Our Collection
The collection includes:
- Books and journals
- Maps of Western Australian regions and towns, early subdivision maps and real estate posters
- Limited holdings of early newspapers, such as the Perth Gazette, the Inquirer and Western Mail
- Documents, including early letters, pamphlets and ephemera
- Newspaper cuttings, clipped currently and filed by subject
- Essays submitted for various competitions
- Private papers of individuals and organizations, documented and indexed
- Early Days, the annual scholarly publication of the Society
Catalogue
The Library’s catalogue is online. It can be accessed via the Society’s website at the Collections: Research Western Australian History page
Enquiry service
You are invited to visit the Library or complete this Library Research Enquiry Form.
The Library is free to members. Non-members are charged a fee of $10 and institutions are charged $22 to use the collections. Fees are also charged for copying of documents and images.
Donations
Donations of materials to the Library collection are welcome. They are assessed by the Royal Western Australian Historical Society (History West) Library Committee to ensure that they are suitable for the collection and can be appropriately housed and managed by the Society.
If you are interested in donating an item to our collection, please complete and return the donation form. Forms may be emailed to library@histwest.org.au or mailed to History West Library, 109 Stirling Highway, Nedlands WA 6009. The donation form can be downloaded here.
The Library does not accept items on permanent or long-term loan.
