State Records Office of Western Australia

Ensuring permanent accessibility to the essential evidence of the business of government in Western Australia.
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Announcements

Catherine Fletcher - Chair of SRC, Shino Konishi - Award Winner, Margaret Medcalf
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Winner of the 2023 Margaret Medcalf Award Announced

The winner of the 2023 Margaret Medcalf Award is 'The Lives and Legacies of a Carceral Island: a Biographical History of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island', a book by Ann Curthoys, Shino Konishi and Alexandra Ludewig.
SRC Annual Report 2022-23
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State Records Commission Annual Report 2022 - 2023

The 22nd Annual Report of the State Records Commission has been tabled in the Parliament of Western Australia and is now available for download.
1992 State Cabinet Papers
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Online Guide to digitised 1992 State Cabinet Records released

To mark the International Day for Universal Access to Information, State Cabinet records from 1992 are now available online through the State Records Office of WA.
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Search the State Archives Collection

The Online Catalogue of the SRO provides access to the State Archives Collection
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What we do

Established under the State Records Act 2000, the State Records Office is part of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and supports the State Records Commission in its statutory role under the Act.

By supporting our public sector colleagues in WA we seek to achieve a secure and discoverable record of government that is valued by our community and used to create a legacy for current and future generations of Western Australians.

Publications

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Ministerial reporting

Minister David Templeman

Hon David Templeman Dip Tchg BEd MLA

Minister for Culture and the Arts; Sport and Recreation; International Education; Heritage

Contact

Make a Freedom of Information request

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1992, the State Records Office has prepared a FOI Information Statement. This contains details of the types of information held by the State Records Office and the State Records Commission and how it can be accessed.