The Chapman Research Station was established by the Department of Agriculture in 1903 as a research station and as a teaching institution for agricultural students. It is currently operating as a research station.The letterbooks are copies of outw...
Minutes of a committee formed to advise the Minister for Agriculture on all matters relating to the setting up and operations of the Muresk Agricultural College.
In c. 1971 the Stock Brands Register was computerised and can occur in hard copy as a printout. This series reflects this change. Details given are Registration number; Brand/earmark; Date of Registration; Owner's name, run, address, Shire/...
Minutes of the departmental Committee formed to recommend optimum methods of preventing soil erosion. With the passing of the Soil Conservation Act in 1946, a Soil Conservation Committee was formed to replace the departmental committee.
Registers of files covering a wide range of activities carried out by the Fisheries Department.This series consist of one nominal register and two numerical registers. There is no subject index. The series of files listed in these registers that...
Records of public meetings held around the State, arranged by the Community and Family Commission. The Commission chaired by Mrs Ruth Reid and comprising 7 members was established to conduct wide reaching consultations with the Western Australian ...
Files concerning provision of services for four year olds. Includes report of the Inter Departmental Committee on Services to Four Year Olds in Western Australia and provision of Family Centres in various centres throughout the State.
This series consists of housing plans produced by architectural staff of the Workers Homes Board/State Housing Commission and transferred to the State Records Office between 1986 & 1988.The numerical coding of individual plans was imposed by the S...
Contract documents for building works. Include tender, acceptance and bond forms, schedules of quantities and prices, works specifications and for larger works, general and special conditions of contract. They do not include contract drawings whic...
Inward correspondence mainly addressed to the Indeterminate Sentences Board from inmates on parole reporting on their whereabouts. Also includes some letters addressed to the Superintendent of Fremantle Prison.
Files of applications by prisoners to make telephone calls. These files form a record, along with the visitors books (WAS 731), of prisoners' outside contacts. These files reflect a period when prisoners could make calls more freely. Prior...
Report filed by prison officers of incidents concerning prisoners. Includes name of prisoner, date of incident, which cell block, name of officer and witnesses, description of incident, recommendations by senior officer and staff, and subsequent ...
Card index of inmates of Albany Prison compiled by Fremantle Prison Museum. Cards are arranged alphabetically by prisoner's name and give the registration number. A microfilm copy of Cons 4206 is available.
Card index of inmates of Geraldton Prison compiled by Fremantle Prison Museum. Cards are arranged alphabetically by prisoner's name and give the registration number. A microfilm copy of Cons 4207 is available.
Volume of medical certificates of the cause of death of prisoners. Deaths recorded between 1895 - 1899 are for Rottnest, between 1931 - 1942 are for Fremantle Prison. Where the medical certificate has been issued only the butt remains showing de...
Files of notices distributed to staff detailing various procedures. Includes one file belonging to the Chief Officer: Standards, of notices and copies of correspondence and memoranda to superintendents.
Detailed record of occurrences in the condemned cells. The death sentence was abolished on 22.8.1984 by the Abolition of Capital Punishment Act. While there were no executions in Western Australia after 26 October 1964 the death sentence was han...
Black and white photographs of prisoners arranged by registration number.NB: The collection of photographs for inmates at Fremantle Prison is not complete and many photographs, particularly for the early period of the Gaol, are missing.Some photog...
Registers of female prisoners detained in Fremantle Prison. The registers are arranged by prisoner number, and show name, nationality, birthplace, age, physical description, marital status, religion, trade, whether can read and write, personal de...
Records of visitors to the prison including inmates' family and friends, etc. Some are arranged alphabetically (by date within each letter) and show date, class, names of prisoner and visitor, by whom conducted and time. Later volumes show ...
Records of workshops including the carpenter shop, metal shop, printing shop, tailors shop, laundry, garden party. Records include correspondence, incident reports etc.
Record of telephone calls made by inmates. Show prisoner's name, whom called, relationship to prisoner, division, officer's signature. Volumes are arranged either alphabetically by inmate's name, or chronologically. Cons is ...
Registers of radios, television sets and cassette players in prisoners' possession, showing inmate's name, article and its serial number, remarks, date. Registers are either in alphabetical or chronological order.
Registers of prisoners having signed private papers such as withdrawal forms, cheques, summonses etc. Show name and registration number of inmate, details of document signed, officer's signature, date.
Alphabetical registers of interviews with prisoners or other information including an alcoholic survey, native welfare interview book. This is an artificial series created by State Archives. In most cases very little information is contained in ...
Reports of strip searches carried out on prisoners and other searches of visitors. Shows name of prisoner or visitor and authorising officers, prisoner's location, where searched, unauthorised items found (if any), remarks (whether prisoner ...
PLEASE NOTE: the listing of Client Files is not publicly accessible to protect the confidentiality of persons identified in the file titles.Files for teenage boys accommodated at Nyandi Training Centre between 1987-1992. Files in Cons 5422 are all...
Record of discipline procedure at Nyandi Training Centre. Clients withdrawn from contact with peers as a result of particular behaviour. Shows name, date, reason for non-peer contact, details of time out.
Registers of prisoners at Fremantle Prison, arranged by prisoner number. The registers record the following details for each prisoner: name, nationality, place of birth, age, physical details, marital status, religion, trade, whether can read an...
These are the butts from which tickets of leave were torn. They record the passing of a particular ticket of leave holder from one district to another. They are dated and the registration number of each holder is given.
This is an artificial series created by the State Archives to cover single items containing correspondence and circulars sent to Cue from various government departments (including Crown Law, Treasury and Registrar-General). Further records are no...
Police Court charge books for Greenough Police Court Petty Sessions give date of trial, no. of charge, no. of Ticket of Leave, persons charged, condition, persons charging, charge, how disposed of, fines, fees.
Various medical records relating to prisoners and staff, including patient records and name based indexes. Health and medical records are microfiched prior to transfer to State Records Office, which become the archival record.
Registers of statistics for gaols throughout the State. Gaols are listed alphabetically for each year. For each gaol the number of prison days for males/females, whites/aborigines are shown per month.
Plaints are applications by persons wishing to bring a civil action in the Court of Petty Sessions. Details include names of the parties involved, substance of the action and the plaint number.
Jury papers for the Court of Quarter Sessions include lists of people to be summonsed to serve as jurors, precepts to the Clerk of the Court, and related correspondence.
