Identity area
Reference code
AU WA S4131
Title
REGISTERS - MIGRATION STATISTICS (ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES)
Date(s)
- 1911-01-01 - (Creation)
- 1911-01 - 1915-04 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Series
Medium
Format
Volumes
Status
Context area
Name of creator
AU WA A280 - REGISTRAR GENERAL'S AND GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S DEPARTMENT
(1901-01-01 - 1957-06-30)
Administrative history
Previously the Registrar General's Department, it combined with the Government Statisticians Office upon federation in 1901. The Department remained as such, and responsible to the Colonial Secretary's Office and its successor, the Chief Secretary's Department until 1957 when the two functions were split. The Registrar General's office was created to operate as a Division of the Chief Secretary's Department and its successors.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series comprises migration statistical registers for Fremantle recording: the name of vessel arriving/departing, the date of arrival/departure, the number of crew and passengers on board each vessel (with a breakdown of adults, children, male and female), the nationalities of the passengers and the state or country the vessel has arrived from or is bound.
These registers do not record information about individual crew or passengers.
(The registers in this Record Series were previously listed at the State Records Office at reference: AN 140/2; Accession 1017).
Accruals
System of arrangement
Numerical
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing access (legacy)
Open access