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Celebrating a remarkable legacy that shaped the Museum’s archaeological and Aboriginal cultures collections and deepened its ability to share these stories widely.
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Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Awards - asking the public to nominate the WA Maritime Museum in the Tourist Attraction category.
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The Western Australian Museum is pleased to have once again worked with Disney+ and Fremantle’s VAM Media on Shipwreck Hunters Australia Season 2 which premiered on 27 August.
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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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Did you know that Geraldton was nearly the capital of its own state?
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- Museum set to host stunning season of fashion
- Two exhibitions salute renowned WA designer and Australian Fashion Week
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With the bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942, the Second World War suddenly struck Australian shores. On the same night, Japanese troops landed in East Timor, and for the 270 Australian soldiers of the 2/2nd Independent Company a remarkable ten-month guerrilla campaign began.
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Previously unseen artwork of one of Australia’s most respected Aboriginal artists, Jimmy Pike, will be on display at the Western Australian Museum – Albany from July 24.
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The Western Australian Museum’s Head of Terrestrial Zoology, Dr Mark Harvey, has been recognised for his outstanding service to the international arachnological community with the prestigious Pierre Bonnet Award, presented at the International Society of Arachnology’s (ISA) general meeting in Tai
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This month, the Western Australian Museum is celebrating the impressive work of its Maritime Archaeology department during the Month of Shipwrecks.
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The incredible story of 270 Australian commandos who defied all odds to hold down more than 10,000 Japanese troops in East Timor during a critical point of World War II will be told at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton from July 5.
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A brand new educational resource that teaches WA children about WA frogs and their precious ecosystems – to be provided free to more than 800 WA schools – was launched at the Western Australian Museum today.
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This vehicle was donated to the Western Australian Museum (WAM) back in the 1950s and is purported to be one of Western Australia's oldest vehicles.
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On Saturday 15 June, the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder took out the Australia’s Gold Outback Tourism Award at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Awards.
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An award-winning exhibition capturing a decade of social and environmental change within the small fishing community of the Abrolhos Islands will go on display at the Western Australian Museum – Albany from June 26.
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Competition - how much has Megamouth increased in weight during his preservation treatment?
The WA Museum’s megamouth shark was the third specimen recorded when it appeared dying on a Mandurah beach in 1988.
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The Western Australian Museum has received a major boost to investigate, manage and interpret the site of Australia’s greatest naval tragedy – the World War II wrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and the HSK Kormoran – with a $483,248 grant from the Commonwealth.
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