JS Battye Library of West Australian History
Contact
- Street address
- Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street, Perth
- Postal address
- State Library of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street, Northbridge WA 6000
- Phone
- (08) 9427-3291
- Fax
- (08) 9427-3276
- info@slwa.wa.gov.au
- Website
- http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
- Enquiries to
- Collection Development Librarian for appropriate collection eg monographs, serials, maps, ephemera, pictorial, newspapers, private archives, oral history, film archives.
About
- Officer in charge
- Sarah Brown, Battye Historian
- Hours & facilities
- Open Mon-Thurs 9am-8pm, Fri 9:00am-5.30pm, Sat and Sun 10am-5:30pm. Reference assistance available in person with limited assistance by mail and telephone. General copying services available. Referral to paid researchers available. Introductory brochure available.
- Acquisition focus
- The Library attempts to collect all published material about, or published in, Western Australia. In addition, the Library collects unpublished materials created by, or about, Western Australia and Western Australians.
- Guides
- • Dead Reckoning: how to find your way through the genealogical jungle of Western Australia. The Library Board of Western Australia. • Our Military Ancestors: A Guide to Sources. Battye Library.
Last updated: 23 March 2009