Description of series:
Correspondence files and records developed by former Department of Shipping and Transport containing subjects relating to ships, shipping and crews, beacons, lights, lighthouses and other
navigational aids, marine accidencs, incidents and inquiries into arising therefrom.  Administrative and technical matters falling within the powers and authority of legislations administered in Western Australia as defined and listed in Australian Government  Gazette, No 131, 20 December 1972.
 
Administrative information
 
The following data was keyed from the paper documentation:
Form number:              CA 17
Creating department:      Transport, Western Australian Region
Transferring department:  Transport, Western Australian Region,
                          Registry
Date of transfer:         01/12/1973
Archives file number:     RWP47/1/1