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Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA

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Created 04/09/2018

Updated 12/03/2025

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This dataset contains over 10,000 indexed records of obituaries found in Western Australian newspapers, newsletters and journals from the mid-1800s to early 2010s. The records were created by Library staff from the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) between 1997 and 2014.

Information captured includes: • the deceased’s name • year of birth and death • a title and summary of the obituary • the publication title and date it was printed in • the page number the obituary appears on

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Title Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/db361901-cdc8-43ca-80cc-df1415539de5
Contact Point
State Library of Western Australia
dataanddiscovery@slwa.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1838 - 31/12/2014
Geospatial Coverage http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=WA100146691
Data Portal data.gov.au

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/obituaries_slwa

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