A long-standing research collaboration to understand and conserve Western Australia’s marine biodiversity has been extended for a further five years to enable marine research to continue in areas of ecological importance along the Gascoyne coastline.
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Gwoonwardu Mia Engagement Assistant Izayah Mongoo has recently returned from an extraordinary cultural exchange in Vanuatu, bringing home lessons and experiences to share with his community.
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A long-standing research collaboration to understand and conserve Western Australia’s marine biodiversity has been extended for a further five years to enable marine research to continue in areas of ecological importance along the Gascoyne coastline.
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Travellers from around the world have spoken — WA Museum Boola Bardip, WA Maritime Museum, and WA Shipwrecks Museum are among their top-rated experiences of the past year.
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It’s one of the questions we get asked the most, but there’s rarely a simple answer. Sometimes, though, an object leaves the gallery to make new history...
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A trophy in our collection holds a key place in the history of women’s sport in Australia — yet the identity of its winner remains a mystery.
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A new exhibition that transports visitors back 2,000 years to one of the most epic, technologically significant times in the history of mankind will open in Western Australia for the first time.
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The 2017 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year collection is now on display at the WA Shipwrecks Museum in Cliff St, Fremantle, until Sunday 26 August.
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A team of researchers led by scientists from the Western Australian Museum has identified two new populations of one of WA’s rarest and most bizarre animals, the blind cave eel.
The finds were made in two locations in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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The Western Australian Museum is ready to celebrate National Science Week this year with fun, hands-on and educational activities throughout the metropolitan area.
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A sea slug that inhabits the waters off the north-west coast of Western Australia has officially been named after the State’s fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers.
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Photographs showcasing the beauty of the Western Australian coast will be on display at the Museum of the Great Southern from Monday 6 August.
Our WA Coastline features images taken by Western Australian Photographic Federation camera club members.
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A stunningly beautiful astrophotography exhibition is on display at the Museum of Geraldton from today until 20 August 2018.
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Western Australian Museum researchers have discovered fossilised teeth from three previously unknown shark species, one of which apparently thrived in WA more than 90 million years ago during an extreme global warming event.
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Research by the Western Australian Museum into a recently discovered shipwreck at 7 Mile Beach in Dongara points to it being the Margaret Ann.
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More than 90 of the best press photographs in Australia will go on show at the WA Maritime Museum tomorrow, Saturday 7 July.
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Marine researchers and scientists now have a new guide to help them carry out their work to accurately identify and classify Western Australia’s hard corals.
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