human history of Western Australia commenced "over 50,000 years ago and possibly as much as 70,000 years ago" with the arrival of Aboriginal Australians on...
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Aboriginal Australians have inhabited Western Australia from around 50,000–70,000 years ago to present. Prior to European contact, Indigenous Australians in WA...
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Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of Australia, excluding external territories...
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Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It was established by Britain as the Swan River Colony in 1829. The area had been explored by Europeans...
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The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples of the continental land mass and offshore territories which now comprise the Commonwealth...
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The Western Australian economy is a state economy dominated by its resources and services sector and largely driven by the export of iron-ore, gold, liquefied...
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Perth (redirect from Perth (city, Western Australia))
city of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth. It is part of the...
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timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia. Aboriginal life in the two centuries from 1629 to 1829 was characterized by the increased presence of Europeans...
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has been a recurring feature of Western Australia's political landscape since shortly after Federation in 1901. The idea of self-governance or secession...
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million into the local economy. History of Western Australia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albany, Western Australia. Albany Historical Society (Inc)...
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kilometres (880 mi) north-north-east of Perth, in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The declared contaminated site comprises...
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There are 137 local government areas (LGAs) in Western Australia, which comprise 27 cities, 102 shires, and 8 towns that manage their own affairs to the...
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The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for...
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The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is...
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The Western Australia Police Force, colloquially WAPOL, provides police services throughout the state of Western Australia, an area of 2.61 million square...
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The History Council of Western Australia is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the study, preservation and use of history in Western Australia...
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The Government of Western Australia is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia. It is also commonly referred to...
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Australian Western, also known as meat pie Western or kangaroo Western, is a genre of Western-style films or TV series set in the Australian outback or...
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events, see history of Australia. List of monarchs of Australia List of prime ministers of Australia History of Western Australia Timeline of Adelaide Timeline...
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the Australian state of Western Australia, 418 kilometres (260 mi) southeast of Perth, the state capital. The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess...
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premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the...
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have been wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This relatively large number of shipwrecks is due to a number of factors, including: a long and very...
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The eastern border of Western Australia was not decided upon with any regards to the cultural or language groups which it cut through.: 2 Instead, it...
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influences. Western Christianity has played a prominent role in the shaping of Western civilization, which throughout most of its history, has been nearly...
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The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the...
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a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. At the 2016 census, Derby had a population of 3,325 with 47.2% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, 82 kilometres (51 mi) from the state capital, Perth and 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-east of the...
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is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 47 km south-south-west of the city centre. It acts as the primary centre for the City of Rockingham....
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situated approximately 900 kilometres (560 mi) north of Perth, in Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular...
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EX-mowth) is a town on the tip of the North West Cape and on Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia, 1,124 kilometres (698 mi) north of the state capital Perth and...
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