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Support our major fund raiser the 2025 Art & Craft Awards.

Visit us at the York Archives Tuesdays 10am - 3pm and meet our team of enthusiastic volunteers who can help you with your research and family history questions.
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Location: ​Sandalwood Yards
Corner Avon Terrace and Ford Street
York WA 6302
​Email: [email protected]
Facebook: York Families & Footprints
Instagram: @yorksocietyevents
Phone: 0401098170
Tuesday 10am - 3pm only
Direct deposit details:
Account: The York Society, Inc.
Bank: Bendigo Bank, York
BSB: 633000
​Acc: 162456347
ABN: 96 981 698 403
(Not registered for GST)
COVID Policy
Please feel free to wear a mask when visiting.
Hand sanitiser is available for your safety.
Constitution of the York Society  (click to download)

2025 AGM- at our recent AGM the following members were elected to our executive and committee
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President: Jackie Phillips
Vice President: Jan George
Treasurer: Margaret Lockyear
Secretary: Leonie Hopwood
Committee Members
Liz Christmas
Lyn Gleeson
Larry Lockyear
Ian Phillips
Cherie Wallace
​Monique Hutchinson
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Archives and Local History Library

Open Tuesdays 10am to 3pm or by appointment.
Weekend appointments are available with reasonable advance notification.
​Our team of enthusiastic volunteers will research your request at an hourly rate of A$25 per hour.

Quick Search - A$25
(grave position, burial/death dates or similar)
Building or place research - A$50
(shire rates books/municipal index report)
Detailed Family Information Search- A$80
(BDM/Trove/Archive records/Ancestry/Undertakers records/Military Records/Convict records etc)