Original 1961 first edition of The Western Australian Legislature 1870–1930: Biographical Notes by noted Western Australian historian G. C. (Geoffrey) Bolton and Ann Mozley, published in Canberra by The Australian National University as No. 2 in the Australian Parliaments: Biographical Notes series. An important early reference work containing biographical entries for members of the Western Australian Legislature from 1870 to 1930, with details of occupations, birth and death, family background, religion, parliamentary and extra-parliamentary careers, together with appendices covering official members of the Legislative Council and Western Australian ministries from 1890–1930. Also includes diagrams and maps showing the development of political parties and electoral districts. A scarce and useful reference for collectors and researchers of Western Australian political history, Parliament, genealogy and biography, and an early publication by eminent WA historian Geoffrey Bolton.