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Up to $15,000 can be awarded to projects that preserve, record or publish Victorian local history.' data-app-id-name='post_above_content'></div><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/178804"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="628" height="1024" src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-628x1024.png" alt="Shows Nancy Hutchinson and Betty Davidson, one woman typing the other holding a tray of papers." class="wp-image-91783" style="width:362px;height:auto" srcset="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-628x1024.png 628w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-184x300.png 184w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-768x1253.png 768w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-942x1536.png 942w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-269x439.png 269w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-340x555.png 340w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-640x1044.png 640w, https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image.png 981w" sizes="(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Northern Australia: Darwin. … at office work</em> <a href="https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9917107013607636">H99.201/1096</a></figcaption></figure></div> <p>Applications for the 2024-2025 Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) <a href="https://prov.vic.gov.au/community/grants-and-awards/local-history-grants-program">Local History Grants Program</a> are now open. This program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations to support the cost of projects that preserve, record or share Victorian local history.</p> <p>Successful projects from past rounds have included:</p> <ol start="1" class="wp-block-list"> <li>exhibitions</li> <li>multimedia projects</li> <li>publications</li> <li>oral histories</li> <li>digitisation projects</li> <li>the preservation of vital historical items</li> </ol> <p>Many past recipients have used the funding to digitise newspapers from the Library’s collection. Titles now available on Trove include <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/232">The Courier</a> (Ballarat), <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/244">Reporter</a><em> </em>(Box Hill)<em>, </em><a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/593">Penshurst Free Press</a>,<em> </em><a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/717">The Benalla Standard</a> and <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/1483">The Elmore Standard</a>. </p> <p>You can apply for a grant via the <a href="https://prov.vic.gov.au/community/grants-and-awards/local-history-grants-program">PROV website</a>, where you will also find a listing of past recipients. But first- make sure you’ve read the <a href="https://prov.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/Local%20History%20Grants%20Program%2020242.pdf">Application Guidelines</a>. </p> <p>If your project involves the digitising of newspapers from the State Library collection, please complete our <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Qat0AJ_ZP0eOv4xLsggs_QyVCh5aFVdPtWTw5GiYeWlUNk9UUFVKN0tEV1oyMUhZS01RSTZMRjUyOCQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl">Newspaper digitisation form</a>. Further information about newspaper digitisation with PROV can be found on page 4 of the <a href="https://prov.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/Local%20History%20Grants%20Program%2020242.pdf">Application Guidelines</a>. The Library also has a page on newspaper digitisation in our <a href="https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/newspapers/digitisation">research guide</a>. </p> <p>For enquirers regarding the use of other SLV collections, please <a href="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/interact-us/ask-librarian">contact us</a>.</p> <p>PROV Local History Grants applications close at 11:59pm on Monday 9 December. </p> <p>Good luck!</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Local History Grants Program is now open' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/local-history-grants-program-are-now-open/' data-summary='The Local History Grants Program are now open. 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