Local History News

October - December 2025

Vol.15 No.4

• 2025 Local History Awards
• The Money Street Glider
• Collection Spotlight: Niche Knowledge
• New Books
• Events

July - September 2025

Vol.15 No.3

• 2025 Local History Awards
• Willeta Biscuit Factory in Eton Street
• Collection Spotlight: Keeping Fit in the City of Vincent
• Events

April - June 2025

Vol.15 No.2

• The Ellington Jazz Club / Lung Cheong's Laundry
• Diverse Vincent Exhibition
• New Image Library
• Collection Spotlight: Gardens in the City of Vincent
• Events
• Suburb Histories

January - March 2025

Vol.15 No.1

• Mount Hawthorn Progress Association
• Pride in the 90s
• Collection Spotlight: Keeping Cool this Summer
• Events
• New Books
• Suburb Histories

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

October - December 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

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

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

October - December 2020

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

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

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

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

October - December 2019

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

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

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

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

October - December 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?