Additional online resources

Looking for People?

• State Library - Family history guide  – Passenger lists and other publications, plus details of eresources available to State Library members.
• Post Office Directories - Lists people by locality, individual surname, government service, and by trade or profession. Covers 1893-1949.
• State Records Office - Includes hospital and health records, births deaths and marriages, prison and gaol records.
• Western Australian Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages – Search the online indexes for births deaths and marriages as follows, Births (1841-1932),  Deaths (1841-1971) and Marriages (1841-1936).
• Metropolitan Cemeteries Board – Looking for where someone may be buried? Search the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for Fremantle, Karrakatta, Guildford, and Midland Cemetery, as well as Pinnaroo Valley and Rockingham Regional Memorial Park.
• East Perth Cemeteries – Search for burials at the East Perth Cemetery.
• National Archives of Australia –  Search a range of Australian government records from 1901 to present.
• Australian War Memorial –  Records regarding Australian service personnel.
• Obituaries 1929 – 1941

Looking for Properties?

• Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage –  Search the State register of historical sites. City of Fremantle has a local heritage list.
• Post Office Directories – Great to discover who lived in your house over the years from 1893 to 1949.
• Australian Heritage Photographic Library – Find images and information about heritage sites in your local area.
• City of Fremantle Applications and Open Data Hub can give you heritage information about your property in the Fremantle area.
• Purchasers of Fremantle Town Lots 1829 – 1837
• Purchasers of Fremantle Town Lots 1855 – 1879

Other Links of Interest

• Trove – Search text of historical newspapers, images, oral histories, film and more.
• State Records Office – Search their online database to look at historical maps, convicts records, school records or virtually any document created by the state government.
• Royal Western Australia Historical Society - The society advocates for history and heritage throughout the State, and runs a museum, reference library and photographic collection.
• People's Ocean Knowledge Trail - Information on Nyoongar country and stories.
• City of Fremantle Memorials, Plaques, Sculptures, and Statues index
• Hotels in Fremantle 1829- index
• Fishing Lives Lost - Read the tragic stories of loss at sea in Western Australian waters from the 1800s to the present day.
• Army Museum of Western Australia - The Army Museum of Western Australia collects, preserves and exhibits the history of the Australian Army in Western Australia.