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Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA

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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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Data Status active
Update Frequency never
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/db361901-cdc8-43ca-80cc-df1415539de5
Date Published 2018-09-04
Date Updated 2022-04-07
Contact Point
State Library of Western Australia
last@slwa.wa.gov.au
Temporal Coverage 1838-01-01 00:00:00 - 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Geospatial Coverage http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=WA100146691
Jurisdiction Western Australian Government
Data Portal data.gov.au
Publisher/Agency State Library of Western Australia