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Agency No. 771
Agency Title  STATE SHIPPING SERVICE
Start Date  1 Jan 1919
End Date  1 Jan 1979
Category  Department
Creating Legislation  WA Coastal Shipping Commission Act, 1965 (from 15/11/1965).
Agency Description  The State Shipping Service was established following a change in name from the State Steamships Service in 1919. With the passing of the WA Coastal Shipping Commission Act in 1965, a Commission consisting of three persons was established to control intra-state and overseas shipping.

The Coastal Shipping Commission continued to trade as the State Shipping Service until 1979 when the annual report of the Commission refers to the Commission "trading as Stateships" for the first time.

 
Preceding Agencies 
770 STATE STEAMSHIPS SERVICE 4 May 1912 ~ 31 Dec 1918   Detail
 
Succeeding Agencies 
772 STATESHIPS 1 Jan 1979 ~   Detail
 
Superior Agencies 
798 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COASTAL SHIPPING COMMISSION 15 Nov 1965 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
 
Subordinate Agencies 
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Functions exercised by this agency 
11 INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS 1 Jan 1919 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
 
Record series created by this agency 
1670 SHIPS' MANIFESTS 16 Nov 1935 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
1671 PASSENGER WAYBILLS 16 Nov 1935 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
1720 CORRESPONDENCE FILES - SHIPS 1 Jan 1919 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
1721 CORRESPONDENCE FILES 1 Jan 1923 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
1728 FILES - MV KOOLAMA 1 Jan 1938 ~ 1 Jan 1979   Detail
1729 FILES - MV KYBRA 1 Jan 1920 ~ 31 Dec 1942   Detail
1730 FILES - SS CHUNKING 1 Jan 1942 ~ 31 Dec 1946   Detail
1731 EARNINGS BOOKS 1 Jan 1927 ~ 31 Dec 1952   Detail
1734 TRANSHIPMENT BOOKS 1 Jan 1929 ~ 31 Dec 1940   Detail
1735 DAMAGED CARGO RECORDS 1 Jan 1946 ~ 31 Dec 1946   Detail
1736 SCHEDULES OF FREIGHTS AND PASSAGES 1 Jan 1925 ~ 31 Dec 1949   Detail
1737 MANAGER'S PERSONAL PAPERS 1 Jan 1919 ~ 31 Dec 1934   Detail
1738 RECORDS - VARIOUS 1 Jan 1919 ~ 31 Dec 1963   Detail
1739 FILES - UNREGISTERED 1 Jan 1924 ~ 31 Dec 1971   Detail
1740 LOG BOOKS 1 Jan 1919 ~ 31 Dec 1942   Detail
 

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