The State Library of Western Australia provides the following relevant subject guides on it's website:
STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
STATE RECORDS OFFICE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The State Records Office of Western Australia provides a guide on its website to Passenger Lists and Immigration Records which includes mention of relevant indexes on microfiche.
This page lists Western Australian-related online, networked and microform resources as well as print publications available for use within the National Library of Australia.
Online
Ancestry (Library Edition)
To access Ancestry (Library Edition), visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Ancestry'. Ancestry currently provides the following Western Australian 'Immigration & Travel'-related resources via its online database:
- Fremantle, Western Australia, Passenger Lists, 1897-1963
Original data: Inward passenger manifests for ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and Western Australian outports, chronological series, Dec. 1897–Dec. 1978. Series K269. National Archives of Australia
- Western Australia, Australia, Crew and Passenger Lists, 1852-1930
This is a collection of records for arriving passengers in Western Australia port cities between 1852-1930. The records cover many different ports and were kept by two different agencies over that time period. The records vary, but most contain port of departure, port of arrival, vessel name, passenger name, rank, nationality or origin, arrival date, departure date, and destination port.
Findmypast (World Edition)
To access Findmypast (World Edition), visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Findmypast'. There are currently no Western Australian-related immigration and passenger resources available on Findmypast.
Family History WA
- WA Ship Arrivals 1898-1926
A listing of the ships that appear in the Society's member-only WA Passenger Arrivals 1898-1926 index. Links are also provided to images of some ships.
Microfilmed and other published material
The following microfilmed products and published works are available on open access in the Newspapers and Family History zone:
State Archives of Western Australia microform
| Title | Call number |
|---|---|
Access to ancestors. Part 1 a research kit of resources in the State Archives of Western Australia
See also guide book Access to Ancestors in the Newspapers and Family History zone reference collection. Call Number RX Australia 13. |
mfm N 303 |
Access to Ancestors: a research kit of resources in the State Archives of Western Australia
See also guide book Access to Ancestors in Newspapers and Family History zone reference collection. Call Number RX Australia 13. |
mc N 972 |
Western Australian Genealogical Society microfiche
| Title | Call number |
|---|---|
| Shipping Passenger Arrivals from Overseas [to] Albany, W.A. 1873-1899 5 microfiche Shipping Passenger Arrivals from Overseas [to] Albany, W.A. 1900-1925 11 microfiche |
mc N 391 |
| Albany Shipping Arrivals [from] interstate, 1873-1924 4 microfiche |
mc N 1133 |
| Shipping Passenger Arrivals Fremantle [from] interstate, 1885-1908 12 microfiche |
mc N 1152 |
Image
Hanson, Sherbrooke. and Wm. Howard Smith & Sons. and Australasian United Steam Navigation Company. The Golden west and how to get there : a guide to the West Australian gold-fields / compiled by Sherbrooke Hanson [Melbourne] 1894
Image
Access to ancestors. Guide to part 1 : a research kit of resources in the State Archives of Western Australia / by the staff of the State Archives of Western Australia Library and Information Service of W.A [Perth, W.A.] 1990
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
The Maritime History department of the Western Australian Museum maintains an extensive Immigration and Migration Collection that documents maritime immigration into Western Australia.
