WAGS

Discover Your Roots

Have you ever wondered where your family came from – when they arrived in Australia or Western Australia? Where did they settle?

Here is your chance to discover more about your West Australian, Australian or worldwide family.

WAGS Western Australia Week Research Day at the State Library

3rd Floor, 25 Francis Street, Perth

Wednesday 7th June 2017 - 09:30am – 1:00pm

British Regiments of Foot in Australia

The Royal Marines served in the Colony between 1788 and 1790, after which the New South Wales Corps (Rum Corps) took over for the 20 years up to 1810.

After the New South Wales Corps were ousted in 1810 there were twenty four British Regiments that served in Australia between 1810 and 1870, two of those doing 2 tours. Of these there were nine regiments that served in Western Australia for varying lengths of time. This list does not include Enrolled Pensioner Guards as such.

WA is a BIG State

Genealogy and Family History is alive and well in Country WA. Western Australia covers 2.529 Million km² (976.8 sq mi). WA is the second largest country sub-division in the world. That is a lot of ground to cover for a volunteer organisation, but we do have some success in that space.

The Western Australian Genealogical Society (WAGS) has a diverse membership which includes about 8.5% of our members being resident in country WA.

WAGS Affiliated Societies are present in Albany, Australind, Busselton, Collie, Esperance, Geraldton, Mandurah and Rockingham and each has their own membership (see map below)