Blue Books are summaries of governmental activities and contain many
statistical records determined by the activities of the government and the
economy and as such can prove useful references for determining an historical
perspective at a given point in time. Given the lack of census records in
Australia, these publications can often provide similar records for government
employees.
This CD contains the following 'Blue Book' scompiled from official
returns in the Colonial Secretary’s Office
- Western Australia Blue Book for the year 1888
- Western Australia Blue Book for the year 1889
You can expect to find people named within their categories or government
departments including as follows:
- Legislative Council
- Government employees in alphabetical order
- Governor’s staff
- Colonial Secretary’s staff
- Executive Council staff
- Staff listed by government department
- Return of officers giving security for due discharge of duties
- Consuls
- School head teachers, members of Boards of Education and attendance
officers
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
