From almost as soon as the WA government was formed, it began to pass laws related to the minutiae of how people lived, worked and played.
From almost as soon as the West Australian government was formed, it began to pass laws related to the minutiae of how people lived, worked and played.
One of the earliest dates was from 1849 when a new police ordinance was passed that made it unlawful to fly a kite in a public place. In the records from 1931 is a file, complete with a police photograph, of a 17-year-old boy with tousled hair and a knitted cardigan who had been convicted of playing cricket on the road and received either a fine or 48 hours in detention.
"If you did Knock and Run in 1849 you could have been in for a world of pain because, if you got caught, that came with a fine of 5 pounds, which is equivalent to about $1,000 today," he said."You weren't allowed to dust beat or otherwise spank your carpet in the street, that was completely not allowed," Mr Hassan said.
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