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State Library of Western Australia open data
State Library of Western Australia lists 35 datasets on catalogue.data.wa.gov.au and data.gov.au. 35 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.
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35 datasetsThese are the datasets State Library of Western Australia lists on catalogue.data.wa.gov.au and data.gov.au. A vote asks us to serialise one. Only the licence can stop us, so a dataset without an open licence cannot take a vote.
| Dataset | Formats | Licence | Updated | Votes |
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| Bird Songs OnlineJohn Hutchinson was an ornithologist and a birdcall recordist. This dataset includes all the bibliographic records for the digitised and available online bird song recordings in the SLWA catalogue. The records include links to the online recordings. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| State Library of Western Australia digital photographic collection50,000 digital photographs in which copyright has expired with bibliographic data and links to persistent URL of the digital image. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, ZIP | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Richard Woldendorp Collection of PhotographsA large collection of photographs taken by photographer, Richard Woldendorp, including a wide variety of images of people, buildings, places, industries, sport and entertainment in Western Australia.The photographs were taken between 1958 - 2006. The images can be accessed via… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, XLSX | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-05-01 | |
| State Library of Western Australia: WA Theatre EphemeraThese datasets contain bibliographic records and some persistent URLs for posters and programs of WA Theatre productions and company ephemera; as well as out of copyright photographs of theatre and picture venues, events, people and places connected to the theatre sector held… | CSV, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-05-01 | |
| Adopt a SoldierA collection of more than 700 photographs of World War I soldiers was digitised in 1999 as part of the Adopt-A-Soldier project. We're delighted to announce that this set was recently used in GovHack 2016 for the iHero Application entry… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Bird songs onlineJohn Hutchinson was an ornithologist and a birdcall recordist. This dataset includes all the bibliographic records for the digitised and available online bird song recordings in the SLWA catalogue. The records include links to the online recordings. More information about the… | CSV, MODSXML, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Digital Photographic Collection50,000 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… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, ZIP | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| In Memoriam CardsCollection of "In Memoriam" cards with photographs of West Australians killed during the First World War, with brief biographical notes. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Krantz & Sheldon Architectural imagesBibliographic data and links to persistent URL of digital object for the Krantz & Sheldon Architectural images. Approximately 1000. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, ZIP | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Lands and Surveys Historic Map SeriesBibliographic 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. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, ZIP | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Newspaper Titles at State Library of WANearly 900 Western Australian newspaper titles are held by the State Library. These range from the manuscript newspapers of the early 1830s up to currently published titles. Selected Western Australian newspaper titles are available digitally through Trove, a service provided by… | CSV | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Obituaries indexed by State Library of WAThis dataset contains over 10,000 indexed records of obituaries found in Western Australian newspapers, newsletters and journals from the mid-1800s to early 2010s. The records were created by Library staff from the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) between 1997 and 2014… | CSV, DOCX, XLSX | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| SLWA Commonwealth Games photographsPhotographs from the SLWA collection featuring the Commonwealth Games. Most if not all of the photographs are from the 1962 games held in Western Australia. Photographs include opening and closing ceremonies, athletes receiving medals and action shots from the event. The… | CSV, XML | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985This dataset contains bibliographic records and persistent URLs for the digitised maps held within the State Library of Western Australia’s map collection, including cadastral and town-site maps across the state of Western Australia. The maps range from the early 1840s to the… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| WA Public LibrariesInformation about WA public libraries including: name, street and postal address, phone number, latitude, longitude and elevation from sea level. | CSV, GEOJSON, KML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| WABI Subset: Eastern GoldfieldsThis index has been compiled by Mrs T. Thompson of Kalgoorlie from the following cemeteries and cemetery records: Old Boulder - Anglican Section of the Cemetery Board Register 224 names Headstones all denominations 41 names Roman Catholic 189 names Baptist 12 names Presbyterian… | CSV | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| WABI subset: PoliceThis index was compiled by Miss Mollie Bentley from various records she has used relating to the police. These include: Almanac listings, Colonial Secretary's Office Records, Police Gazettes, various police department occurrence books and letter books, police journals… | CSV | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| WABI subset: York1859 York district Census. Entry is by name of person, Place of occupation, age, religion, occupation, literacy, arrival ship and date. Details of marriage, wife and children and employer are given. The Western Australian Biographical Index (WABI) is a highly used resource at… | CSV | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Western Australian Biographical Index (WABI)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… | CSV, DOCX, ZIP | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| WWI Centenary ProjectTo mark the centenary of World War I, the State Library is in the process of digitising material relating to this conflict. Items include photographs, books, letters, diaries, greeting cards and more. