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Personal Cards

Personal Cards is a series created by the Western Australia Department of Native Affairs (and its predecessors) and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains approximately 5,500 cards relating to individual Aboriginal people who were removed from different areas around Western Australia and sent to Carrolup Native Settlement and Moore River…

Moore River Native Settlement Medical Officer Letters

Moore River Native Settlement Medical Officer Letters is a record series held at the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains correspondence between the medical officer of Moore River Native Settlement and the Department of Native Affairs (and predecessors) relating to the medical services provided at the settlement. It is unknown is this series…

Heathcote Mental Reception Home – Monthly Returns of Patients

Heathcote Mental Reception Home – Monthly Returns of Patients is a file created by the Board of Visitors – Heathcote Mental Hospital and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. This file contains financial returns information for the Heathcote Mental Hospital, and is likely to contain names of individual patients. Access Access to…

Records of Forrest River Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Forrest River Mission School. Children from Forrest River Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to the school, records about punishment of school children, and journals of the head teacher. Access Records in this collection are open…

Records of Cundeelee Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Cundeelee Mission School. Children from Cundeelee Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to and attendance at school, journals of the head teacher, and reports of the district superintendent’s inspections of the school. Access Some records…

Department of Education, Corporate Information Services – Contact Details

Please contact Corporate Information Services, Department of Education: Phone: (08)9264 4564 Email: FOI.enquiries@education.wa.edu.au Website :https://www.education.wa.edu.au/freedom-of-information

Records of Mogumber Agricultural School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Mogumber Agricultural School/Mogumber Mission Farm School. Children from Mogumber Mission attended this school. This collection includes records of children’s admission to and attendance at the school, reports about the school, journals recording school events and activities, and farm work diaries. Access…

Records of Wandering Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Wandering Mission School. Children from Wandering Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to the school, records about punishment of school children, and journals of the head teacher. Access Records in this collection are open access. For…

Charge Books

This series contains Charge Books created by the Perth Children’s Court, later known as the Children’s Court of Western Australia. It includes records about sittings for children charged with offences at the Perth, Fremantle, and Rockingham courts. These records are likely to include information about children who were placed into state care. Access The majority…

Correspondence Files – Kalgoorlie Office

Correspondence Files – Kalgoorlie Office is a records series that contains two items of correspondence from the Kalgoorlie office of the Child Welfare Department. The items relate to Wards of the State at Kurrawang Mission, and to children in and around the Kalgoorlie district committed to the care of the Child Welfare Department. Access Access…