The aim of the Western Australian Special Interest Group is to conduct meetings for members of the Society who have an interest in Western Australian Family History that is not covered by other WAGS Special Interest Groups.

The group has been set up to give family historians the opportunity to share and increase their knowledge on the many other areas of Western Australian history that other groups do not cover.

Those immigrants who were 10 pound poms, group settlers, child migrants, or who arrived during the gold rush or after the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

The group will be looking into those specialised areas of Western Australia history such as Aboriginals, Chinese or European descent, those ancestors who may have lived in Orphanages, spent time in Asylums or Hospitals, records on Navy, Army, Air Force personnel, Police, Nurses or Teachers.

Join the Western Australian Special Interest Group

To join the Western Australian Special Interest Group you must be a financial member of the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. or the Affiliated Organisations.

Our interests cover all areas of Western Australian history from 1839 to current, excluding Convicts and Enrolled Pensioner Guards.

Membership is Free, if you wish to join the group please come to our next meeting or email wasig@wags.org.au to receive updates and newsletters.

The group meets quarterly on the second Saturday of March, June, September and December at 2pm, following on from the Computer Special Interest Group. Meeting place is WAGS, Unit 4/48 May Street, Bayswater.

Contact the Convenor: Lorraine Clarke
Email: WASIG Convenor

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Contacts

Convenor            Lorraine Clarke

Email:                 SIGS Contacts - WASIG Convenor

Secretary            Vacant
Treasurer            Cherie Strickland
Committee          Del Arndt, Bevan Carter, Shirley Babis, Carole Lee

WASIG Meeting Dates 2017 - 9.30-12 noon (Please note new time)

25 March – AGM - and guest speaker - Trevor Tough from Outback Graves will inform us about their project - To record details and tell the stories of the inhabitants of these graves and recordd them on an internet based database as well as produce and install permanent aluminium marker plaques on outback graves that are in poor condition. www.outbackgraves.org

1 July – Workshop on WA research

22 July –Talk on Irish Bride Ship Girls

7 October –

WAGS Event Calendar

25th March 2017 at 9.30 - Irish Bride Ship Girls Project - co presented with Jenni Ibrahim - Irish Special Interest Group

Project

Bride Ships Girls

Do you have a Bride Ships Girl

Did She arrive on the Palastine?

We are compiling information on these girls