Fremantle City Library, Fremantle History Centre, Western Australia

Identity area

Identifier

daa/422

Authorized form of name

Fremantle City Library, Fremantle History Centre, Western Australia

Parallel form(s) of name

Other form(s) of name

  • Formerly Fremantle City Library, Local History Collection

Type

  • Municipal

Contact area

 

Local History Librarian

Type

Address

Street address

70 Parry Street, Fremantle
Postal address:
PO Box 807, Fremantle 6160

Locality

Fremantle

Region

Western Australia

Country name

Postal code

6160

Telephone

08 9432 9739

Fax

Note

Description area

History

Geographical and cultural context

Mandates/Sources of authority

Administrative structure

Officer in charge: Local History Librarian

Records management and collecting policies

Material relating to the local government areas of Fremantle and East Fremantle.

Buildings

Holdings

Books, pamphlets, oral history tapes, photographs, maps/plans and ephemera relating to Fremantle and East Fremantle. The material includes, for example:

  • property files (can be useful to plot out the history of a house or building)
  • rate books (on microfilm)
  • biographical files (including histories of Fremantle’s founding and most famous families)
  • newspapers (including microfilmed copies of old newspapers with an index. More editions are being digitised.)
  • Fremantle Council minutes and agendas
  • East Fremantle Council minutes and agendas
  • maps and plans dating from 1829 to the present.

See website for further information.

Finding aids, guides and publications

Access area

Opening times

Open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. For reference assistance, 10am-12pm and 1-3pm, by appointment.
Closed public holidays.

Access conditions and requirements

Accessibility

Services area

Research services

General reference assistance available by appointment.

Reproduction services

Public areas

Control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Revised 23 April 2018

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Maintenance notes

Access points

Access Points

  • Built Environment (Thematic area)
  • Genealogical (Thematic area)
  • Immigration (Thematic area)
  • Labour (Thematic area)
  • Local Studies (Thematic area)
  • Politics and Government (Thematic area)
  • Clipboard

Primary contact

70 Parry Street, Fremantle Postal address: PO Box 807, Fremantle 6160
Fremantle, Western Australia 6160