Local History News

2024

Publication In this edition

October - December 2024

Vol.14 No.3

  • Salvation Army Highgate Citadel
  • Hyde Park Exhibition
  • Events
  • New Books
  • Suburb Histories

April - June 2024

Vol.14 No.2

  • Mount Lawley's First Pharmacy
  • Close to Home Exhibition
  • Galup VR Experience
  • Galup/Lake Monger Historic Timeline
  • Stories from Noongar Elder Doolann-Leisha Eatts
  • Events
  • Suburb Histories

January - March 2024

Vol.14 No.1

  • Local Heritage Review 2024
  • How to Research a Place
  • Review of Heritage Management Policies
  • North Perth Primary School Turns 125!
  • Events
  • New Books
  • Suburb Histories

2023

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2023

Local History News 2023

Vol.13 No.4

  • Local History Awards 2023
  • Local History Awards Winners
  • Photographic Winners
  • Events & Programs
  • 2024 Calendars
  • Library Bags!!!!

July - September 2023

Vol.13 No.3

  • Mount Lawley: A brief history
  • Stories from the Suburbs: Alvan House
  • Local History Awards 2023
  • Lost Vincent: The Bluebird Tearooms
  • Heritage Hero: The Mount Lawley Society
  • What’s New: Books!
  • Events & Programs

April - June 2023

Vol.13 No.2

  • East Perth: A brief history
  • Banks Reserve/Warndoolier
  • Lost Vincent: The Norwood Hotel
  • Stories from the Suburbs: Charlie’s Tree
  • Heritage Hero: Anton Haynes
  • Can you help? East Perth Primary School Photos
  • Events & Programs

January - March 2023

Vol.13 No.1

  • West Perth: A brief history
  • Robertson Park – Boojoormelup
  • Lost Vincent: The Tower Hotel
  • Stories from the Suburbs: The murder of Ethel Harris
  • Heritage Hero: Peter Kalaf
  • Can you help? Pickle District
  • Events and programs

2022

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2022

Vol.12 No.4

  • North Perth: A brief history
  • Smith’s Lake/Danjanberup
  • If Halls had Ears: The North Perth Town Hall
  • Lost Vincent: The Beatty Park Kiosk
  • Stories from the Suburbs: The rescue of Eliza Lockyer
  • Casson Homes: A century of care
  • Italian Australian Child Care Centre: 50+ years
  • Heritage Hero: Vale Dean Evans
  • Can you help? Plunkett Homes
  • Events & Programs

July - September 2022

Vol.12 No.3

  • Leederville: A brief history
  • Lake Monger/Galup
  • Lost Vincent: Chinese market gardens in Leederville
  • Leederville Oval
  • Stories from the Suburbs: The Leederville Bolter
  • Heritage Hero: Ron Lindsay
  • Events & Programs

April - June 2022

Vol.12 No.2

  • Mount Hawthorn: a brief history
  • Axford Park
  • Lost Vincent: Stirling Police Station
  • Lane naming in Vincent
  • Heritage Hero: Anne Chapple
  • Family History: LostCousins
  • Events and Programs

January - March 2022

Vol.12 No.1

  • Highgate History
  • Hyde Park- 125h Anniversary
  • Murder in the Brisbane Hotel
  • Heritage Hero: John Viska
  • Family History: 1921 Census of England and Wales
  • Events and Programs

2021

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2021

Vol.11 No.4

  • Local History Awards 2021
  • Geoffrey Bolton Award Winners
  • Photographic Winners
  • Heritage Hero: Harold Coppock
  • Subdivisions: North Perth
  • Events

July - September 2021

Vol.11 No.3

  • Local History Awards
  • Who was Vincent?
  • Understanding Aboriginal heritage in Vincent
  • Lost Vincent: The Little Shule
  • Heritage Hero: May O'Brien
  • Divided Space Exhibition

April - June 2021

Vol.11 No.2

  • COVID Stories
  • ANZAC Driveway Service
  • Women of the WAAAF
  • Lost Vincent: Beadle's Newsagency
  • Vincent Heritage Hero: Val Corey
  • What's New?
  • Events

January - March 2021

Vol.11 No.1

  • Local History Award Winners 2020
  • Early History of Ngala
  • History of your street – Wilberforce Street
  • Vincent Heritage Hero – Michelle Vercoe
  • What’s New?
  • Events

2020

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2020

Local History Newsletter

Vol.10 No.4

  • Kyilla Primary School - 75 Years
  • Highgate Primary School - 125 Years
  • The People of North Perth
  • Galup
  • COVID-19 Collection
  • Vincent Heritage Hero - Beryl Long
  • Obituary - John Casson
  • What's New?
  • Events

