01/10/2024 Trove - Big numbers! we are now at 16 million line corrections.

22/04/2025 Please Note: The Museum of Perth will be closed for the Western Australia Day Public Holiday Monday 02/06/2025.

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Research Questions

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USING TROVE, STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND OTHER RESOURCES, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

When was the City of Perth declared?

Who was the fifth Governor of Western Australia?

What was the name of the man who strangled himself with a pyjama cord at the Melbourne Hotel (Perth) on 29 June 1927?

Who is listed as the top text corrector in Trove?

Over what years was the Atlas Building constructed?

How many photos of the Atlas Building are in the State Library of Western Australia photographic collection?

What are the names of the three explorers killed in WA’s north west in 1864?

What is the name of the first town settled in Western Australia? Perth, Geraldton, Albany or Broome?

What year was the Museum of Perth physically founded?

What is the oldest building in the City of Perth?

Using WA BDMs, how old was Alice Maude Lefroy when she died in 1898?

Using the Reverse Marriage Index of WA, what year did Daisy Southern marry John O'Meagher?

ESSENTIAL RESEARCH TOOLS

Those available from anywhere include:

Trove - historic newspapers (1803-1954), Government Gazettes, images, maps, books, etc
State Library of Western Australia - catalogue of books (some of which are available online), photographs and other research resources
National Archives of Australia - covering from Federation to modern days, including WWI (all digitised) and WWII service records (in the process of being digitised), immigration and other records
WA Births, Death & Marriages - covering WA Births (1841-1932); Deaths (1841-1971); and Marriages (1841-1936)
Reverse Marriage Index of WA - covering marriages in Western Australia from 1906-1965

Only available from within Museum of Perth: