New files opened

Public Record Office Victoria

Every year on the 1st of January hundreds of state archival records are made public for the first time as part of Public Record Office Victoria’s annual Section 9 openings.

Under Section 9 of the Public Records Act 1973, files of a private nature are closed to prevent the violation of personal privacy. After the period set for closure ends, these files can be opened.

On the 1st of January 2023, the files opened for the very first time include records related to the 1940s underworld, social worker patient histories, and the case of the Bentleigh burger murder, to name a few.

Read on for a selection of the stories to be found: prov.vic.gov.au
Records can be ordered for viewing in our reading room