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Files – Chief Protector of Aborigines

Files – Chief Protector of Aborigines is a record series created by the office of the Chief Protector of Aborigines and held at the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains correspondence received by the Chief Protector of Aborigines on a range of matters, including the management of and admission of children to missions…

Records of Nyandi Training Centre

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Nyandi Training Centre. The records cover the dates 1970 – 1992, from the opening of Nyandi until its initial closure, and as such include records of both girls and boys housed there, as well as those of young people on…

Records of Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, and its predecessor, the Perth Children’s Hospital. The collection includes a number of records relevant to children admitted to the hospital, such as admission and discharge registers, visitors books, operation journals and registers, anaesthetic registers,…

Files (Aboriginal Matters) – Department of the North West [1]

Files (Aboriginal Matters) is a records series created by the Department of the North West, and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains records created and used by the department relating to the administrations of missions, the removal of Aboriginal children from their families, movement of Aboriginal people, applications for employment,…

Reports – Aboriginal Missions

Reports – Aboriginal Missions is a records series created by the Aborigines Department and its successor, the Department of Aborigines and Fisheries, and held at the State Records Office of Western Australia. It includes six reports on several missions in the North-West region of Western Australia, including Beagle Bay Mission (also referred to as the…

Files (Moola Bulla Station)

Files (Moola Bulla Station) is a record series created by Moola Bulla Station and the Department of Aborigines and Fisheries, and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains records relating to the administration, finances, and management of Moola Bulla Station, including items relating to wages, expenditure, mail service, stores, and livestock….

Records of Sunday Island Primary School

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Sunday Island Primary School. Sunday Island Primary School was a government run school that took over the education of children on Sunday Island in 1955 following the closure of the United Aborigines Mission school at Sunday Island Mission. The collection…

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…