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Wednesday 13th March 2024
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By Mrs Julie Martin

 

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.

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Category: Western Australia
Sunday 8th October 2023
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By Anne Giles

The Writers’ Group was treated to an 2023 Writers, Sandie Watts, Andrew Levettmore

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Thursday 14th September 2023
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By Anne Giles

The convict era of Western Australia was theJames Wilson period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders

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Categories: Convict | Western Australia
Saturday 19th August 2023
Sunday 18th June 2023
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By Anne Giles

WA Day blue logoWA Day

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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Category: Western Australia
Monday 5th June 2023
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By Anne Giles

In 1870 American poet and women's leader Howe_Julia_Ward squaremore

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Category: Western Australia
Sunday 28th May 2023
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By Ms Christine Christine Harris

This article was published in 'Western Ancestor' Vol.1 No.9 published in March 1981.  Spelling, grammar and punctuation is as per the original.

GRAVE NEAR CAPE VLAMING LIGHTHOUSE

by Monica Everett

On

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Sunday 14th May 2023
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By Ms Christine Christine Harris

The following article was published in Western Ancestor, Vol.1 No.5, (publication date unknown but likely about March 1980) on page 4. No author is acknowledged, but it may have been written by Brian Croker or Yvonne Coate.  Spelling, grammar and punctuation is as per the original text.

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Thursday 23rd February 2023
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By Mrs Julie Martin

Initially developed by Steve Howell, in his capacity as the State Library's WA History Specialist, Dead Reckoning remains relevant to all family history researchers endeavouring to understand and access West Australian records.

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Thursday 5th January 2023
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By Anne Giles

Thirteen years in the making, this index of the Mead FuWILKINS Robert Malcolm Page 1neral Directors records is a rich resource for FHWA members researching their family history.

The Mead collection comprises the funeral details of 22,267 people

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Categories: Library | Western Australia