Cyclopedia of Western Australia

The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, edited by James Battye, was the pre-eminent written summary of Western Australia's development and context prior to World War I.

Frontispiece of Volume 1

Review of progress

It was created at a time that saw progress, and was subtitled:

An historical and commercial review
Descriptive and biographical facts figures and illustrations

An Epitome of Progress

Contemporary reviews before and after publication reflected this sense.[1][2][3] A similar review of the state of Western Australia would appear in publications at the centenary of the state in 1929.[4]

Publication details

Several editions have been produced.

  • Battye, J.S. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia : an historical and commercial review : descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress Adelaide: Printed and published for the Cyclopedia Company by Hussey & Gillingham, 1912. 2 volumes - . (xv, 775; xv, 1025 )
  • Illustrated edition (1912-1913) - same details as above.
  • Facsimile edition: (1985) The Cyclopedia of Western Australia : an historical and commercial review : descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress Carlisle, W.A : Hesperian Press. ISBN 0-85905-072-6 (set) ISBN 0-85905-074-2 (vol. 2) ISBN 0-85905-073-4 (vol. 1)
  • Online edition. The following summary is from the State Library of Western Australia online catalogue: "The Cyclopedias that were published for most states of Australia around the beginning of the 20th Century are a vast resource of historical and biographical information on the state concerned - the people, towns, industries, professional, commercial and social institutions and much more."

Content
Volume 1

Aborigines,[5] Agriculture, Biographies, Commerce and Industry, Fauna and Flora, Geology, Government, History of Western Australia, Immigration, Tourism, Lands department, Medical, Fremantle, Perth, Police, The Press, Public services, Railways, Trans-Australian Railway, Shipping, Suburban Municipalities, Telegraph and Telephone, Trade and Customs, Woods and Forests.

Volume 2

Agriculture, Churches and Ecclesiastical, Caves of WA, Mining, Hospitals, Schools and Education, Country Districts, Cities and suburbs, Dairying, Farming, Institutions, Explorers and exploration, Political parties, Pearling, Biographical index, Sporting and recreation.

See also

Notes
  1. "EXTRACT FROM THE CYCLOPEDIA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The Sun (644). Western Australia. 18 June 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "CYCLOPEDIA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The West Australian. XXVII (7, 850). Western Australia. 29 May 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "THE CYCLOPEDIA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA". Truth (412). Western Australia. 27 May 1911. p. 10 (CITY EDITION). Retrieved 15 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "THE CENTENARY BOOK". The West Australian. XLV (8, 467). Western Australia. 9 August 1929. p. 26. Retrieved 15 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Garrick, Phyl (December 1984), "Two historians and the Aborigines: Kimberly and Battye [Paper in: Reece, Bob and Stannage, Tom (eds). European-Aboriginal Relations in Western Australian History]", Studies in Western Australian History (8): 111–130, ISSN 0314-7525

Further reading
  • Review of the Cyclopedia on the occasion of the facsimile production in 1985 - The West Australian, 17 August 1985, p. 38-39
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