Western Australia

General

Access to Ancestors
Part 1, a research kit of resources in the State Archives of Western Australia Library
See booklet at RG mfm N 303 for appropriate reel numbers.

  1. Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 972
  2. Microfilm Drawer nos. 23 & 24; Call no. mfm N 303

Births/Baptisms - Marriages/Divorces - Deaths/Burials

Index to Western Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages
Births 1841-1931; Deaths 1841-1940; Marriages 1841-1916
Available in eResources  and online at www.justice.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx

Baptisms & Births

  • Index to General Register of Births1841-1880; 1881-1895; 1896-1905 
    Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 649
  • Western Australian Baptisms
    • Baptisms: Part 1:
      Albany Ang. 1847; Cue Ang. 1895-1913; Fremantle (St. John's) 1855-1867;
      Geraldton RC 1857-1876; Greenpugh Ang. 1865-1920; Gin Gin Ang. 1860-1884;
      Kelmscott Ang. (St. Mary in the Valley) 1895-1931; Nanine & Dist. Ang. 1902-1912;
      Northampton Ang. 1911; Perth 1844-1866; Roebourne 1878-1898;
      Swan Parish Anglican 1874-1914
    • Baptisms: Part 2:
      Meekatharra-Nanine Ang.; Perth Ang.; Perth (St. Mary's) 1867-1891;
      Swan River Colony 1850-1868; Swan River Colony cont.; York Dist. Birth Register
      Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 880
  • Baptisms September, 1840-May 1999
    (Uniting Church)
    This database contains the details of baptisms recorded in the registers that have passed through the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Western Australia Archives up to 1999. Approximately 72,000 entries show the following data - Surname, Given Name (of person being baptised), Father/Mothers Name, Family Residence, Father/Mothers Occupation, Birth/Baptism Dates, Denomination, Place of Baptism, Parish/Circuit, Minister, Register Index #1/2, Remarks
    Networked in eResources
  • Index to Birth Notices in the West Australian, 1986-1990; 1997-1998
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 804
  • Index to Birth Notices in the Western Mail, 1931-1940
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 2113

Marriages

  • Index to General Register of Marriages1841-1896; 1897-1905; 1906-1965
    1841-1916 available in eResources and online at  www.justice.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
    Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 650
  • Marriage Index of Western Australia, 1915-1933
    Networked in eResources
  • "Reverse" Western Australia Marriage lookup
    Helps researchers find name of the marriage partner when one name and registration number of marriage is known, from the indexes above.
    Online at http://www.openwindows.com/marriage/search.htm
  • Western Australian Marriages
    • Marriages: Part 1:
      Albany marriages 1839-1856; Cue & Day Dawn 1896-1907;
      Fremantle (St. John's) 1831-1854; St. John's United Cof E 1855-1867;
      Gingin (St. Luke) 1861-1883); St. Luke 1885-1894;
      Meekatharra/Nanine 1910-1918; Nanine (Ang) 1904-1909;
      Northampton 1911-1916
      Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 881
    • Marriages: Part 2:
      Pilbara Dist. 1897-1937; Roebourne Ang. 1883-1895;
      Swan Parish Ang. 1876-1898
      Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 881
    • Marriages: Part 3:
      Geraldton Ang. 1867-1915; Geraldton RC 1880-1895;
      Greenough Ang. 1896-1937; Dongara Ang. 1878-1918
      Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 881
    • Marriages: Part 4:
      Augusta-Margaret River 1899-1974
      Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 881
  • Index for the Plantagenet Matched Marriages, 1931-1965
    Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 1598

Deaths & Burials

  • Index to General Register of Deaths Western Australia, 1841-1896; 1897-1905; 1906-1980
    1841-1940 available online in eResources or at www.justice.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
    1906-1965 at Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 651
  • Ken Stewart's burials in the Mid-West of Western Australia, 1851-1896
    An index of all the known burials in the cemeteries, pastoral stations and any other location - sited between the Irwin River and the Murchison River dating from the first settlers in 1851 until 1896.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 1290
  • Death Notices in the Inquirer, 1874 to 1878
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1136
  • Index to Death Notices in the West Australian, 1985-1989, 1990-1992, 1993-1994, 1997-1998
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 486