July - September 2020

Local History Newsletter

Vol.10 No.3

  • Local History Awards 2020
  • Past Pandemics
  • Golden Age Polio Centre
  • East Perth Power Station
  • Silver Anniversary - 25 yeas of Vincent
  • Mount Hawthorn Heritage Trail
  • Vincent Heritage Hero - Marie Slyth
  • What's New?
  • Can you help? Golden Age Photos

April - June 2020

Local History Newsletter

Vol.10 No.2

  • Music in Vincent  
  • Return of the ‘Bottle-Oh’  
  • Stormy Weather
  • Women in Wartime
  • The War Widows’ Guild in Western Australia  
  • Celebrating Seniors -Jan McCallum
  • Vincent Heritage Hero – Chris Murray  
  • What’s New?  Cowle Street Portraits
  • Can you help?  Former Kyilla students
  • Contemporary collecting - You can help!
  • Events & Workshops

January - March 2020

Local History Newsletter

Vol.10 No.1

  • Local History Award Winners 2019
  • Naming Vincent's Lanes
  • Vincent Heritage Hero - Julie Davidson
  • What's new? - WW1 Roll of Honour
  • Can you help?
  • Events & Workshops

2019

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2019

Local History Newsletter

Vol.9 No.4

  • Music in Vincent: The Perth Blues Club at the Charles Hotel
  • Character Retention Areas in Vincent
  • Vincent Heritage Hero - Rodney O' Brien
  • New items
  • Can you help?
  • Events & Workshops

July - September 2019

Local History Newsletter

Vol.9 No.3

  • Paddo Pub Petition
  • Music in Vincent Project
  • Lost Vincent - Fitzgerald Street Stories
  • Local history Awards 2019
  • Memoir Writing
  • Vincent Heritage Hero

April - June 2019

Local History Newsletter

Vol.9 No.2

  • Angove & Fitzgerald Street Project - Angove Street Anzac Walter Goodlet
  • Horry's Tree
  • Lost Vincent: Hyde Park Fountain
  • Local History Awards 2019 - Written and Photo entries
  • What's New in the Local History Collection - Arts in Vincent clips and postcards
  • Can you help? George Francis Thompson - Mystery Milkman
  • Life after war: a display on how war affected families and communities in the Vincent area, in the Local History Centre.   
  • In-house events: speakers, workshops and walks.

January - March 2019

Local History Newsletter

Vol.9 No.1

  • Memories of Summer: Gail Dorter
  • Angove & Fitzgerald Street Project: 360 Fitzgerald: The Rosemount Gardens - Take 2
  • From the Friends of Local history: tram Stories: tragedy and comedy on the rails
  • Lake Monger Velodrome
  • What's new in the Local History Collection
  • Family History: Calling all Scots
  • Memories of Summer: Selection of images on display in our Local History Centre
  • Calendar of events and workshops

2018

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2018

Local History Newsletter

Vol.8 No.4

  • Local History Awards - People's Choice Competition and Award Winners
  • SIDE centenary
  • Arts in Vincent videos - Michael Loney, Lorena Grant
  • The Bank, 452 Fitzgerald Street, Angove & Fitzgerald Street Project
  • From the Friends of Local History: The Rosemount Hotel
  • Local History News
  • What's new online
  • Calendar of events

July - September 2018

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Vol.8 No.3

  • Arts in Vincent video project - Jimmy Murphy, Barry Strickland
  • Future Shelter, Angove & Fitzgerald Street Project
  • From the Friends of Local History: The Rosemount Theatre
  • New books in the Local History Centre
  • Local History News
  • What's New online
  • Calendar of Events

April - June 2018

Local History Newsletter

Vol.8 No.2

  • Our Anzacs
  • Arts in Vincent video project: Jenny Davis and Briony Stewart
  • Life, crime and tams in Fitzgerald Street, North Perth
  • The Leederville Hotel (continued): Louis Cunningham
  • Local History Awards: Twentieth century Vincent
  • Do you have convict ancestors?
  • What's new online?
  • Calendar of events

January - March 2018

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Vol.8 No.1

  • Golden West Aerated Waters
  • Fitzgerald/Angove Streets Project launch
  • From the Friends of Local History - Leederville Hotel
  • Whats new online?
  • Family History tips:
    • Ancestry database: Extracted Parish and Court Records 1399-1795 
  • Using Familysearch.org
  • Calendar Events

2017

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2017

Spring 2017

Vol.7 No.4 

  • What's new online?
  • Family History tips: 
    • Researching 18th Century ancestors
  • Local History:
    • Local History Photographic Awards winners
    • Beaufort Street Project update
  • From the Friends of Local History - Walter P Meston, artist
  • Calendar - In-house event

July - September 2017

Winter 2017

Vol.7 No.3

  • What's new online?
  • Family History: DNA and GRO
  • New books in the local history collection
  • Local History: The Norwood Hotel, RTRFM community radio,
  • Calendar: In-house events.

