Gnowangerup Mission records, 1927-1962 [microform] is a collection held on microfilm in the Battye Library’s Private Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. Records include marriage registers, burial and birth certificates, lists of residents, a ration register, and financial records for a range of years. Records are restricted to protect people’s privacy. The…
Baptist Union of WA, Records is the collection of records that relate to the out of home ‘care’ activities of different Baptist Churches and agencies in Western Australia. The Baptist Union of WA accommodated Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and young people, in Perth and elsewhere in the State. Records include some photographs. Access Conditions Some…
The Salvation Army, Nedlands Library Local Studies Collection is a small collection of photographs, oral histories, books and other memorabilia relating to the Salvation Army, the Salvation Army Boy’s Home and the Hollywood Children’s Village. Some of these can be found through the online catalogue, but there are other items that can be seen by…
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs [predecessors], Records is a collection of records relating to Aboriginal family history in Western Australia. The collection includes records held in the State Records Office; copies of the Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell genealogies, photographs, journals and data; copies of the Elkin genealogies for the Kimberley region; and the Jan…
‘Western Australian Foundation for Deaf Children, records’ is a collection of records from the West Australian Deaf and Dumb Institution, the West Australian School for the Deaf and Dumb and the WA School for Deaf Children. These are held in the Battye Library’s Private Archives Collection. The collection includes personal files relating to children, including…
St John of God Subiaco may have records of your hospitalisation. Although the hospital started in 1898, the record collection is not complete. However, there are maternity records from 1963, some admission and discharge registers and also some medical records. Records may include: Maternity records from 1963 Searchable adoptions and foster discharge index Admission and…
The St Anne’s Hospital Records date from around 1937 until 1982. They are related to St Anne’s Nursing Home and St Anne’s Maternity Home/Hospital. The collection includes records such as birth registers, admission and discharge records, and medical records. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals. To access…
Youth justice records have, since July 1994, been under the control of the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Justice and (from 2006) the Department of Corrective Services. People who are looking for youth detention records should contact the Department for Child Protection and Family Support for pre-1994 records and the Department for Corrective Services…
Collection of material relating to Mentally Incurable Children’s Association, State Library of Western Australia (1978 – 1980s) is a small collection of brochures and promotional material about the organisation that ran Nulsen Haven. This information is held in the State Library of Western Australia’s JS Battye Library of West Australian History Collection. The State Library…
The State Library of Western Australia’s JS Battye Library of West Australian History Collection contains records of the Slow Learning Children’s Group. The collection includes minutes of meetings, history, newspaper cuttings, and promotional leaflets. Access Conditions This collection is open and available for public access. To access these records please contact the State Library of…