Collection: Local History Collection

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...

"A classroom resource for educating school students in the contribution of Australian women during wartime over the past century. Fully illustrated with colorful images from the collections of the Australian War Memorial. This is a concise edition of the 2008 publication." -- Website.

Nursing is not an easy profession to have. There are plenty of challenges, ups and downs when dealing with sick humans. In this little book, nurse Dorothy tells some of the stories and positive outcomes of her nursing career.

The colourful but little-known history of a shanty town which existed in the sand hills along the Cockburn coast for decades has been collated for a new exhibition. The Smelters Camp, or Hollywood as other wags named it, was situated near Robb Jetty and was home to a variety of life's strugglers ...

More than 700 members of the Success Primary School community have come together to attack a wall with paintbrushes and create a large-scale mural which pays respect to the traditional owners of the land, the Whadjuk Nyungar people.