• Archival Collection

Records of Forrest River Mission School

To access these records

Please contact the State Records Office of Western Australia:

Postal Address: 25 Francis Street, Perth, WA 6000

Phone: (08) 9427 3600

Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au

Website: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/research-using-state-archives

Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number, S509; S910; S3459

Records Location

These records are held by State Records Office of Western Australia (24 July 2001 - current).

Details

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

Records

The records of Forrest River Mission School held by the State Records Office of Western Australia include:

  • Admission Registers, 1953 – 1968. Contains details of children admitted to the school. These records are open. SROWA reference S509.
  • Punishment Books, 1956 – 1967. Contains details of punishments of students at the school, including name and age of student, offence for which punishment was dealt, amount and method of punishment, name of person giving punishment, and other notes. These records are open. SROWA reference S910.
  • School Journals, 1953 – 1968. Contains the head teacher’s record of events and activities at the school. These records are open. SROWA reference S3459.
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