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AUSTRALIAN RECORDS OF MERCHANT MARINE SHIPPING AND SEAMEN - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
 
 

Chris Mobbs
 

This is PART 8 of a series, as follows:
PART 1  Commonwealth and Australia-wide records
PART 2  New South Wales records
PART 3  Northern Territory records
PART 4  Queensland records
PART 5  South Australia records
PART 6  Tasmania records
PART 7  Victoria records
PART 8  Western Australia records.
 

A.      National Archives records

Refer to PART 1 for descriptions of these records and how to use the Control Numbers referenced below.
 


·       Shipping Registers
                                                                                Date Range                  Control Nos.
 
Fremantle 1856-1982 A7498, A7499 (index)

·       Crew Lists
 

Fremantle 1900-1923 K271
1923-1954 PP1/1
1955-1956 PP20/1
1957 PP50/7
1958 PP66/2
Albany 1905-1952 PP42/1

·       Registers of Engagement & Articles of Agreement

                                                                       Register or          Date range          Control Nos.
                                                                       Article
 

Fremantle A 1921-1961 PP174/2
A 1922-1950 PP207/2
A 1957-1964 PP182/1
A 1961-1964 PP345/2
Broome R 1912-1949 E1033 (part)
Bunbury R 1944-1961 PP207/4

 

·       Discharges
                                       Type   (R=register,  C=certificate,  RTS=release,  Ret=return)

                                                                         Type                  Date range          Control Nos.
 

Fremantle C 1922-1923 PP174/4
C 1934-1963 PP174/4
C 1943 PP207/1
C 1961-1967 PT506/2
C 1962-1965 PP207/1
C 1963-1964 PP182/2
C 1965-1967 PT506/1
RTS 1922-1961 PP174/1 (part)
RTS 1949-1950 PP207/3
RTS 1950-1953 PP345/3
RTS 1961-1964 PP182/3
Ret 1928-1963 PP207/5 (part)
Albany C 1950-1956 PP188/1
RTS 1927-1954 PP188/3
RTS 1928-1963 PP188/4
Broome R 1912-1949 E1033 (part)
RTS 1923-1938 E1032
RTS 1939 PP174/1 (part)
Bunbury C 1957-1963 PP199/1 (part)
RTS 1922-1943 PP174/1 {part)
RTS 1935-1964 PP199/2
Ret 1943-1963 PP207/5 (part)
Busselton C 1955-1963 PP199/1 (part)
RTS 1924-1964 PP199/2 (part)
Ret 1953-1963 PP207/5 (part)
Carnarvon All 1953-1955 PP173/1
Esperance C 1939-1962 PP199/1 (part)
RTS 1938-1939 PP199/2 (part)
Ret 1939-1962 PP207/5 (part)
Geraldton C 1937-1961 PP188/2
RTS 1923-1953 PP174/1 (part)
RTS 1926-1959 PP188/5

·       Register of Deserters
                                                                                   Date range             Control Nos.
 

Fremantle 1924-1944 PP174/3

 

B.      Government records

A possible resource is the Library and Information Service of WA . It appears to have a very powerful search engine.
 
 

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