| Call # |
MN 1217 |
| Phys. Description |
59 microfilm reels. |
| Note |
NOT ON MICROFILM: ACC 3795A (Jan Young's notes), ACC 5143A (proofs of index); ACC 7528A (draft of index) |
| Access |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
| Cite As: |
Battye Library, MN 1217, Rica Erickson collection of Western Australian biographical index, ACC 3710A-3736A, 3754A-3769A, 3780A-3795A, 5143A, 7538A. |
| Note |
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 were the basis material for a series of Dictionaries of Western Australians. |
| Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 1217) |
| Summary |
Files of information and documents submitted to Dr. 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 cemetary transcriptions and transcriptions on births, deaths and marriages, particularly those relating to the Avon Valley (Toodyay, Northam and York districts) |
| Subject |
Pioneers -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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Convicts -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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Western Australia -- Biography.
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Western Australia -- Genealogy.
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| Other Number |
13542448 |
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abn97375997 |
| Alt Title |
Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914.
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