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Centenary of Western Australia

Index Centenary of Western Australia

In 1929, Western Australia celebrated the centenary of the founding of Perth and the establishment of the Swan River Colony, the first permanent European settlement in WA. [1]

40 relations: All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook, Australian Bicentenary, Barrack Street, Centenary of Albany, Western Australia, Chippers Leap, Claremont Showground, Federation of Australia, Fremantle, Geoffrey Blainey, Geoffrey Bolton, Great Depression in Australia, Hal Colebatch, Horse racing, J S Battye Library, James Battye, James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), John Kirwan (politician), Kings Park, Western Australia, Northam, Western Australia, Perth, Perth Mint, Perth Town Hall, Philip Collier, Premier of Western Australia, Round House (Western Australia), Royal Western Australian Historical Society, Secessionism in Western Australia, Silver Centenary, South Australian Register, Swan River Colony, The Age, The Foundation of Perth 1829, The West Australian, Uniting (newspaper), WAY 79, Western Australia, Western Australian 175th Anniversary, Western Australian Centenary Air Race, Western Mail (Western Australia), William Campion.

All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook

The All Saints Church in Henley Brook is the oldest church in Western Australia.

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Australian Bicentenary

The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1988.

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Barrack Street

Barrack Street is one of two major cross-streets in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia.

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Centenary of Albany, Western Australia

The Centenary of Albany in 1927 commemorated the founding of Albany, Western Australia with a number of events.

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Chippers Leap

Chippers Leap, formerly known as Chipper's Leap, is a granite outcrop on Greenmount Hill in Perth, Western Australia.

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Claremont Showground

The Claremont Showground near Perth, Western Australia is home to the annual Perth Royal Show.

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Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River.

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Geoffrey Blainey

Geoffrey Norman Blainey (born 11 March 1930) is an Australian historian, academic, philanthropist and commentator with a wide international audience.

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Geoffrey Bolton

Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton (5 November 1931 – 4 September 2015) was an Australian historian, academic and writer.

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Great Depression in Australia

Australia suffered badly during the period of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Hal Colebatch

Sir Harry Pateshall Colebatch CMG (29 March 1872 – 12 February 1953), better known as Sir Hal Colebatch, was a long-serving and occasionally controversial figure in Western Australian politics.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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J S Battye Library

The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia.

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James Battye

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James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir James Stirling (28 January 179122 April 1865) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator.

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John Kirwan (politician)

Sir John Waters Kirwan, KCMG (2 December 1869 – 9 September 1949) was the President of the Western Australian Legislative Council and first Federal member for Kalgoorlie in the Australian House of Representatives.

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Kings Park, Western Australia

Kings Park is a park located on the western edge of the central business district in Perth, Western Australia.

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Northam, Western Australia

Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about east-northeast of Perth in the Avon Valley.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Perth Mint

The Perth Mint is Australia's official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia.

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Perth Town Hall

The Perth Town Hall, situated on the corner of Hay and Barrack streets in Perth, Western Australia, is the only town hall built by convicts in Australia.

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Philip Collier

Philip Collier (21 April 1873 – 18 October 1948) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th Premier of Western Australia from 1924 to 1930 and from 1933 to 1936.

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Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive branch of government in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Round House (Western Australia)

The Round House was the first permanent building built in the Swan River Colony.

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Royal Western Australian Historical Society

Royal Western Australian Historical Society has for many decades been the main association for Western Australians to collectively work for adequate understanding and protection of the cultural heritage of Perth and Western Australia.

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Secessionism in Western Australia

Secessionism has been a recurring feature of Western Australia's political landscape since shortly after British settlement in 1829.

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Silver Centenary

The Silver Centenary is a biplane which was built in Beverley, Western Australia between 1929 and 1930 by a local named Selby Ford.

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South Australian Register

The Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, and later South Australian Register, was South Australia's first newspaper.

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Swan River Colony

The Swan River Colony was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Foundation of Perth 1829

The Foundation of Perth 1829 is a 1929 oil-on-canvas painting by George Pitt Morison.

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The West Australian

The West Australian, widely known as The West (Saturday edition: The Weekend West) is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times.

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Uniting (newspaper)

Uniting was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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WAY 79

WAY 79, also referred to as WAY '79 and WAY 1979, was the official 1979 sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebration of the European colonisation of Western Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Australian 175th Anniversary

The Western Australian 175th Anniversary of European settlement was celebrated in 2004.

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Western Australian Centenary Air Race

The Western Australian Centenary Air Race (also known as the East-West Air Race) was a air race held in 1929 from Sydney to Perth to commemorate the Western Australia Centenary.

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Western Mail (Western Australia)

The Western Mail, or Western Mail, was the name of two weekly newspapers published in Perth, Western Australia.

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William Campion

Sir William Robert Campion (3 July 1870 – 2 January 1951), was a British politician and Governor of Western Australia from 1924 to 1931.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenary_of_Western_Australia

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