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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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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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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Few people have contributed to the Western Australian Museum with the depth, breadth and longevity of Diana Jones.
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WA Museum Boola Bardip has been named one of the best of the best, recognised in the top 1% of attractions across the South Pacific, in the TripAdvisor 2026 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
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The Museum of the Goldfields dedicated team were honoured to welcome the Governor of Western Australia, Mr Chris Dawson and Mrs Dawson to the Museum on Tuesday, 28 April as part of their visit to Kalegoorlie.
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The Western Australian Museum will host FameLab Australia 2026, the nation’s premier science communication competition for postgraduate and early‑career STEM researchers.
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Australians are invited to vote for rare full moon clam found only along our southern coast. A tiny clam that lives under rocks in shallow and subtidal Western Australian bays is now competing on the world stage.
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The results are in for the Museum of the Great Southern’s 200 Years… 200 Words Writing Competition, and the winning entries prove just how much can be said in very few words.
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A new long-nosed bandicoot species, Peroryctes trigonodon, has been discovered in the remote Baliem Valley of West Papua — the first new species in the genus Peroryctes in a century.
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WA’s Kimberley region is now known for its red pindan dirt, rocky ground and long dry seasons but, around 250 million years ago, it was the shore of a shallow bay on the edge of a vast prehistoric ocean. Now, rediscovered fossils from the area reveal a surprisingly diverse marine amphibian community with unexpected global links.
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WA Museum Boola Bardip has been named among the country's leading visitor attractions, recognsied by excellence across Australia's tourism industry.
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Revealed – Western Australia’s largest Aboriginal art market and exhibition – returns to Boorloo/Perth in April 2026, presented by the Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia (AACHWA) in partnership with the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and WA Museum Boola Bardip.
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While the Terracotta Warriors prepare for their journey home to China, one lucky visitor is getting ready to follow them!
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Take a nostalgic trip back to a time when families piled into the family car and embarked on long road trips in the sweltering summer heat. From oversized roadside attractions to the moment of check-in, Reception this way: motels – a sentimental journey with Tim Ross has you covered.
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