Management and funding
Management
The Society is managed by an elected Council whose Chairman is elected annually. The President is elected annually for a maximum of three terms.
Community Officer
Mrs Lesley Burnett phone (08) 9386 3841 email admin@histwest.org.au
Council (2018-2019)
President and Chair of Council
Dr Steve Errington PhD MRSC FRACIJP
Immediate Past President
Hon. Robert Nicholson AO KCSJ FAAL BA LLB MA LLM HonLLD
Vice-President
Mrs Sally Anne Hasluck OAM
Vice-President
Ms Lennie McCall AM AALIA AFAIM ARMAA AASA FRWAHS FFAHS
Vice-Chairperson of Council and Treasurer
Mrs Lorraine Clarke
Assistant Treasurer
Mr Nick Drew
Councillors
Dr Fiona Bush MBEnv PhD AICOMOS OAM
Mr Nick Drew
Dr Helen Henderson AM, FRWAHS
Ms Fiona Keating
Dr Lenore Layman PhD
Mrs Wendy Lugg (Honorary Artist in Resident)
Mrs Jan McCahon Marshall (Minute Secretary)
Dr Pamela Statham Drew PhD FRWAHS
Mr Daniel Ranshaw (Observer)
Lorraine Tholet BE and President of the RWAHS Auxiliary
Honorary Office Bearers
Hon. Architect
Maria Gillman
BOS Architects
Hon. Auditor
Hon. Solicitor
Mr Denis McLeod BA LLB
Officers of RWAHS
Community Officer
Mrs Lesley Burnett
Accounts Officer
Glenis Giblett
Bookshop Officer
Vacant
Editor - History West
Dr Lenore Layman
Editors - Early Days
Dr Pamela Statham Drew
Mr Ian Berryman
Mrs Jennie Carter
Recent Past Presidents
- Hon. Robert Nicholson AO KCSJ FAAL BA LLB MA LLM HonLLD
- Ms Sally Anne Hasluck OAM
- Dr Lenore Layman PhD
- Hon. Robert Nicholson AO KCSJ FAAL BA LLB MA LLM HonLLD
- Emeritus Professor Reginald Appleyard AM, MA, PhD, FASSA.
- Rt. Hon. Reg Withers LL.B
- Rt Hon. Sir William Heseltine GCB, GCVO, AC, QSO
- Dr Geoffrey D R Lilburne MB, BS, FRACOG, FRCOG
- Mr Clement Mulcahy MPhil, BA Hons, DipEd
- Miss Margaret Medcalf OAM, BA, DipEd, FLAA, FFAHS, FRWAHS
- Mr Ronald Bodycoat AM, LFRAIA
- Professor Geoffrey C Bolton AO, MA, DPhil., PhD, FRHS, FASSA, FAHA, FRWAHS
- The Hon. Sir Francis Burt AC, KCMG, QC
Funding
The work of the Society is funded from membership subscriptions, general fundraising, donations, bequests, sponsorship and special purpose grants.
Donations to the Royal Western Australian Historical Society Inc. Library and Museum Fund are tax-deductible.
An individual, company or organisation may also become a major sponsor or establish an endowment/trust/bequest fund to recognise family links to Western Australian history.

Photo Wendy Lugg, 2014, Copyright RWAHS