April - June 2017

Autumn 2017

Vol.7 No.2

  • What's new online?
  • Family History
    • Optimism misplaced: Jim Brown of Leederville
  • Local History
    • Mount Hawthorn from 1907-1919
    • Mount Hawthorn Primary School Archive
    • Mount Hawthorn Kindergarten
    • Beaufort Street History Project update: The Mount Lawley Frock Shop
  • Calendar
    • In-house events

January - March 2017

Summer 2017

Vol.7 No.1

  • What's new online?
  • Family History
    • New Irish records available
  • Local History
    • Anzac Cottage report
    • Margaret Kindergarten history
    • Businesses of Sub 18, Lot 100, West Perth (Charles/Dyer streets)
    • Beaufort Street project update: R J Elliot, Butcher
  • From the Friends of Local History
    • The Club Hotel
  • Calendar
    • In-house events

2016

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2016

Spring 2016

Vol.6 No.4

  • What's new online?
  • Family History
    • Finding immigrant ancestors with tricky names
  • Local History
    • The Geoffrey Bolton Award
    • Local History Award winners 2016
    • Charles Street Markets foundation stone
    • The Gornall Family tragedy
    • Beaufort Street History Project update
  • Calendar
    • In house events
    • Outside events

July - September 2016

Winter 2016

Vol.6 No.3

  • What's new online?
  • Family History
    • 1939 National Register, UK
    • Occupations in the 1841 Census
  • Local History
    • The Coolbaroo League
    • Beaufort Street History Project update
  • From the Friends of Local History
    • The Queen's Hotel: John Gent - builder and owner
  • Calendar: In house events

April - June 2016

Autumn 2016

Vol.6 No.2

  • What's new online?
  • Family History
    • The Busy person's guide to beginning family history research
  • Local History
    • New in our Image Library
    • We need your photographs
    • Local History Awards 2016
    • Anzac Cottage: the first 100 years
    • Discovering the ANZACs post-war
    • Beaufort Street History Project callout
  • From the Friends of Local History
    • The Beaufort Arms Hotel
  • Calendar: In-house events

January - March 2016

Summer 2016

Vol.6 No.1

  • What's new online?
  • New in the Local History Centre
    • New books
    • Booklets for family history
    • Golden Age history display
    • Publication of Suburban Bravery
  • Local History News
    • New suburb brochures
    • Local History Awards 2016
    • Memories of the trams
  • From the Friends of Local History
    • Beaufort Street Project
  • Calendar
    • In-house events

2015

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Publication In this edition

October - December 2015

Spring 2015

Vol.5 No.4

  • What's new online?
  • New books in the Local History Centre
  • Local History
    • Winners 2015 Local History Photographic Awards
    • New Partnerships
    • Is this the place for a stadium?
  • From the Friends of Local History
    • John Scurlock Beaufort Street Pharmacy
  • Calendar
    • In house events

July - September 2015

Winter 2015

Vol.5 No.3

  • What's new online?
  • Local History
    • Old glass plate negatives reveal dramatic incident.
    • Useful resources for land research in Australia.
  • From the Friends of Local History
    • Massa Singh, Cameleer of 123 Richmond Street
  • Calendar
    • In-house events

April - June 2015

Autumn 2015

Vol.5 No.2

  • What's New?
    • Online
    • Exhibition in Local History Centre
    • From the Friends of Local History
  • Can you help?
  • Local History
    • 2015 Local History Photographic Awards
    • Who was Mrs C Roberts, the "Soldiers' Queen" ?
    • Researching the history of your house: 2014 Local History Award winners
  • Calendar: What's on this quarter?

January - March 2015

Summer 2015

Vol.5 No.1

  • What's New
    • Online
    • In the Local History Centre
  • Can you help?
  • Family History
    • Using Trove
    • Is Man the more Faithful?
  • Local History
    • 2014 Local History Award winners
    • From the Friends of Local History
  • Calendar: What's on this quarter?