VPRS 8933 State Bank of Victoria Archives - Main Collection

The contents of this series is diverse.  The State Bank Victoria Archive (SBVA) accessioned records from throughout the State Bank organisation from the time of the Bank’s inception in 1842 to its demise in 1991.  The records include correspondence and minutes of the State Bank Commissioners, correspondence of various Bank departments, selected branch records, annual reports, and Bank publications.  No attempt was made to collect records of all branches.  A scheme was established (in place by 1987) to collect a complete set of permanent records from specified “sample” branches.   SBVA identified record series by a definition consistent with PROV definitions, viz: A “record series” is a group of items which have been maintained in the same numerical, alphabetical, chronological or other identifiable sequence, or results from the same accumulation or filing process, or are of similar physical shape and informational content.  A series may on occasion consist of only a single item, where the item has not been grouped or filed with other records. Explanation of series date range This series (VPRS 8933) was determined in 1995 by PROV to facilitate the transfer of the entire SBVA Main Collection to PROV in the most efficient manner.  The SBVA came into being in c.1978 and continued to collect records in the Main Collection until this series was transferred to PROV in 1995. The series date range relates to the process of collecting the records and is therefore 1978 to 1995.  The date range of the records in the Main Collection, and thus in VPRS 8933, is 1842 - ?1995.

本档案系列的馆藏内容丰富多元。维多利亚州银行档案馆（State Bank Victoria Archive，SBVA）入藏了该银行自1842年创立至1991年停业期间，全行各部门的各类档案资料。馆藏档案涵盖维多利亚州银行专员的往来函件与会议纪要、各业务部门的往来信函、精选分支机构档案、年度报告以及银行官方出版物。该档案馆并未采集所有分支机构的全部档案，而是于1987年前建立标准化采集机制，用于从指定的“样本”分支机构中收集完整的永久档案。

SBVA采用与维多利亚州档案厅（Public Record Office Victoria，PROV）一致的规范定义对档案系列进行划分，具体定义如下：“档案系列”指一组按照统一编号、字母排序、时间顺序或其他可识别规则整理保存的档案条目；或由同一归集、归档流程产生的档案集合；亦或是物理形态与信息内容高度相似的档案组。在特定场景下，单个未与其他档案归组或归档的条目亦可单独构成一个档案系列。

档案系列时间范围说明
1995年，维多利亚州档案厅（PROV）为高效完成SBVA主馆藏向PROV的整体移交工作，划定了本档案系列（VPRS 8933）。SBVA始建于约1978年，并持续对主馆藏进行档案采集，直至本系列档案于1995年移交至PROV。本档案系列的时间范围对应档案采集流程的周期，因此为1978年至1995年。而主馆藏（即本VPRS 8933系列）中档案的实际时间范围则为1842年至约1995年。