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State Cabinet records from 1994 released from the State Archives

Sep 26, 2025
State Cabinet records in the State Archives have been opened to the public after 30 years to reveal official decisions that have shaped our Western Australia.
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Online resource brings past to the fore

Jun 8, 2020
A new online resource has been released today that allows over 2000 historical survey plans of the Perth metropolitan area to be viewed and downloaded from a modern mapping interface.
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