Curtin University of Technology
Perth, Western Australia

by Graham Seal
About the Archives
Activities and Initiatives
The Collections

The Collections

A small selection from the many hundreds of collections in the WA Folklore Archive:
  • WA Autograph Book Verses, 1940-1983
  • Perth Urban Legends
  • Folklore of Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Perth Graffiti
  • Brothel-lore
  • Folklore of Isolated Communities in Southwest and Northwest WA
  • Central Wheatbelt Farmlore
  • Greek Weddings
  • Group Settlement Lore
  • Surfing lore
  • Fremantle Blessing of the Fleet
  • Cemetery Lore
  • The Lore of Workplace Notice Boards
  • Women's Folklore and Mass Media
  • Droving Traditions of the Kimberleys,
    1948-1961
  • Wedge Island Traditions
  • Making Traditional Craypots
  • Kitchen Traditions
  • Lore of the WA Castellorizian Community
  • Northwest Trucking Lore
  • New Norcia Traditions
  • Folk Medicine
  • Midland Junction Workshops Lore
  • Drinking Games
  • The Folklore of Rockingham
  • The Folklore of Teachers
  • Superstitions in the Modern World
Family Picnic, Gardiner River (WA), 1925
Family Picnic, Gardiner River (WA), 1925
(WAFA: K. Sheahan. coll., 2001)