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Censuses

BERRYMAN, Ian
A Colony detailed: the first census of Western Australia.
Perth: Creative Research, 1979. [312.09941 BER]
A detailed analysis of the 1832 census, giving a numerical listing, an alphabetical listing and notes on the people therein.

Census of Western Australia 1832.
Copy made in 1979. Original in Colonial Office records C0 18, piece 10, pp 112-156. [312.09941 GRE]
Lists inhabitants of the Colony at that date and gives age, marital status, place of birth, where residing and occupation (see also Ian Berryman's A Colony detailed ).

Census of Western Australia 1837.
Perth: Library Board of Western Australia, 1974.
Original in Colonial Secretary's Office records, Acc 36, vol 58. [312.09941 GRE]
Lists inhabitants of the Colony at that date and includes personal information and details of property owned.