• Archival Collection

Forest River Mission Records

To access these records

Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:

Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000

Phone: (08) 9427 3111

Email:info@slwa.wa.gov.au

Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au

Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: State Library of Western Australia Call Number, MN 545

Records Location

These records are held by State Library of Western Australia (c. 1889 - current).

Details

Forest River Mission records is a collection of records held by the State Library of Western Australia. The collection includes a range of records relating to the running of the Forest River Mission and the people who lived there, including attendance registers, admission and discharge records, baptism, marriage, and death records. These records are not comprehensive, and many only span a short period of time.

Access

For access to these records please contact the State Library of Western Australia.

Records

Records in this collection include:

  • Attendance registers of people living at or visiting the mission, November 1954 – August 1956
  • Biographical notes about all people living at the mission on 11 September 1947
  • Child Endowment returns, 1950-1954
  • Admisison and Discharge records, 1961-1964
  • Marriage and baptism records, 1920-1928
  • Birth, death, and hospital records, 1938-1939
  • Accounts of individuals (undated)
  • Letters and drawings created by 17 Aboriginal children as a school exercise, 1928-1929
  • Superintendents’ Diaries, 1911-1961
  • Correspondence between the mission and various other parties, including the Department of Native Affairs, Wyndham police, and the Australian Board of Missions
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