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Police Gazettes are a critical resource for anyone researching criminal history, as well as family historians who are researching an ancestor who may have been on the wrong side of the law. In many cases, they provide the best starting point for such research, before moving on to check if there are more detailed

The State Records Office is often asked if there are existing photographs of convicts sent to Western Australia. While convicts were not photographed during transportation to WA or upon arrival, photography was still in its early stages in the mid-1800s. However, there are existing photographs of a number of convicts who were later reconvicted

Every family has its secrets, and they are often revealed in The Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876 onwards), a valuable resource for researching people, police and criminals in Western Australia.

Information can be found under various headings:

• apprehensions (name of person

From the April 2025 issue of SROWA News - Djeran 

The SRO has commenced a long-term project to catalogue all criminal trials that were held in the Court of Quarter Sessions / Supreme Court of WA for the period 1830-1947.
 
This work is part of a larger, ongoing activity to

The SRO has commenced a project to digitise the Colonial Secretary’s Office records held in the State Archives collection. These records are considered the 'backbone' of WA Colonial history and record a wide range of activities about WA  in the 1800s, correspondence with Colonial

Thanks to Neil Bradley and Gary Keath, who gave up their Saturday and Sunday to oversee the FHWA display at the Government House Open Weekend. 

In beautiful, relaxing garden surroundings, with the opportunity to wander through the Governor's home and Ballroom, FHWA volunteers spread the word about the Society

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

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

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

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