The Western Australian Museum will host FameLab Australia 2026, the nation’s premier science communication competition for postgraduate and early‑career STEM researchers.
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Few people have contributed to the Western Australian Museum with the depth, breadth and longevity of Diana Jones.
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WA Museum Boola Bardip has been named one of the best of the best, recognised in the top 1% of attractions across the South Pacific, in the Trip Advisor 2026 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
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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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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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Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Western Australian Museum Mr Tim Ungar has welcomed the State Government’s announcement to fund a new museum.
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Australian musician, songwriter and author Nick Cave is now the subject of his own exhibition which will be hosted by the Western Australian Museum – Perth from May - July 2009.
The exhibition was created and designed by the Arts Centre in Melbourne and is touring nationally in 2009.
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