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Reference code
AU WA S5415
Title
ESPERANCE PASSENGER LISTS AND MANIFESTS
Date(s)
- 1888-01-01 - 1903-02-28 (Accumulation)
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Various - see descriptive note
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Name of creator
AU WA A184 - ESPERANCE POLICE STATION
(1879-03-13 -)
Administrative history
A police station was established in Esperance following the murder of John Moir in 1878. On 13 March 1879, Police Constable Truslove and Lance Corporal Coppin took charge of policing in a district which extended from Bremer Bay to Eucla. A new police station building opened in November 1967.
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Shipping passenger lists and ships passenger manifests for the port of Esperance. Some were compiled by staff of the Police Station.
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Open
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