York's rates books

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Landowners

These are York’s original rates books. They contain information about blocks of land, subdivision of land and home ownership. Rate books are extremely important research resources, and the information can assist with family history research, or for finding out the history of land use. The Centre is currently caretaking the rates books and digitising them for the Shire of York.

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York Society Research and Archival Centre

Researching the history of York

The York Society Research and Archival Centre is a small but impactful historical group. The collection contains newspapers, maps, rate books and shire records, amongst other archival material. There...

Address:

Cnr Ford Street and Avon Terrace
York WA 6302
Australia

Open Hours

Most Tuesday's 10am - 3pm, but check the website for most up to date details.

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