Western Australia an official handbook

Western Australia an official handbook for The Information of Commercial Men, Migrants, and Tourists was a government publication that was produced by the government in the 1890s and 1920s in Western Australia.

1891/1892 edition^[1]^[2]
1900 edition, produced for the Paris Exposition^[3]^[4]^[5]
1912 edition^[6]^[7]^[8]
1925 edition^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

The contents were arranged:^[15]

Physical features and history
State's awakening
Western Australia today
Climate
Land and its characteristics
Growth of land settlement
Agriculture generally
Wheat farming
Dairying and allied industries
Fruit growing
Viticulture and wine-making
Pastoral
Forestry
Mining
Fish and fisheries
Pearls and pearlshell
Our great North-West
Secondary industries
Water conservation
Perth the capital city
Ports, Communication by land water and air
Education
Western Australia for the migrant
Tourist resorts
Aboriginals
Wildflowers

Similar titles in the same era included non governmental items with very close sounding items:

A handbook to Western Australia and its gold-fields : being a guide to the resources (agricultural, mineral and miscellaneous) of the colony, and a collection of hints to the intending immigrant^[16]

References[edit]

^ "NEW HANDBOOK WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The Daily News. Vol. XI, no. 6420. Western Australia. 16 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "NEW HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LI, no. 17, 470. Western Australia. 17 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Handbook of West Australia". The Southern Cross Miner. Vol. 1, no. 25. Western Australia. 28 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE PARIS EXHIBITION". Western Mail. Vol. XV, no. 747. Western Australia. 21 April 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE PARIS EXHIBITION". The West Australian. Vol. 16, no. 4, 404. Western Australia. 14 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "AN OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". Western Mail. Vol. XXVII, no. 1, 379. Western Australia. 1 June 1912. p. 42. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The West Australian. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8, 097. Western Australia. 14 March 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE HANDBOOK OF W.A." Daily Herald. Vol. 3, no. 782. South Australia. 11 September 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Western Australia (1925), An official handbook for the information of commercial men, migrants, and tourists, Simpson, Govt. Print, retrieved 9 October 2021
^ Western Australia (1925), Western Australia : an official handbook for the information of commercial men, migrants, and tourists, Government Printer, retrieved 9 October 2021
^ ""WESTERN AUSTRALIA"". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1450. Western Australia. 25 October 1925. p. 2 (First Section). Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "BOOKS IN BRIEF". The West Australian. Vol. XLI, no. 7, 309. Western Australia. 31 October 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "NOTES AND COMMENTS". The Daily News. Vol. XLIV, no. 15, 763. Western Australia. 31 October 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Compilation of the volume by L Ramsciott and J.S.Bridgman "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. Vol. XLI, no. 7, 310. Western Australia. 2 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ The description has the item as an unpublished manuscript - either a cataloguing error, or an unusual item Western Australia : an official handbook for the information of commercial men, migrants and tourists / compiled under the authority of the Government of Western Australia, Fred. Wm. Simpson, 1925, retrieved 10 October 2021
^ Parsons, Harold G (1894), A handbook to Western Australia and its gold-fields : being a guide to the resources (agricultural, mineral and miscellaneous) of the colony, and a collection of hints to the intending immigrant, George Robertson & Company, retrieved 9 October 2021

[1] "NEW HANDBOOK WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The Daily News. Vol. XI, no. 6420. Western Australia. 16 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "NEW HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LI, no. 17, 470. Western Australia. 17 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Handbook of West Australia". The Southern Cross Miner. Vol. 1, no. 25. Western Australia. 28 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "THE PARIS EXHIBITION". Western Mail. Vol. XV, no. 747. Western Australia. 21 April 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "THE PARIS EXHIBITION". The West Australian. Vol. 16, no. 4, 404. Western Australia. 14 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "AN OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". Western Mail. Vol. XXVII, no. 1, 379. Western Australia. 1 June 1912. p. 42. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "THE HANDBOOK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The West Australian. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8, 097. Western Australia. 14 March 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "THE HANDBOOK OF W.A." Daily Herald. Vol. 3, no. 782. South Australia. 11 September 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[9] Western Australia (1925), An official handbook for the information of commercial men, migrants, and tourists, Simpson, Govt. Print, retrieved 9 October 2021

[10] Western Australia (1925), Western Australia : an official handbook for the information of commercial men, migrants, and tourists, Government Printer, retrieved 9 October 2021

[11] ""WESTERN AUSTRALIA"". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1450. Western Australia. 25 October 1925. p. 2 (First Section). Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[12] "BOOKS IN BRIEF". The West Australian. Vol. XLI, no. 7, 309. Western Australia. 31 October 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[13] "NOTES AND COMMENTS". The Daily News. Vol. XLIV, no. 15, 763. Western Australia. 31 October 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[14] Compilation of the volume by L Ramsciott and J.S.Bridgman "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. Vol. XLI, no. 7, 310. Western Australia. 2 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[15] The description has the item as an unpublished manuscript - either a cataloguing error, or an unusual item Western Australia : an official handbook for the information of commercial men, migrants and tourists / compiled under the authority of the Government of Western Australia, Fred. Wm. Simpson, 1925, retrieved 10 October 2021

[16] Parsons, Harold G (1894), A handbook to Western Australia and its gold-fields : being a guide to the resources (agricultural, mineral and miscellaneous) of the colony, and a collection of hints to the intending immigrant, George Robertson & Company, retrieved 9 October 2021

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