Births, Marriages & Deaths

  • Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1829-1841 (Reel no. 214)
    Early baptisms, marriages and burials at the Church of England before 1842 for Perth, Fremantle, Guildford, Albany, York, Plantagenet, Wellington, Canning and Mandjerup (Mandurah) and a few entries for the districts of Wellington and Albany after this date.
    'Access to Ancestors' [see booklet at RG mfm N 303 for reel nos.]
    Microfilm Drawer no. 25; Call no. mfm N 303
  • Nineteenth Century Newspapers (index to) births, deaths, marriages
    Includes births from Perth Gazette 1833-1878, The Inquirer 1840-1881, marriages from Perth Gazette 1833-1878, The Inquirer, 1840-1881, deaths from Perth Gazette 1833-1866, The Inquirer 1840-1866 plus a few entries from other early WA newspapers.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 803

Parish Registers-Cemetery Transcripts-Monumental Inscriptions: by Placename

Australian Cemeteries at www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/  - a gateway site which lists all known cemeteries in Australia, giving contact information and links to online data, if available. A listing of online cemetery indexes and other online burial indexes held by councils, churches and individuals is found at www.coraweb.com.au/cemetaus.htm.

  • Western Australian Cemetery Transcriptions.
    Vol. 1. Pages 1 -90, includes index; Vol. 2. Pages 1-40, includes index.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 1203
  • Karrakatta-Burial and Cremation Index
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 969, or see Metropolitan Cemeteries Board index at www.mcb.wa.gov.au/nameSearch.html which also includes Pinnaroo, Fremantle, Midland, Guilford cemeteries.
  • Perth-St. George's Cathedral Perth (Anglican) Burial Registers, 1854-1916
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 1600
  • Perth, East-East Perth Cemeteries Burials, 1896-1916
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 1599
  • Pinjarra-Records of baptisms administered in the church at the Kingsley Fairbridge Farm School near Pinjarra as part of the Parish of Pinjarra.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 875
  • Pinjarra-Birth and baptism records collected from the Catholic Church at Pinjarra.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 876
  • Pinjarra-Birth and baptism records of the Parish of St. John's Anglican Church at Pinjarra
    The first of these records were transcribed from single leaves left by the late Rev. Jas Stuart Price.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 877
  • Pinjarra-Death records at St. John's Church, Pinjarra, W.A.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 878
  • Pinjarra-The marriage records of the parish of St. John's Anglican Church, Pinjarra, from their inception on 3rd January 1980.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 43; Call no. mc N 879

Convicts

An index to Swan River Convicts 1850-1868 is available at www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/history6.cfm

  • Convict records: Access to ancestors. Part 1, a research kit of resources in the State Archives of Western Australia. [Perth, W.A.] : Library and Information Service of W.A., 1990.] see booklet at RG mfm N 303.
    Microfilm Drawer no. 25; Call no. mfm N 303
    An index is found in Ticket to Leave Registers, Occurrence Books and Prison Earnings
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 826
  • Convict Ticket of Leave Registers (WA): Master Index
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 2247
  • Ticket of Leave Registers, Occurrence Books and Prison Earnings
    This index has been compiled from the original volumes held at the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History - Accession No. 1386, and held in the NLA at mfm N 303.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 826
  • W.A. Convict Registers Acc. 128.
    Note(s): 1) vol. 1-6 contain statistical data.
    The documents of Accession 128 are held in the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History.
    • Pt. 1. Alphabetical index
    • Pt. 2. Brief description
      • Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1211

