Call Number |
MN 1217 |
Related titles |
Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914.
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Physical description |
ACC 3710A-3736A, 3754A-3769A, 3780A-3794A 58 microfilm reels |
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ACC 3795A, 5143A, 7538A, 10206A 1.5 m |
Notes |
Title devised by cataloguer. |
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NOT ON MICROFILM: ACC 3795A (Jan Young's notes), ACC 5143A (proofs of index); ACC 7528A (draft of index); ACC 10206A (correspondence and corrections to published information submitted by public) |
Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
Cite As |
State Library of Western Australia, MN 1217, Western Australian biographical index collection, ACC 3710A-3736A, 3754A-3769A, 3780A-3795A, 5143A, 7538A, 10206A. |
Acquisition source |
ACC 3795A Donation; 19900309. |
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ACC 5143A Donation; 19961230. |
Biography/history |
In 1974, initiated as a card index of people who lived in Western Australia prior to 1914. It comprised entries submitted by the public of family trees and histories. These formed the basis of a series of Dictionaries of Western Australians. |
Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 1217) |
Summary |
Includes correspondence, indexes, notes, transcripts and typescripts. |
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Files of information and documents submitted to general editor Dr. Rica Erickson for the compilation of the "Dictionary of Western Australians", including convict information used in v. 2, "Bond 1850-1868". The sources include family records, memoirs, church records, cemetery records, newspapers, diaries, government gazettes, almanacks, directories, census lists, shipping notes and passenger arrivals. With 2 typescripts of parts of the index. Jan Young's records consist of cemetery transcriptions and transcriptions on births, deaths and marriages, particularly those relating to the Avon Valley (Toodyay, Northam and York districts). [Often referred to as WABI]. Correspondence from the public with corrections to the dictionaries. |
Subjects |
Pioneers -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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Convicts -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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Deaths -- Western Australia.
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Sepulchral monuments -- Western Australia -- Indexes.
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Registers of births, etc. -- Western Australia -- Indexes.
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Cemeteries -- Western Australia -- Indexes.
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Western Australia -- Biography.
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Western Australia -- Genealogy.
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Genre/Form |
Business correspondence.
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Family histories.
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Related names |
Young, Jan, compiler.
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Related item |
Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914 B/994DIC
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