| 949 |
Western Australian Biographical Index (WABI) |
State Library of Western Australia |
Author Not Specified |
2016-07-28T05:59:15.171170 |
2022-05-25T18:46:13.320421 |
The Western Australian Biographical Index (WABI) is a highly used resource at the State Library of Western Australia. A recent generous contribution by the Friends of Battye Library (FOBS) has enabled SLWA to have the original handwritten index cards scanned and later transcribed.
The dataset contains: several csv files with data describing card number, card text and url link to image of the original handwritten card.
The transcription was crowd-sourced and we are aware that there are some data quality issues including:
* Some cards are missing
* Transcripts are crowdsourced so may contain spelling errors and possibly missing information
* Some cards are crossed out. Some of these are included in the collection and some are not
* Some of the cards contain relevant information on the back (usually children of the person mentioned). This info should be on the next consecutive card
* As the information is an index, collected in the 1970s from print material, it is incomplete. It is also unreferenced.
It is still a very valuable dataset as it contains a wealth of information about
early settlers in Western Australia. It is of particular interest to genealogists and historians
Work began on WABI in the early 1970s when information was sought on people who lived in Western Australian prior to 1914. Publicity was sent out through local libraries, historical groups and in publication such as the West Australian. Western Australians were asked to provide genealogical information, not only on prominent identities, but also from their family records including the arrival in Western Australia, occupations, dates of birth, marriages and deaths of their ancestors. Historical material such as diaries, letters, business records, minute books, maps, family trees and photographs, were also sought for copying. Entries for the index closed in December 1979, and were filed at the Battye Library for reference.
We were recently delighted to discover that the WA Genealogical Society has made use of this dataset. You can view their use here: http://membership.wags.org.au/members-data/public-data/wabi-wa-biographical-index. |
data.wa.gov.au |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/6c026ce8-8a18-4920-a7e2-f1719e0d8c47 |
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WABI A-Z Zipped |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/6c026ce8-8a18-4920-a7e2-f1719e0d8c47/resource/03fca146-01e3-472b-a6f9-30ff5c0cdb45/download/wabi-a-z-zipped.zip |
ZIP |
All the WABI indexes A-Z zipped into one file. The data is contained within csv files and has 3 columns: card number, transcribed data and url to image of original card. |
2016-07-28T06:01:31.009604 |
2019-10-24T06:25:13.885196 |
6139449.0 |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| 985 |
Digital Photographic Collection |
State Library of Western Australia |
Author Not Specified |
2016-07-25T03:53:22.224986 |
2022-05-25T18:46:16.346659 |
50,000 digital photographs in which copyright has expired with bibliographic data and links to persistent URL of the digital image from the State Library of Western Australia Catalogue.
We're delighted to announce this dataset was used in the prize winning GovHack 2016 competition entry, Colourful Past. https://2016.hackerspace.govhack.org/content/colourful-past
The team summarized their entry thus: Colourful Past aims to create an immediate and lasting connection to our shared past, by giving you a channel to browse recorded in library or archive imagery. You’ll be directed to a set of monochrome or faded photos with a click your sense can feast on an enhanced colour version. |
data.wa.gov.au |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/7faa2336-7601-447c-91b0-4b771ee26b6f |
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SLWA pictorial (zipped dublin core) |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/7faa2336-7601-447c-91b0-4b771ee26b6f/resource/7e59adde-931b-4992-a9b9-756dc925ff7c/download/slwapictorial.zip |
ZIP |
Inside this zipped file, you will find two objects, the first is a folder with all the individual records(labeled by SLWA's unique bibliographic record number) described in Dublin Core and output as xml. The other object is a single list of all the records described in Dublin Core and output as xml.
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2016-07-25T04:00:44.760849 |
2016-07-25T04:00:44.715133 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| 998 |
Krantz & Sheldon Architectural images |
State Library of Western Australia |
Author Not Specified |
2016-07-25T04:08:00.645899 |
2022-05-25T18:46:17.979308 |
Bibliographic data and links to persistent URL of digital object for the Krantz & Sheldon Architectural images. Approximately 1000. |
data.wa.gov.au |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/1cf612f0-3245-427a-aa92-e78ef79b1ea6 |
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Krantz and Sheldon (Zipped) |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/1cf612f0-3245-427a-aa92-e78ef79b1ea6/resource/d301a1de-59fb-41c6-9520-5127e0b1380c/download/krantzsheldon.zip |
ZIP |
Inside this zipped file, you will find two objects, the first is a folder with all the individual records (labeled by SLWA's unique bibliographic record number) described in Dublin Core and output as xml.
The other object is a single list of all the records described in Dublin Core and output as xml.
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2016-07-25T04:09:27.386314 |
2016-07-25T04:09:27.345737 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| 1002 |
Lands and Surveys Historic Map Series |
State Library of Western Australia |
Author Not Specified |
2016-07-25T05:29:13.333781 |
2022-05-25T18:46:18.951344 |
Bibliographic data and links to persistent URL of Lands & Surveys Western Australian Historic Map Series of the 1880-1890s, showing State Land Divisions, pastoral leases with number, lessee, area, boundary length, location numbers, tracks, roads and their gazettal date. |
data.wa.gov.au |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/72c0f3f4-64c6-43da-afb8-0aa64dd71c90 |
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Historic maps 1880-90 (Zipped) |
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/72c0f3f4-64c6-43da-afb8-0aa64dd71c90/resource/77546446-4b76-4aea-b04f-922d913614e3/download/historicalmaps.zip |
ZIP |
Inside this zipped file, you will find two objects, the first is a folder with all the individual maps (labeled by SLWA's unique bibliographic record number) described in Dublin Core and output as xml.
The other object is a single list of all the maps described in Dublin Core and output as xml.
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2016-07-25T05:30:53.584039 |
2016-07-25T05:30:53.521345 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |