Police Gazette of Western Australia
(1876 to 1889,
1899 - 1900)
The Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876 onwards) is
a valuable resource for researching police and criminals in Western
Australia. Information can be found under various headings:
apprehensions (name of person arrested, arresting constable, charge and
sentence); police appointments, dismissals, discharges, promotions,
resignations and transfers; tickets of leave, certificates of freedom,
and conditional pardons issued to convicts; physical descriptions of
prisoners (name, condition, build, age, height, hair and eye colour,
visage, complexion, trade, nationality and distinguishing marks);
deserters from military service; escaped prisoners; expirees leaving the
colony; inquests (where held, date, before whom, name and date of death
of person, verdict); licences (publican, gallon, eating, boarding and
lodging houses, railway refreshment rooms, wine and beer, colonial wine,
spirit merchants, club, wayside house, packet and billiard table - name
of licensee, name of hotel etc and town or district given); missing
friends; prisoners discharged; people tried at Quarter Sessions (name,
offence, district, verdict, how disposed of); special inquiries;
stealing in dwellings; and warrants issued.
With thanks to the Friends of Battye Library and the
Sholl Bequest, the Police Gazettes 1876-1900 have been digitised and are
fully text searchable.
www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/western_australian/police_gazettes
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Soul
Searching
A User's Guide to the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly Electoral Rolls
1890 - 1967
The idea for this guide
was formed some years ago; however it is because of a grant from The
Friends of the Battye Library Inc. that it has finally come to fruition.
I am very grateful to the committee and members for their sponsorship. I
sincerely hope that the foundations laid by the many dedicated staff
over the years, coupled with the support of the Friends, ensure the
continuing development of the unique information resource that is the J
S Battye Library of West Australian History.
Julie Martin (June
2009)
What
electoral rolls are covered by this guide?
In 1890, Western Australia was granted self
government and a bicameral parliament (one with two Houses) was
established.
The Legislative Assembly or Lower House provided the
Government of the State whilst the Legislative Council or Upper House
acted as a House of Review.
This guide is only to the Legislative Assembly
electoral rolls, as most residents of Western Australia met the voting
qualifications for this House. Until 1963, a property qualification was
required for those enrolling to vote in Legislative Council elections.
Soul Searching - Download Guide
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Dead
Reckoning:
How to find your way through the genealogical jungle of
Western Australia.
Dead Reckoning: how to find your way through the
Genealogical Jungle of Western Australia
(compiled by Steve Howell) was first published in 1997. It was an update
of the 1983 Library Board of Western Australia publication: Tracing your
ancestors: a guide to genealogical sources in the J. S. Battye Library
of West Australian History.
Since 1997, the Battye Library and the State Records Office have
received new material of interest to anyone undertaking genealogical and
biographical research. As well, many relevant internet resources have
been developed. Following a grant from the Sholl Bequest (administered
by the Friends of Battye Library Inc.), it was decided to revise and
publish the book online, so it can be regularly updated as appropriate
resources and material are found.
http://slwa.wa.gov.au/dead_reckoning
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Katitjin:
a guide to Indigenous records in the
Battye Library
by Heather Campbell
The
publication is in two parts. The first is a guide containing overviews of
the Battye Library's collection, research and finding aids, and sections
on family history. Part Two is a researchers' kit comprising useful
publications, a select bibliography under subject headings, websites,
handy contacts, and search strategies. Both sections should be used in
conjunction with one another as useful published and unpublished works
have not been included in part one.
Material is
continually being added to the Battye Library's collections, therefore the
select bibliography complied for Katitjin may not include all
available sources.
www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/katitjinsep03.pdf
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Western
Australia Post Office Directories: 1894-1948
The post
office directories published by H. Pierssené and then by
H. Wise & Co. are an invaluable source of information for
anyone who is doing family history or research on Western
Australia during the period 1893-1949.
The post
office directories provide information by locality,
individual surname, government service, and by trade or
profession. The different sections enable the enquirer to
see at a glance the householders or businesses in any one
town; the address of any householder or business in the
State; and the businesses or individuals throughout
Western Australia engaged in any trade or profession.
The complete set of Western
Australia post office directories have been made available online with
funding from the Friends of Battye Library Maude Sholl Bequest and the
Bizzaca Family.
www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/guides/wa_history/post_office_directories
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