Revealed – Western Australia’s largest Aboriginal art market and exhibition – returns to Boorloo/Perth in April 2026, presented by the Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia (AACHWA) in partnership with the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and WA Museum Boola Bardip.
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The results are in for the Museum of the Great Southern’s 200 Years… 200 Words Writing Competition, and the winning entries prove just how much can be said in very few words.
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A new long-nosed bandicoot species, Peroryctes trigonodon, has been discovered in the remote Baliem Valley of West Papua — the first new species in the genus Peroryctes in a century.
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WA’s Kimberley region is now known for its red pindan dirt, rocky ground and long dry seasons but, around 250 million years ago, it was the shore of a shallow bay on the edge of a vast prehistoric ocean. Now, rediscovered fossils from the area reveal a surprisingly diverse marine amphibian community with unexpected global links.
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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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See the largest collection of works by Spinifex Artists ever exhibited together.
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The Western Australian Museum is now seeking expressions of interest from Western Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples to join its Aboriginal Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee provides advice, support and guidance to the Museum, particularly on those matters relating to the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples.
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The Western Australian Museum is part of an international team of 29 leading shark palaeontologists and neontologists who, last year, published research that challenged recent interpretation of the body shape of the megatooth shark Otodus megalodon.
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A newly described deep-sea barnacle is providing clues about a potential codependent relationship in our oceans.
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It's International Women's Day, and we're tuning into a story from our History Collection about Margaret Graham MBE.
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We have enjoyed welcoming so many new and returning visitors through our doors for free all summer and want to give everyone the chance to continue visiting all year round with a 50% discount on all membership levels.
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New digital artworks will take over the Hackett Hall and Francis Street façades at WA Museum Boola Bardip throughout 2025, as part of the Museums ongoing public art program.
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Spanning Western Australia’s sprawling country, Revealed displays the rich diversity and dynamism in Aboriginal art and cultures today.
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A flipper bone discovered three decades ago by the Western Australian Museum has been confirmed as the youngest recorded ichthyosaur (“fish lizard”) from the Southern Hemisphere – dating back 94 to 97 million years – and is potentially the youngest record from anywhere in the world.
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Ngaluk Waangkiny (Us Talking), a powerful multi-media storytelling exhibition sharing the legacy of ten respected Elders, is opening at the Museum of the Goldfields, running from Friday 21 February to Monday 28 April 2025.
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The Western Australian Museum has identified the wreck of a scuttled Dutch submarine in Wadjemup Kepawirn Scuttle Ground off the WA coast near Fremantle, to be that of HNLMS K XI, a World War II Royal Netherlands Navy class patrol submarine.
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Kimberley Warrurru (Reefs): Connecting Culture, Science and the Sea, a new exhibition on display at the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip, showcases the incredible marine life of the Kimberley and the discoveries made through a unique collaboration between scientists, the Wunambal Gaambera Uunguu Rangers and Traditional Owners.
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