Most of the children
who were accommodated in the Residential Child Care facilities mentioned in Signposts attended school while they
were in out-of-home care. Those people
who are interested in trying to track down records of their school days may
find the following information, which has been adapted from the Department’s
guide, “Looking West”, useful.
The State Records Office holds archival
material from the Education Department of Western Australia and its
predecessors including records from individual government schools and colleges
from around Western Australia. For individual school
records refer to the index, arranged alphabetically by school name, held in the
State Records Office Search room. Not
all school records held at the State Records Office are listed in this index
and please note that many school records either have not survived or are still
held by the individual schools. Further
information is also available in the Education & Schools Records Collection
Guide on the Website: www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/education-and-school-records
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Years
of operation
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1847 to present day
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Type
of service
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State Archives Collection
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Size
of record collection
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Approximately 315m of general files and records for
730 schools are indexed
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Format of
records
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General files up to 1902, the majority of
Admission Registers and the Teachers Record of Service cards are on
microfilm. Material not microfilmed
will need to be requested for viewing in the State Records Office Search
Room.
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Information
in records
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The
following types of records may contain information of interest to people.
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Attendance Files - provide statistics on the
daily or weekly attendance or non-attendance of children at the school and
may give the names of children attending a particular school.
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Student Admission cards - record the name of
the student, the date of admission, the date of birth, the name and
occupation of parent/guardian and religious
denomination.
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Student Admission Registers - record the student's
name, the date of admission, the date of birth, residence, place of birth, the
school last attended, the standard last passed, the name of the
parent/guardian, the date of withdrawal from school, the reason for
withdrawal, the standard passed and to what school removed.
·
Punishment Books which are a record of
punishment (eg. reprimand, caning) meted out to students. They record the
name of the student, the date, the
amount and instrument of punishment, by whom administered and additional
remarks (Note: access restrictions
apply to punishment books). Staff
at the enquiry desk can provide additional information on the range of
education and school related records available from within the SRO
collection.
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Access
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The
majority of School records are on open access and may be viewed in our Search
Room. If restrictions do apply
permission to view the records must be requested from the Education Department
of Western Australia. For assistance
with accessing restricted records please consult with the staff of the State
Records Office.
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Location
of records
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State Records Office of Western Australia
Ground Floor, Alexander Library Building
James Street West Entrance
Perth Cultural Centre
Perth WA 6000
Telephone: (08) 9427
3360
Facsimile: (08) 9427
3368
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
Opening Hours: 9:30 –
4:30
Monday – Friday
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Note: These records
were correct at the time of printing in 2004, however, record collections are
continually being updated and increased.