Collection: Local History Collection

Almost from its inception, pioneers of the fledgling Swan River Colony were aware of the deadly threat posed to their enterprise by incursions of ship-borne disease. What followed was a long and often heated debate resulting in Woodman Point being selected as the location for the colony's primary...

Includes coloured illustrations and 3 nested maps of part of sheet 2035-III-NE, Shire of Gingin, scales 1:100 000, 1:50 000 and 1:25 000, as insets. Includes, on verso, text, index, maps, tables, illustrations and index map to local authorities and consanguineous wetlands suites with AMG superimp...

WA Author. As Australia's largest wartime port, Fremantle played a unique role in the nation's story. Featuring extraordinary photographs, this volume is a fascinating account of our homefront during the Boer War, World War I, World War II and more. It records our history of departure and reunion...

Local history video on the history of Soccer West, which profiles some of Western Australia's great sportsmen. Compiled and produced by longstanding local resident, Alan Beale.

A Doctor Who background character serves as the protagonist of a new short story by Hamilton Hill author Chris Thomas.

Discusses proposal to modify the National Trusts listing of the woodman Point Quarantine Station to include the former cemetaries and crematorium.