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C-BERSS EX-PRESS
September 2004
Issue 2, Vol 7
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All Newsletters : September 2004 : "Welcome Walls" to Record Western Australia's Migrant Heritage
"Welcome Walls" to Record Western Australia's Migrant Heritage
A new attraction at the WA Maritime Museum will honour migrants who arrived in Australia via the Port of Fremantle.
The Welcome Walls, which are currently under construction, will border the outdoor gallery that greets visitors to the museum. They will feature the names of those migrants (including child migrants) who entered Australia through its western gateway whose details have been registered with the museum for listing.
The cost of the engraved listing, which will include the migrant’s name, year of arrival and ship of passage, is $66. A framed commemorative certificate will also be issued (at an additional cost).
Individuals whose names are listed on the Welcome Walls will also be included in the Passages historical computer database, with scope to include additional family history. The database will be able to be accessed via a terminal in the Maritime Museum. A Welcome Walls website is also being established which, as reported by the museum, will be “accessible to friends and families around the world”.
Registrations for listing can be lodged personally or on behalf of a family member or ancestor. So that names can be inscribed in time for the official launch by the Premier in December, registrations must be received before 4 October 2004. Registrations received after this time will appear on the walls in early 2005.
Call 1300 858 438 for a brochure or visit www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime.
And... for any who may be interested in doing a bit of web-based research on their own behalf, the Welcome Walls link on the Maritime Museum’s web-site also includes links to other sites that provide information on official records held on Child Migration Schemes, in particular, the State Records Office of WA www.sro.wa.gov.au and the National Archives of Australia www.naa.gov.au.
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