Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. (WAGS)
| Address: 6/48 May Street, Bayswater, Western Australia 6053
Mailing Address: PO Box 265, Bayswater, Western Australia 6933
Phone: 61 8 9271 4311
Website:
http://membership.wags.org.au/index.php
| The Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. assist members in researching the family history in Western Australia. |
Ancestry (Online genealogical resource) | Phone: 61 2 8251 9555
Email: support@ancestry.com.au
Website: http://www.ancestry.com.au | A key resource for genealogical research. Databases available on the website include the Australian convict index, Australian electoral rolls, United Kingdom census records, British Army World War One pension records, United States census
records and much more. |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) | Address: 51 Lawson Crescent, Acton ACT 2601
Mailing Address: GPO Box 553, Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 61 2 6261 4287
Freecall: 1800 352 553
Fax: 61 2 6261 4285
Email: familyhistory@aiatsis.gov.au
Website: www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/finding-your-family | The AIATSIS Family History Unit helps Aboriginal people researching their family history. The website enables you to conduct an online name search of the AITSIS collection. |
Australian War Memorial (AWM) | Address: Treloar Crescent, Campbell ACT 2612
Mailing Address: GPO Box 345, Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 61 2 6243 4211
Fax: 61 2 6243 4325
Email: info@awm.gov.au
Website: www.awm.gov.au | Indigenous people have served in every military conflict that Australia has been involved in since the Boer War. The military records held by the AWM are a rich source of information about the men and women who have served in the armed
forces.
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Department of Child Protection and Family Support (DCPFS) | Address: 189 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004
PO Box 6334, East Perth WA 6892
Phone: 61 8 9325 1232
Freecall: 1800 622 258
Fax: 61
8 9222 2776
Website: www.dcp.wa.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx | The Department for Child Protection and Family Support holds a number of personal files relating to Aboriginal people created prior to 1972. |
Findmypast | Address: PO Box 101, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768
Phone: 44 20 3326 6300 (direct to office in Britain)
Email: support@findmypast.com.au
Website: www.findmypast.com.au | A major family history e-resource with collections from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India and the United States. It includes census records, passenger lists, births, marriages and deaths, court records, wills and more.
Use the drop-down box to select the country you wish to search. |
JS Battye Library (State Library of WA) | Address: 25 Francis Street, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: 61 8 9427 3111
Country: 1800 198 107
Fax: 61 8
9427 3256
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://slwa.wa.gov.au/
Online catalogue:
http://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/;jsessionid=B767ABA339BDC5E81A33580EAD513BD2?lang=eng
| The JS Battye Library of West Australian history holds key resources for Aboriginal family history including mission records, photographs, oral history recordings and published books which can offer information on people, places and
communities throughout Western Australia. |
National Archives of Australia
| Address: 384 Berwick Street, East Victoria Park WA 6101
Mailing Address: PO Box 1144, East Victoria Park WA 6981
Phone: 61 8 9470 7500
Email:
ref@naa.gov.au
Website: www.naa.gov.au | The National Archives of Australia holds federal government records, including many about Indigenous Australians (mostly people from Victoria and the Northern Territory). The archives has offices around Australia. Records about Western Australia
are mostly held in Perth and Canberra. The Bringing Them Home name index can help you find information about Indigenous family members in National Archives records. |
National Library of Australia | Address: Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: 61 2 6262 1111
Fax: 61 2 6257 1703
Ask a Librarian (online contact form):
www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian
Website: www.nla.gov.au | The National Library collects and makes available material of national significance about Australia and Australians. It holds books, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs and oral histories that could be useful in researching your family –
much of this is available online through Trove. The library has a family history collection and staff you can help you to locate material. |
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
| Address: Westralia Square, Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000
PO Box 7720, Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850
Freecall: 1300 305 021
Fax: 61 8
9264 1599
Website: www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au | The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages holds records of births, deaths and marriages in Western Australian from 1841. You can search historical indexes online for free. The cost of BDM records varies from state to state but is
normally $30 to $50 per certificate. |
Society of Australian Genealogists
| Address: ‘Richmond Villa’, 120 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 61 2 9247 3953
Fax: 61 2 9241 4872
Email: info@sag.org.au
Website: www.sag.org.au | The Society of Australian Genealogists helps people trace their family history, providing genealogy advice and running workshops and lectures. |
State Records Office of WA
| Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: 61 8 9427 3600
Fax: 61 8 9427 3638
Email:
sro@sro.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/ | State Government agencies controlled the lives of Aboriginal people in Western Australia from 1905 until citizenship rights were granted in the late 1960s. The official records that document this control are of vital significance, particularly
for those people who were removed from their families and resettled elsewhere in the state. Many of these records are now held by the State Records Office. Archives staff can help you with locating records of relevance to your family history. |
Trove (digitised newspapers) | Address: National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600
Website: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
Online Contact Form:
http://librariesaustraliaref.nla.gov.au/reft100.aspx?pmi=oE2Nw3RoUg#
| Trove provides text-searchable access to over 700 archived Australian newspapers from across all States and Territories dating between 1831 and 1956. |