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‘Those kids belong to somebody’: elders demand truth about unmarked Aboriginal graves

Terrible conditions at Western Australia’s missions led to devastating loss and trauma. Calls are growing to investigate hundreds of graves and burial sites

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Does Perth's future hold urban infill and better public transportation or more suburban sprawl?

Stretching 150km along the coast from Two Rocks to Mandurah, Perth has a claim to be the world's longest city. How did it get here and is it sustainable?

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This Buddhist sculpture probably won’t ‘rewrite history’ – Western Australia already has a rich Chinese past

Does the discovery of a Ming Dynasty Buddha sculpture found near Shark Bay in remote Western Australia “rewrite history” and suggest the Chinese first visited Australia 600 years ago?

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As his 100th birthday nears, Bob Mazza recalls WA ghost town Gwalia before mine closed 60 years ago

The town of Gwalia plays host to tourists and historians these days, but it holds a lifetime of vibrant memories for former resident Bob Mazza.

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Bigamy case that captivated Perth in 1910 and fascinated public for decades catches eye of marriage researcher

A historical bigamy case in Western Australia proves rich pickings for a researcher keen to find out more about the illegal practice of marrying multiple people without a divorce.

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COVID-19 photo essay reflects on the day our lives changed forever three years ago

As COVID-19 sent shock waves around the world, a state of emergency was declared in Western Australia in March 2020. In the months that followed, our lives were drastically changed in ways previously unimaginable.

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Hidden women of history: how 'Lady' Williams founded a great Australian apple

On Boronia Farm, just outside Donnybrook in Western Australia, stands an 80-something-year-old apple tree (Malus domestica) that’s at the heart of a global industry.

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From 'evil fame' to kite flying bans, WA has seen a lot of very odd laws

From almost as soon as the WA government was formed, it began to pass laws related to the minutiae of how people lived, worked and played.

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Kimberley military base, hospital and cinema among old dreams abandoned to the bush

From an abandoned hospital with nothing but the wind for company, to a drive-in cinema swallowed by shrubs, the Australian bush is reclaiming big dreams that saw a bustling town erected in the Western Australian desert.

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Life as a secretary at the ABC in the 1950s involved everything from typing to giving out the cricket scores

Noelle Beasley took on a secretarial job at the ABC in Perth in 1950, and quickly found herself asked to do everything from running the concert department to appearing on the cover of a magazine.

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Fremantle Smelter's Camp research uncovers strange, beautiful tales of homeless

Hundreds lived in makeshift homes in the shadow of the Fremantle Smelting Works for decades in the 1900s. Now a researcher has combed the archives to tell the stories of its inhabitants.

ABC News

WA government bill to close asbestos-riddled town Wittenoom ends 'dark chapter' of state's history

The West Australian government hopes the final closure of an asbestos-riddled town will at last deter social media influencers and 'danger tourists' from visiting.

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‘They thought they could hide’: the Aboriginal tracker who brought massacre perpetrators to trial

James Noble’s harrowing discovery on the banks of the Forrest River in 1926 helped uncover a trail of slaughter across WA’s east Kimberley and continues to haunt his descendants

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Never on a Sunday: Western Australia's long history of banning fun

Almost as soon as the Swan River Colony formed, laws were brought in to ban a host of activities on Sundays. Those laws weren't repealed until more than a century later.

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