Directories

  • Western Australian Almanac, 1853; 1859; 1861; 1865
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 842
  • The Herald Western Australian Almanack and Commercial Directory, 1873; 1874; 1877; 1882
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 848
  • Western Australian Almanack and Directory, 1875; 1881; 1884; 1887
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 843
  • Western Australia Post Office Directory, 1895/96; 1897-1899
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 838

Electoral Rolls

  • Commonwealth of Australia, State of Western Australia Electoral Roll
    1901, 1905-1906, 1909-1910, 1912-1922, 1925-1926, 1928-1970, 1972-1984, 1988 to current
    Microfiche Drawer no. E37-E39; Call no. mc N 452
  • Alphabetical list of Commonwealth polling places State of Western Australia
    1919, 1922, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977; 1980
    Microfiche Drawer no. 46; Call no. mc N 997

Government Records

  • Colonial Secretary's Office: Index, 1828-1832
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 972
  • Parkhurst Prison register index Acc. 1829 PRO WA.
    An index to microfilm records in the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History at the Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre - Accession no. 1829.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1299
  • Western Australian Government Railways employees
    Series.1 1879-1905
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1157
  • Colonial Secretary's Office: Inward Correspondence- Access to Ancestors, 1861-1878
    see booklet at RG mfm N 303
    Microfilm Drawer no. 24; Call no. mfm N 303

Immigration & Shipping

  • Albany Shipping Arrivals Interstate, 1873-1924
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1133
  • Index to Arrivals at Fremantle, 1829-1890
    Battye. Index to passengers
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 972
  • Shipping Passenger Arrivals from Overseas [to] Albany, W.A., 1873-1899, 1900-1925
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 391
  • Passenger Arrivals in Western Australia, 1898-1925
    Networked in eResources
  • Passenger Lists-Access to Ancestors
    See booklet at RG mfm N 303
    Microfilm Drawer no. 25; Call no. mfm N 303
  • Shipping Passenger Arrivals Fremantle (from) Interstate, 1885-1908
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1152
  • Index to Passengers arriving in Fremantle by Ship, 1926-1947
    Index to names from passenger lists in the National Archives series K269, inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving in Fremantle. The index is useful because the passenger lists lodged in Fremantle included all passengers disembarking in Fremantle, and usually passengers travelling on to other Australian ports (such as Melbourne or Sydney) or overseas ports (such as Auckland or Colombo).
    See eResources or http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs56.aspx
  • Ships Index (Battye), 1829-1890
    Index of ships’ names with additional information about voyages made.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 972
  • Shipping Databases of the Western Australian Maritime Museum
    The Richard Mckenna Memorial Pictorial Shipping Database, Western Australian shipwreck database, Strangers on the Shore: Shipwreck survivors and their contact with Aboriginal groups in Western Australia 1628-1956, Library bibliographic databases and an Artefact Database.
    See eResources.

Inquests

WA Inquests: an Index of Inquests as Published in the Western Australian Police Gazettes, 1876-1903
An index of inquests that were held in various Western Australian police courts to investigate fatalities that occurred in the state during the period 1876-1903.
Networked in eResources.

Land Records

  • Mining Lease Holders Names, 01 January 1892 to 31 December 1909
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1406

Other

  • Indexes on microfiche
    State Library Service of Western Australia
    Includes General index, Biographical index, Wrecks index, Reviews index
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 337
  • 'Can you help' from the West Australian Newspaper, 1988-1993, 1995, 1997-1998
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1198
  • Parkhurst Prison register index Acc. 1829 Pro WA.
    An index to microfilm records in the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History at the Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre - Accession no. 1829.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1299
  • Photographers, photographic studios and associated businesses in Western Australia, 1893-1970
    Microfiche Drawer no. 42; Call no. mc N 874
  • Swanleigh admission & discharge records, 1868-1960
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 922
  • Western Australian Government Railways employees series.1 (1879/1905).
    Microfiche Drawer no. 44; Call no. mc N 1157

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