History of the Jewish Community in Western Australia
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Interviews with Jewish Western Australians
Our community’s memories and experiences are precious, and should be preserved for future generations. JHGSWA has conducted interviews with senior members of our community, and the transcripts of those interviews are shared here with the kind permission of the interview subjects.
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Western Australian Jewish Resources
- Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society of WA Oral History Project (digital recordings & transcripts) State Library of Western Australia
- East Perth Jewish Cemetery
- Brisbane Street Synagogue: Focus of Jewish Life Vincent Local History Centre
- Unpromised Land: Proposal for a Jewish Settlement in the Kimberley State Library of New South Wales
- Antonovsky, Ari & Wendy Here from the Beginning: Jewish Community Life in Early Fremantle Fremantle Studies 6: 1-11
- Shilkin, Keith B Jewish Northbridge (2010) AJHS Journal 19, 4
- WHITHER PERTH JEWRY? (1984, June 28). The Australian Jewish Times (Sydney, NSW : 1953 – 1990), p. 13. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263268333
- Goldflam, L & Masel, S The Ladies of the Perth Hebrew Congregation (1992) AJHS Journal 11, 5
- Perth KehilaLinks JewishGen
- WA State Records Office (must order records in advance to view)
Australian Jewish Records and Reference
- Jewish-related records National Archives of Australia
- Jewish Museum of Australia
- Turnbull, Malcolm J Safe haven: records of the Jewish experience in Australia National Archives of Australia (1999)
- Australian Jewish Historical Society (includes burial, marriage, and other records relevant to the Western Australian Jewish community)
- Australian Jewish Community and Culture State Library of New South Wales
- Lamm Jewish Library of Australia
WA Jewish Convict Connections
- Jewish Convicts Family History WA Convict Database
- Stein’s Coffee Palace Museum of Perth