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Thirteen 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 popular ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition will return to the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton for its ninth year this May.
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To mark National Archaeology Week, the WA Museum – Perth will be hosting Dig Deep!, an event celebrating the fascinating work of archaeologists.
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An exhibition celebrating the work of prominent Goldfields photographer John Joseph Dwyer will open at the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Saturday 12 May, 2012.
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The Western Australian Museum in partnership with Chevron Australia is proud to announce the third year of The Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West.
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- Program will feature incredibly realistic life-sized dinosaur puppets
- Visitors to get up close and personal to a variety of prehistoric creatures
- Show brings entertainment, education and science together
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The Western Australian Museum in partnership with Chevron Australia is proud to announce the third year of The Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West will be launched at the WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle on 3 May, from 6.00pm.
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- Exhibition specifically developed for Port Hedland
- Tells what is known of SS Koombana’s final hours and the search for the ship
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- ‘Goldfields Soldiers of World War I’ to detail the battles Kalgoorlie soldiers were involved in including the Gallipoli landing and Western Front
- More than 4100 Kalgoorlie and Boulder men served in the Great War
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- Local ‘recycle’ artists show how common items can be transformed into practical pieces of furniture and art
- Materials range from fisherman’s rope to wooden packing pallets
- Coincides with the museum’s Climate Change exhibition and eco-themed school holiday program
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The imposing three thousand square metre frame of the HMAS Ovens submarine will this week undergo its final stage of external restoration.
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A commemorative display to mark the 100th anniversary of the fateful story of the disappearance of the SS Koombana in March 1912 has been developed and will be on display at the WA Maritime Museum from 24 March, 2012.
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- Seminar to promote community understanding of the Great Western Woodlands
- Expert speakers to cover topics of environment, conservation and education
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