The Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund was established in 1984 by a generous donation to The University of Western Australia by Charles and Joy Staples.
The purpose of the Staples Fund is to make the results of research on the South West of Western Australia widely available to assist the South West community.
The Fund also aims to help those in government and private organisations concerned with South West projects to appreciate the needs and possibilities of the region in the widest possible historical perspective.
Charles and Joy Staples 1960s
Provided to UWAP by Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr
ABOUT CHARLES AND JOY
Arthur Charles Staples (1910–1997), educationist, historian, and philanthropist, was born on 18 June 1910 at Bunbury, Western Australia, elder son of English-born Charles George Staples, grazier, and his locally born second wife Fanny Jane Sewell, née Logue, teacher. Arthur Charles Staples attended Bunbury Central Primary School, and Bunbury High School (1923–27). In 1928, Charles began teaching as a monitor at Boyanup before moving the next year to Claremont Teachers’ College, Perth, graduating with a certificate in teaching in 1930. That year he commenced a three-year term at the one-teacher school at Northcliffe.
Charles and Joy Staples 1943
Provided to UWAP by Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr
Charles and Joy both came into employment during the Great Depression as educators across South Western Australia. They both taught at several different regional schools throughout their careers and met through the proximity of their workplaces. Mobilised in the Citizen Military Forces in World War II, Charles served part time with the Volunteer Defence Corps at Katanning (1942—43) and full time with No. 4 Psychology Testing Section in Perth (1943). From 1938 until 1945 Charles studied part time at the University of Western Australia (UWA), majoring in history (BA, 1946), then undertaking postgraduate research (MA, 1950) and gained a diploma of education from UWA in 1957.
Arthur Charles 'Charlie' Staples married Alicia Josephine Marie (Joy) Rogers in Perth on 30 December 1943.
Charles and Joy Staples - Wedding 1943
Provided to UWAP by Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr
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Employment History in South West WA
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After the second world war Charles and Joy moved to South Perth and purchased a house. Charles and Joy had two sons; Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr (ex-officio of the Fund) was born in 1953. Returning to Perth, Charles took up an appointment as senior lecturer in social sciences at Graylands Teachers’ College, a position he retained until 1969. Charles later retired and Joy went back to Junior Primary teaching for five years. They later sold their house and used the left-over money to set up The Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund in 1984.
Charles and Joy Staples 1984
Provided to UWAP by Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr
PUBLISHED TITLES
The Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund has published around 50 books since it's establishment in 1984. Some of these titles include Noongar Bush Medicine, Noongar Bush Tucker, Many Maps, The Alert Grey Twinkling Eyes of C. J. Degaris, Naturalist on the Bibbulmun: A walking companion and It's Still in My Heart, This is My Country: The Single Noongar Claim History. For the full selection of in-print Staples Fund titles please click here.
A selection of published Staples titles including some which are now out-of-print
Provided to UWAP by Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr
It was important to Charles and Joy that the Fund would enable non-scholarly people to have access to scholarly works. At their heart they were educators and believed in the sharing of information. (Charlie Staples Jnr 2022)
Charles and Joy Staples 1990s
Provided to UWAP by Charles 'Charlie' Staples Jnr
If you have a manuscript that you think would be a good fit for The Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund please consider submitting it to UWA Publishing. To find out more about our submissions please click here.
