The series reflects and records much of the work carried out by the Office for the Good Neighbour Council in Western Australia, e.g. liaison with and submissions to State and Commonwealth Government departments, liaison with Good Neighbour Councils in other States, planning for special projects such as a seminars on mental health and employment, other issues relating to migrants such as interpreter services, community and migrant education, ethnic festivals, relief appeals, volunteer recruitment and training programme, research reports, maintaining contact with branches, zones, country representatives and affiliated organisations including membership approvals, development of ethnic and community resources.
The series also includes staff recruitment files and personal files of staff members.
The system of control is a two number multiple number system. There are several different coloured file covers, black, yellow, red, buff, blue etc. File numbers and titles are typed on labels on the bottom right hand corner (some of these have fallen of the files). There does not appear to be any associated indexes or registers in existence for the series.
The closing of the offices nationally, on 30 June 1979, was foreshadowed in the Minutes of the Council of 8 November 1978. The Executive Officer of the Council at the time of its disbanding continued to serve on the winding-down committee appointed by the Quarterly Meeting of 28 June 1979, in order to conclude the Council's business.