9348 5600)

brac@ncgrl.vic.gov.au

PLEASE NOTE: Access to the Bendigo Library's Local History, Genealogy & Research collection and newspaper archives is during standard Library hours (i.e. you can use these resources outside of BRAC's opening hours).

Opening Hours

The BRAC Reading Room is open every Wednesday and Thursday between 10:00AM and 4:00PM. Please refer HERE for information on processes for visiting the reading room.

Upcoming Planned Closures:

WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2026