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2022-05-25 | |
| Adopt a soldierA collection of more than 700 photographs of World War I soldiers was digitised in 1999 as part of the Adopt-A-Soldier project. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| In Memoriam CardsCollection of "In Memoriam" cards with photographs of West Australians killed during the First World War, with brief biographical notes. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| Krantz & Sheldon Architectural imagesBibliographic data and links to persistent URL of digital object for the Krantz & Sheldon Architectural images. Approximately 1000. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, ZIP | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| Lands & Surveys Historic Map Series Western AustraliaBibliographic 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. | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, ZIP | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| Obituaries indexed by State Library of WAThis dataset contains over 10,000 indexed records of obituaries found in Western Australian newspapers, newsletters and journals from the mid-1800s to early 2010s. The records were created by Library staff from the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) between 1997 and 2014… | CSV, DOCX, XLSX | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| Richard Woldendorp Collection of PhotographsA large collection of photographs taken by photographer, Richard Woldendorp, including a wide variety of images of people, buildings, places, industries, sport and entertainment in Western Australia.The photographs were taken between 1958 - 2006. The images can be accessed via… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML, XLSX | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| SLWA Commonwealth Games photographsPhotographs from the SLWA collection featuring the Commonwealth Games. Most if not all of the photographs are from the 1962 games held in Western Australia. Photographs include opening and closing ceremonies, athletes receiving medals and action shots from the event. The… | CSV, MARCXML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985This dataset contains bibliographic records and persistent URLs for the digitised maps held within the State Library of Western Australia’s map collection, including cadastral and town-site maps across the state of Western Australia. The maps range from the early 1840s to the… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| State Library of Western Australia: WA Theatre EphemeraThese datasets contain bibliographic records and some persistent URLs for posters and programs of WA Theatre productions and company ephemera; as well as out of copyright photographs of theatre and picture venues, events, people and places connected to the theatre sector held… | CSV, XML | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| WABI subset: Eastern GoldfieldsThis index has been compiled by Mrs T. Thompson of Kalgoorlie from the following cemeteries and cemetery records: Old Boulder - Anglican Section of the Cemetery Board Register 224 names Headstones all denominations 41 names Roman Catholic 189 names Baptist 12 names Presbyterian… | CSV | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| WABI Subset: PoliceThis index was compiled by Miss Mollie Bentley from various records she has used relating to the police. These include: Almanac listings, Colonial Secretary's Office Records, Police Gazettes, various police department occurrence books and letter books, police journals… | CSV | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| WABI subset: York1859 York district Census. Entry is by name of person, Place of occupation, age, religion, occupation, literacy, arrival ship and date. Details of marriage, wife and children and employer are given. The Western Australian Biographical Index (WABI) is a highly used resource at… | CSV | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| Western Australian Biographical Index (WABI)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… | CSV, DOCX, ZIP | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| Western Australian Newspapers 1830 -Nearly 900 Western Australian newspaper titles are held by the State Library. These range from the manuscript newspapers of the early 1830s up to currently published titles. Selected Western Australian newspaper titles are available digitally through Trove, a service provided by… | CSV | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 | |
| WWI Centenary ProjectTo mark the centenary of World War I, the State Library is in the process of digitising material relating to this conflict. Items include photographs, books, letters, diaries, greeting cards and more. Replaced in July 2016 - more new digitised materials from the WWI Centenary… | CSV, MARCXML, MODSXML | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-04-07 |
Listed from the portals' own catalogues, read 28 September 2026. State Library of Western Australia has not endorsed this site. Every dataset here keeps its publisher's licence and attribution. catalogue.json has this list as data.