Collection: Local History Collection

This is a local history book about the life members of the Spearwood Dalmatinac Sport and Community Club (Inc) compiled by Ivan Unkovich, a first generation Croation immigrant who has been a member of the club for 40 years. He was the leader of the Spearwood Dalmatinacs's History Group in 2018. A...

“Little did William Mills know that in his bid to leave the dreary life that awaited him in England, his escape to Australia in 1887 would result in his meeting Henry Ware. Or that their enterprise, Mills & Ware Pty Ltd would become a household name. It's products second to none. Or that this ent...

A little known episode of World War One when the troopship "Boonah" arrived back in Fremantle in 1918 bearing soldiers infected with the "Spanish Flu" then rampant in South Africa where the ship had docked. A number of the soldiers, quarantined at Woodman Point, and the nurses attending them, die...

Today's heavy haulage is done on our roads. Big trucks move goods from one major centre to another and the drivers are given a special place in the pantheon of Australia's workers. A hundred and fifty years ago that role was filled by the many small vessels which plied the sea roads of our coast....

Nyungar lifestyle; impact of exploration and settlement on Aborigines 1616-1852; violent conflict, especially the Battle of Pinjarra; treatment by courts and Rottnest Island Aboriginal Prison; use of Aboriginal labour; major epidemics and illnesses; missions; seizure of land.

A simplified guide for residents and stakeholders to use while attempting to review the risk of bushfire within the City of Cockburn. Summarised from the full Bushfire Risk Management Plan 2014-2019.

This Bushfire Risk Management Plan (BRMP) provides a basis for treating and reducing the risk of fire, reducing the fuel load and increasing community awareness of the risks associated with bushfire.