A previously unrecognised species of koala has been confirmed from fossils in the Western Australian Museum collection. It is the first new koala species identified from Western Australia.
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These awards celebrate young people up to 30 years of age who are making positive contributions across their communities and industries.
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Centacare's Housing First Support Services (HFSS) in Geraldton works closely with the city's homeless community, supporting the most vulnerable, helping them into a home and then walking alongside them to help maintain thei
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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 you move through Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor, it’s easy to be swept away by the sheer scale of it all. Sometimes, it’s easy to miss things...
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A recent research project led by the Western Australian Museum has unveiled a treasure trove of marine species, featured in a new guide which showcases the diversity of aquatic life in Cockburn Sound, south of Perth.
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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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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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Digitisation of museum collections, taxonomy, and evolutionary research is a new and growing field, and museums such as the Western Australian Museum are in the process of enhancing all their physical objects into digital objects.
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The Western Australian Museum is breathing new life into decades of biological discovery through its Collections and Research Legacy Project, a major initiative designed to digitise, preserve, and share the Museum’s rich repository of specimen data with scientists and the public alike.
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Acclaimed Chinese actor and director Zhang Guoli has been named the Foundation for the WA Museum’s Exhibition Cultural Ambassador for Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor, arriving at WA Museum Boola Bardip on Saturday 28 June 2025.
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Did you know that Geraldton was nearly the capital of its own state?
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This powerful truth-telling exhibition centres Yamaji culture and dialogue, exploring the enduring impact of colonisation, while fostering understanding and collective healing.
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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 in Reception this way: motels – a sentimental journey with Tim Ross.
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Join us at the WA Maritime Museum this World Oceans Day for a special screening of Ocean with David Attenborough.
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Find out what's happening near you for National Reconciliation Week 2025.
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