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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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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Meet the scientists exploring one of the most remote and least understand regions of the ocean aboard the R/V OceanXplorer.
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Life in the Great Barrier Reef has arrived at the WA Maritime Museum, with sessions available until 8 November 2026.
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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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There are only a few days to go before the WA Museum’s AC/DC Australia’s Family Jewels exhibition closes on 7 August. Visitors are urged to take advantage of this great ‘rock n roll’ exhibition before it leaves Australian shores for overseas.
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Join renowned conservationist and naturalist Dr W. H. (Harry) Butler to hear his tales of travels to remote Australia to record his legendary wildlife television series In the Wild.
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Single women, encouraged to migrate to the colonies during the late 1880s to fulfil the shortage of domestic servants, had their freedom restricted and were kept isolated from their fellow colonists.
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Since the discovery of the diamond-rich Argyle volcanic pipe in 1979, Western Australia has risen to world prominence as a diamond producer.
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Come and see the fearsome and spectacular 4-metre tall T-Rex dinosaur brought to life and thrilling the crowds at the Western Australian Museum – Perth these school holidays!
FILMING OPPORTUNTY WEDNESDAY 13 JULY from 9am
Dinosaur Encounters
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The Western Australian Museum – Albany has more than just kids activities this school holiday season. Adults will be treated as well, to stories of pirates, songs of seafarers and tales of steamships and whalers.
In the Wild West Lecture Series
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William Dampier became famous after his epic pirating travels were published in his book ‘A New Voyage Round the World’.
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The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder will be full of fun activities these school holidays as it uncovers what life would be like living in the early 1900s, sets a puzzle trail to discover and teaches kids how to draw cartoons.
Fun in the Parlour
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Hidden beneath the deep waters off the coast of Rottnest Island is a mysterious graveyard of old unwanted vessels and military vehicles.
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Muck in to some Mid West mining mayhem this July at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton and enjoy the chance to explore Mid West mining which takes place right here on our doorstep.
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Ahoy and avast me hearties! Weigh anchor and set sail for Discovery Cove at the Western Australian Museum – Albany these school holidays as we explore the dark and mysterious world of pirates.
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