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The State Library of Western Australia is the State’s main reference library. It has resources dedicated to the history of Western Australia and the people of the State.

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Beagle Bay Mission (1895 - 1976)
The State Library of Western Australia holds many photographs and other historical information about the Beagle Bay Mission.
Moore River Native Settlement (1918 - 1951)
The State Library of Western Australia holds photographs and historical information about the Moore River Native Settlement.

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Battye Library, MN 381, Minute books of the Girls' Friendly Society, ACC 1943A (1893 - 1967)
Uniting Church [Private Archives], State Library of Western Australia (1855 - 1995)
Senses Foundation Inc. Records, State Library of Western Australia (1895 - 2001)
Activ Foundation : collection of ephemera material, State Library of Western Australia (1989 - 2006)
Collection of information relating to the Slow Learning Children's Group of W.A., State Library of Western Australia (1957 - 1988)
Slow Learning Children's Group of W.A. records, 1950-1980 (1950 - 1980)
Collection of material relating to Mentally Incurable Children's Association, State Library of Western Australia (1978 - 1980s)
Western Australian Foundation for Deaf Children, records, State Library of Western Australia (1897 - 1999)
Gnowangerup Mission records, 1927-1962 [microform] (1927 - 1962)
Sister Kate's Child and Family Services records, 1934-2002 [manuscript], State Library of Western Australia (1934 - 2002)
Florence Hummerston Collection, State Library of Western Australia (1945 - 1980)
State Film Archives Collection (1907 - current)
Papers [manuscript], Salvation Army Boys' Home, Nedlands (1940 - 1956)
Kellerberrin Preventorium (1930)
Show us a light [videorecording]: the art of Carrolup (1980s)
The Marribank Children's Homes [Katanning] (1982)
Records of Warburton Mission: 1949-1967 (incomplete) [manuscript] (1949 - 1967)
Sister Edie Owens Diary, 1940-1941 (1940 - 1941)
Fairbridge Society and Fairbridge Farm School Pinjarra, Records (c. 1908 - 1981)
Schenk Family Papers (1921 - 1999)
Churches of Christ: collection of ephemera material (1905? - 2004?)
Photographs of Forrest River Mission [picture], State Library of Western Australia (1914 - 1967)
Collection of material relating to the Girls Friendly Society (1907 - current)
Warburton Mission (1958 - 1961)
Photographs relating to Florence Hummerston and her work [picture] (1939 - 1968)
Life of Sister Eileen Heath (1994 - 1996)
Papers, 1912-1965 [Irene Stahl, Boarding Out Committee Victoria Park] (1933 - 1965)
Anglican Church. Perth. Girls Orphanage Chapel, State Library of Western Australia
Perth Protestant Orphanage / Perth Anglican Orphanages, State Library of Western Australia (1872 - 1955)
Western Australian Records [Anglican Church], State Library of Western Australia (1834 - 2003)
Forest River Mission Records (1911 - 1968)
Papers of the Country Womens Association WA Incorporated, State Library of Western Australia (1928 - 1929)
Photographs relating to life at Salvation Army children's homes in Cottesloe and Subiaco, State Library of Western Australia (1921 - 1922)
Interview with Beryl Grant, Matron of Ngala, 1959-1980

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This page was written by Debra Rosser, last updated 14 May 2019.

Resources

Cultural Ministers Council, Collections Australia Network, 2008. View Publication Details
Storylines, State Library of Western Australia website, 20 February 2015. View Publication Details

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Seaforth Boys' Home (Gosnells, W.A.) Photographs (1926 - 1932)

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