Projects
Pensioner Guards
This site was created and is maintained by the Enrolled Pensioner Guards and documents the stories of the men who guarded trhe convicts aboard the ??? ships which brought them to Western Australia between 1850 and 1870. All of the convicts ships are now included.
West Australian Convicts
The Convict website was created by the FHWA Convict Interest Groups and documents the stories of the 9,706 convicts who were transported to Western Australia during the years 1850 to 1868. It also identifies and links to relevant convict records held around the world.
People of WA's Ghost Towns
The People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns Project is creating an index of the people who lived in, worked in and visited the 100s of abandoned towns and settlements throughout WA.
They came by ship
Four FHWA Interest Groups. Convict, Enrolled Pensioner Guards, Military, and West Australia, collaborated on this project in 2025 to bring together an exhibition of stories about immigrants, convict and free settlers, who Western Australia from 1829 to 1960.
Lonely Graves
Created by the late Yvonne and Kevin Coates, this groundbreaking website documents many of the graves of Western Australians who died and were buried in remote Western Australia.
11th Battalion
The 11th Battalion project, lead by FHWA members Chris Loudon and Julie Martin aimed to identify all of the soldiers of the 11th Batallion A.I.F. pictured posing on the Cheops pyramid in 1915.