Events
Geoffrey Bolton Lecture 2009
On Tuesday evening 10 November 2009, at the Government House Ballroom, St George’s Terrace, Perth, the Chief Scientist of Western Australia Professor Lyn Beazley AO delivered the Geoffrey Bolton Lecture on the topic The Evolution of Scientific Records and Challenges in the Digital Universe.
For more details about this event please see the Geoffrey Bolton Lecture webpage.
The State Records Office of Western Australia and Fremantle Prison invite you to a second special evening event to mark the 100th anniversary of the execution of Martha Rendell, the last woman hanged in Western Australia. The 6 October event is now fully booked and Professor Anna Haebich has kindly agreed to repeat her talk at the Fremantle Prison on 8 October at 6pm. To secure your place at this free event please email curatorial@fremantleprison.com.au by 30 September 2009. A tour of the gallows will occur at the conclusion of Anna Haebich’s talk. For further details see the flyer attached.
Lunchtime Seminars for 2009
The State Records Office of Western Australia invites you to the 2009 series of State Records Office Lunchtime seminars. Featuring a variety of topics, these seminars are designed to inform researchers about the State Records Office, its functions and the collections it houses. It also provides researchers with an opportunity to meet fellow researchers, learn about members of staff, and provides a forum for questions and discussions in a relaxed and friendly environment. Attendees are encouraged to bring their sandwiches and drinks to the Seminars. Tea and Coffee are provided.
Proposed dates, presenters, topics and venues for 2009 are:
Wed 18 February - Speaker: David Hutchison - Topic: ‘Many Years a Thief’ – the story of John Gavin, the 15 year old boy who became the first European legally executed in Western Australia.
Venue: Southwest Room, Ground Floor, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre
Tues 7 April – Speaker: Gerard Foley - Topic: Before Siam - Anna Leonowens in Western Australia.
Venue: Great Southern Room, 4th floor Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre.
Wed 3 June - Speaker: Tom Reynolds, – Topic: Business regulation in WA, 1858 – 1990 Companies Office records in the State archives collection.
Venue: Southwest Room, Ground Floor, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre.
Tues 7 July – Speakers/Authors: Chris Owen, David Raftery, Denise Cook, Brendan Moore from the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council - Topic: Archives and the Indigenous experience in the South West.
Venue: Great Southern Room, 4th floor Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre.
The presentation papers of Owen, Raftery and Cook are supplied for reference.
Tues 6 Oct – The Story of Martha Rendell - the planned Lunchtime Seminar for this day has transformed into a special evening event.
Wed 18 Nov – Speaker: Andrew Gill - Topic: Petitions and politics in mid 19th century Western Australia.
Venue: Great Southern Room, 4th floor Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre.
When: Lunchtimes 12.30 – 1.30
Bookings for Lunchtime Seminars at the Search Room Desk or on 9427 3360
Margaret Medcalf Award 2009
Isla Macphail is the winner of the Margaret Medcalf Award for 2009 for her book Highest Privilege and Bounden Duty: A study of Western Australian parliamentary elections 1829-1901, published in 2008 by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. The announcement was made by Ms Justine McDermott, Manager: Archives and Records Management Services at the University of Western Australia and State Records Commissioner, on 20 May 2008. Ms Macphail received her prize of $1,000 from Margaret Medcalf.
