VU Special Collections - How to access and use: Overview

The Special Collections at Victoria University Library are a valuable research resource. The Collections have strong threads of radical literature, particularly Australian Communist literature, much of which is rare or unique. Women and urban planning also feature across the Collections. There are collections that give you a picture of the people who donated them like Ray Verrills, John McLaren, Sir Zelman Cowen, and Ruth & Maurie Crow. Other collections focus on Australia's neighbours – PNG and Timor-Leste. 


VU Library welcomes inquiries from the VU research community, and individuals or groups external to the university. Contact the Special Collections Librarians with your queries or to arrange an appointment at Footscray Park campus library.

Email: special.collections@vu.edu.au 


The VU Archives holds historical material relating to Victoria University and its predecessors.

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