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DUMBLEYUNG AND DISTRICTS: THOSE WHO SERVED On the 640 pages between the book's colourful A3 covers are the illustrated stories of the men and women who served their country in the armed forces and who have connections with the towns of Dumbleyung, Kukerin and surrounding areas. As Lake Grace ...
Wednesday 16th October 2024
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When searching for details about a West Australian teacher, I stumbled across a small cache of gold on the Carnamah Historical Society website that deserves mentioning. They have produced the following databases and made them freely available online. Have a rummage through HERE
Friday 6th September 2024
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Thanks, Marcia Watson, for alerting us to the GLAM Workbench. It’s revealed that my paternal great-grandfather was a feminist! In 1894, he signed the South Australian Women’s ...
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Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Retiring State Record Office Archivist David Whiteford also spent decades working in the Battye Library and was renowned for his knowledge of the library's map collection. In this, his final contribution to the SROWA News, he ...
Wow, thanks Julie I didn’t see this original newsletter but it is such a great gift for the Ghosts project. There are actually a couple of towns mentioned that I’m going to have to add to our master list. Chris Posted by Christine Harris, 04/07/2024 11:21:03 am Wow, thanks Julie I didn’t see this original newsletter but it is such a great gift for the Ghosts project. There are actually a couple of towns mentioned that I’m going to have to add to our master list. Chris Posted by Christine Harris, 04/07/2024 11:21:03 am Hey Julie. That's a wonderful contribution and extremely useful tips. I am doing some research work for Ireland assignments for SROWA and these tips will work very well for it. I didn't know there were so many records available about the history of these towns and their residents. Posted by Hana Sheikh, 15/08/2024 4:21:15 pm Tuesday 2nd July 2024
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WA Government Railways staff cards. Here’s an interesting slant on Consignment 3393 (the WA Government Railways staff record cards), which can be found in the State Records Office of WA. The ...
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Sunday 8th October 2023
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The Writers’ Group was treated to an
Thursday 14th September 2023
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The convict era of Western Australia was the
Sunday 18th June 2023
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Western Australia may be closed for the day on Monday June 5, but othe FamilyHistoryWA website is not. Take a walk ...
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period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders
