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A delicate shelled necklace arrived at the Western Australian Museum in 2013 as part of the Cook Collection, but it brought more questions than answers.
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From Japan to the Pilbara, a kimono and its accessories tell a tale of friendship and cultural exchange in WA’s far north in the 1930s.
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The hidden world of some of the tiniest creatures in the Kimberley will come to life in a captivating collection of macro photography on show at the WA Museum – Maritime, Fremantle, until July 28 2011.

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Public lecture: WA Museum – Albany

More than one third of all Western Australians were born overseas, arriving in Western Australia from 1829 onwards as migrants, child migrants, displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees.

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Western Australia has been short listed to host the international Square Kilometre Array project, or SKA, which is set to transform our understanding of the origins and evolution of the universe and explore fundamental questions in contemporary science.

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Western Australia has been short listed to host the international Square Kilometre Array project, or SKA, which is set to transform our understanding of the origins and evolution of the universe and explore fundamental questions in contemporary science.

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So that all our staff can take part in important planning meetings and staff development events, some of our sites will be closed for half a day during March and April.

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An agreement signed almost four decades ago between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Australia has resulted in Western Australia receiving a priceless collection of historic artefacts from four 17th and 18th century ships wrecked off the State's coast.

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The 151,400-tonne passenger ship Queen Mary 2 sails into Fremantle on Thursday morning 17 February 2011 at approximately 11.30am, and will be departing around 7.00pm that day.

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Western Australian Museum chief executive officer Alec Coles has been presented with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

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Renowned conservationist and naturalist Dr Harry Butler will begin the Western Australian Museum’s 2011 Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West, with his public lecture The application of science to our lives.

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