As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, a new display at WA Museum Boola Bardip is revisiting the year Perth welcomed the competition to Western Australia.
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As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, a new display at WA Museum Boola Bardip is revisiting the year Perth welcomed the competition to Western Australia.
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Meet the scientists exploring one of the most remote and least understand regions of the ocean aboard the R/V OceanXplorer.
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Life in the Great Barrier Reef has arrived at the WA Maritime Museum, with sessions available until 8 November 2026.
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Michael Malaxos Tsolakis OAM was just 16 when he left Kastellorizo, one of Greece’s easternmost Mediterranean islands, to begin a new life in Western Australia.
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On 13 April 1969, 23-year-old Lesley Meaney stood on the shore of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island and began swimming towards Fremantle. Approximately nine hours later, she reached the mainland, becoming the first woman to complete a solo crossing of the Rottnest Channel.
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Caterina Vallesi (née Cardinali) was married in Porto San Giorgio, Italy, in 1955 — but her groom, Umberto Vallesi, was thousands of kilometres away in Western Australia!
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As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, a new display at WA Museum Boola Bardip is revisiting the year Perth welcomed the competition to Western Australia.
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Meet the scientists exploring one of the most remote and least understand regions of the ocean aboard the R/V OceanXplorer.
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Visitors to WA Museum Boola Bardip will have a unique opportunity to step from exhibition to expedition on Saturday 18 July 2026 at 14:00 hours!
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Life in the Great Barrier Reef has arrived at the WA Maritime Museum, with sessions available until 8 November 2026.
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The Museum of the Great Southern is awash with creativity and adventure these winter school holidays with an exciting ocean-themed program, Sea Country: Stories of Shore & Deep.
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This July, the Museum of the Goldfields is launching into an out-of-this world adventure with activities for the whole family!
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With a range of workshops and drop-in activities running daily, the Museum of Geraldton offers a galaxy of holiday fun!
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Featuring more than 225 exceptional Chinese artefacts, including the warriors, the exhibition introduced Western Australian audiences to the life, legacy and afterlife of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shihuang.
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the Albany Then & Now Photography Competition which closed last Sunday, 7 June. Congratulations to everyone who entered the competition, it was a pleasure to review all the creativity and talent from across the region.
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Women in sport have been breaking tackles, records and expectations for decades, but many of the stories and treasured items from their histories have been missing from the WA Museum’s collection.
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Michael Malaxos Tsolakis OAM was just 16 when he left Kastellorizo, one of Greece’s easternmost Mediterranean islands, to begin a new life in Western Australia.
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The Museum of the Goldfields highlights social change in Australia.
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