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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Twelve of Australia’s brightest early-career researchers have been selected to compete in the FameLab Australia 2026 National Final this September!
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After 22 days exploring one of the eastern Indian Ocean’s most ecologically significant High Seas regions, WA Museum scientists have returned from the High Seas: Revealing Roo Rise expedition with specimens and new knowledge that will support deep-sea biodiversity research for years to come.
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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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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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The Western Australian Museum is now seeking expressions of interest from Western Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples to join the Aboriginal Advisory Committee.
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The Western Australian Museum’s much-loved HMAS Ovens submarine is about to begin its face lift and make-over, which will include the repair and repainting of the hull surface to return the vessel to its former glory.
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We are fast approaching the end of 2022, and while it has been a year of great things for Western Australian Museum, we are excited about what is up ahead in 2023 and we can't wait to share it with you.
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Upend your expectations and reward your curiosity at the playful and highly immersive Wonderland exhibition, now on at the WA Museum Boola Bardip.
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WA Maritime Museum will celebrate 20 years of history, heritage, and exhibitions this Saturday, December 10, with a free family-friendly event and extended opening hours.
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Recently, our CEO Alec Cole had the pleasure of meeting the Walton family (pictured ___) for the endowment of their treasured family heirloom to the WA Museum collection; an original painting of the Helena Mena ship that sailed from London to Fremantle in 1891.
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If you’re strapped for Christmas gift ideas, the Western Australian Museum has you covered. With gift cards, brand new upcoming exhibitions and tours, or even something special from the Museums eclectic retail store, you will find something for everyone here.
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A free exhibition celebrating the award-winning television series, Cleverman, opens at the Museum of Geraldton, on 3 December 2022.
The exhibition is based on the dystopian sci-fi series that stormed onto ABC TV in 2016, and explores the deep themes of Aboriginal storytelling.
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The WA Maritime Museum has been announced as the winner of the Interpretation Project category at the 2022 WA Heritage Award for its Fremantle Then and Now: Historical Panoramas exhibition.
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Several artefacts, believed to be from Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) wrecked off the coast near Ledge Point in 1656, were returned to Western Australian Museum today.
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This is the story of a glass sculpture. This visual diary takes you through the making process and journey of Transparent Sea. New Zealand born, Perth glass artist Vaughn Bisschops has 20 years of experience working with glass.
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Dr Glenn Moore is the Curator of Fish at WA Museum and the State-recognised authority for the identification and taxonomy of marine and freshwater fish. He is regularly involved in scientific projects to grow our understanding of Western Australian biodiversity and biogeography.
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