Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA

This 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. Information captured includes: • the deceased’s name • year of birth and death • a title and summary of the obituary • the publication title and date it was printed in • the page number the obituary appears on本数据集收录了19世纪中期至2010年代初期间，西澳大利亚州报纸、通讯及期刊中刊载的逾1万条已索引讣告记录。这些记录由西澳大利亚州立图书馆（State Library of Western Australia, SLWA）的馆员于1997年至2014年间整理编制。所收录的信息涵盖： • 逝者姓名 • 出生与逝世年份 • 讣告标题及内容摘要 • 刊载出版物名称与印刷日期 • 讣告所在版面页码