Research Collections

Both Mt Helen and Gippsland Campus Libraries hold Research Collections, containing material requiring supervised access. The material in the Research Collections is not for loan, and can only be used in designated Library spaces.

Mt. Helen Research Collection

The Mt Helen Research Collection is housed in the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre at the Mt Helen Library. This collection holds items by or about Federation University Australia and its predecessor institutions; works on the history of Central and Western Victoria, Eureka Stockade, local industrial heritage, and the history and operation of mines and mining in Australia.

The Mt Helen Research Collection also holds rare or valuable works, and other important items that are deemed to be too fragile to sit on the open shelves.

Accessing the collection

The material in the Mt Helen Research Collection cannot be borrowed from the Library and can only be used within the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre.

Photocopying from material in the Research Collection material is restricted to items published after 1900 which will not be likely to suffer from damage or deteriorate if copied. Please check with staff before photocopying.

The Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre can be accessed during opening hours or by appointment.

Gippsland Research Collection

The Gippsland Research Collection is housed in the Gippsland and Regional Studies Room at the Gippsland Library. This collection holds items by or about Federation University Australia and its predecessor institutions; rare or valuable works, and other important items that are deemed to be too fragile to sit on the open shelves.

Works to do with the history, society and nature of Gippsland can be found in the Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection.

Accessing the collection

The material in the Gippsland Research Collection cannot be borrowed from the Library and can only be used within the Gippsland and Regional Studies Room.

The Gippsland and Regional Studies Room can be accessed during opening hours or by appointment.