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2 days ago · Guide to Perth. Aboriginal name: Boorloo (pronounced Boor-loo) Embrace the best of both worlds in Perth, where soft-sand beaches and scenic parks meet a thriving metropolis of small bars, creative restaurants and curated street art. Australia's urban oasis of Perth is nestled within the vast nature of Western Australia – and that's why the ...
5 days ago · Compared to US states, Western Australia is about one-and-a-half times the size of Alaska and about three-and-a-half times the size of Texas. 2. Not Many People Live in Western Australia. About 11% of Australia’s population live in Western Australia, but around 80% of them are in the Perth metropolitan area.
2 days ago · Guide to Fremantle. Wedged between Perth’s bustling shipping port and a working fishing harbour, there’s nowhere quite like historic and hipster Fremantle. The port city of Fremantle, or ‘Freo’ to the locals, was historically Perth’s sister city. These days, the two are connected by suburbia and a 25-minute train journey.
2 days ago · With its Mediterranean climate, long stretches of quiet beaches and world-class wine, Western Australia’s South West is a region worth tucking in to. There’s an air of easy-going luxury in the South West, from the tangible opulence of world-class accommodation and fine dining in Margaret River to the luxury of secluded beaches and vast ...
13 hours ago · Three Western Australian men have been charged over the alleged forced marriage of two teenagers in Perth. It is the first time the Australian Federal Police have laid charges for this crime in WA.
2 days ago · Western Australia - Exploration, Colonization, Gold Rush: Human occupation of the southwestern part of Western Australia dates to at least 40,000 years ago. Intermittent contact with visiting Southeast Asian sea-cucumber fishermen led to the introduction of the dingo, the native dog, about 5,000 years ago and possibly to the practice of circumcision at some later date. Otherwise, the indigenous society of hunter-gatherers was largely undisturbed until European contact. Conjecture puts the ...
5 days ago · Perth is the biggest city in Western Australia and the state’s capital. With a population of over 2.3 million people across the Greater Perth area, it’s the fourth most populous city in the whole of Australia behind only Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
