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Adresss
Level 6, 85 Queen Street, Melbourne Victoria, 3000
ABN: 86 947 919 608 Registration Number: A0022763D
Phone: 03 9662 4455
Email: gsv@gsv.org.au
Membership, Administration, Sales, Online Shop: gsv@gsv.org.au
Ancestor Magazine (advertising and content): ancestor@gsv.org.au
President: president@gsv.org.au
Social Media: socialmedia@gsv.org.au
Research: please refer to Research Services and complete the form required
Further information on Who does what at the GSV (pdf)
Members please include your membership number in any correspondence
Non-Members
If you have a family research question, please refer to Research Services and Resources.
If you have a question about membership of the GSV, go to Membership or email: gsv@gsv.org.au, or drop in to our centre.
Opening Hours
The Society is closed on all Victorian Public Holidays and Easter Saturday. We are open on all other advertised times unless there is an emergency.
Christmas Closure
To be advised.
Library Hours (Changes due to COV-19 concerns)
| Tuesday - Friday | Closed | ||
| Saturday | Closed |
Please continue to email as staff are working from home. email: gsv.@gsv.org.au
Office
| Monday to Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
Saturday Operations
The building is closed at the weekends so we have made special arrangements to enable you to access our Centre.
Volunteers will be at the ground floor doors between 9.55 and 10.05 and again between 10.15 and 10.25 to facilitate your access to the building and the lifts.
If you wish to gain access outside of these times please call the office (9662 4455) on your arrival and a volunteer will come down to admit you.
Our Home
We are located on Level 6, 85 Queen Street, Melbourne. The building is located between Collins and Little Collins Streets on the west side of Queen Street. There are lots of cafes in the proximity and we have the use of a shared kitchen with the other tenant on the floor, however we will have our own lunch area for socialising. We have retained our existing telephone number so please call us on 9662 4455.
The ambience of our floor is light, bright and very pleasant. It’s quite a contrast with the Collins Street basement that we’ve occupied for the past twelve years. We’ve gone for a mostly open plan layout so as to share the natural light around, and to make best use of the floor space. The floor area is less than we’re used to, but more in keeping with our membership and means.
There is lift access up from the building foyer and there are no steps between the foyer and the street.
Check opening times and the special arrangements for Saturday opening
The facilities and services of the GSV essentially are unchanged. Our staff and volunteers will be available to provide you with unparalleled personal help to research and compile your family history. Our education and training programs will continue to stimulate you with interesting background and practical information, and the GSV’s special interest and discussion groups will progress your knowledge of particular topics in a convivial social environment with like-minded people. Greater use will be made of other selected venues for sessions and meetings that will require space for large attendances.
Our library collection will now be located in two places. The GSV Research Collection of specialised family history research publications will be housed at Queen Street. The remaining majority of our collection will be integrated with the library at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in their premises at the corner of William and A’Beckett Streets. An agreement between our two societies will facilitate access to the combined collection for GSV members. This arrangement is part of our long-term strategy to collaborate with other similar organizations. We strongly encourage you to visit us, progress your family research, attend an education session, participate in one of our several discussion groups, or just socialise with a coffee.
Please make the most of your Society and our new home!
Level 6, 85 Queen Street
by Allan Aberdeen and David Down