Collection: Local History Collection

A local memoir about being a snake and reptile remover in the Cockburn area over twenty years. It contains stories of the writer's adventures with the native reptiles of the area. There are interesting facts about snakes within the text.

This book traces the history of the Civil Defence in Western Australia, from the mid-1930s, to when the State Emergency Service was first formed in 1959, and the subsequent years as it passed through a number of government departments including the Premiers department, WA Police, as its own depar...

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...

This book is the first in a trilogy of books that record the first hundred years of hotel-keeping in Fremantle from 1829-1929, which also means it is the first hundred years of hotel-keeping in Western Australia. This book chronicles Fremantle's history during this period.

Part of Western Australia 150th Anniversary biographical index project; all persons resident in the State prior to 1915; references to contacts with Aborigines.