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    Pinjarra Massacre Memorial
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    Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum
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    Yarns of the Heart
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    WA Land and People
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    Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas: True Tall Tales of Murder, Mutiny and Shipwrecks around Australia
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    Immerse: Exploring the Deep
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    Tin Canoe to Australia II
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    Indian Ocean
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    Naval Defence
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    HMAS Ovens
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    Robert Steele Steam Machinery Exhibition
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    Mini Muses 2011: Kullaru (gorgeous gecko)
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    [ Tides & Island – Night life in the Kimberley ]

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Blogs

  1. The White Shark

    The White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

    Large sharks

    The White Shark, otherwise known...

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  2. Zoomify in HTML5 – implementation advice in Drupal 7

    We wanted to use Zoomify (http://www.zoomify.com) on our site to show details...

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  3. A visiting Mermaid

    At Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Galleries we have a visitor of the Mermaid kind. She's currently hanging out the front of the Museum, and...

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  4. Creature Feature: Holy Crab! The crucifix crab Charybdis feriatus (Linneaus, 1758)

    This large and colourful species of swimming crab is wide ranging in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from East Africa the Persian Gulf through to...

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  5. What's On at Festival Gardens for the Perth Festival

    The WA Museum at Perth will be a host venue for the Perth Festival 2012.

    We are very proud...

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Photos

  1. Young Naturalists Club

    This photo gallery covers two events for the Young Naturalists Club: The first birthday celebrations in August 2011, and the field trip to Two...

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  2. Welcome Walls 2010 - Albany

    The Albany Welcome Walls was opened on 12 December 2010. Over 1000 guests watched the Hon. Robyn McSweeney unveil the plaque and inaugurate the...

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  3. School holiday fun at Albany

    This photo gallery contain photos from two school holiday programs at the Western Australian Museum — Albany: in July 2011 the fun activities...

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Online Exhibitions

  1. Marine Reptiles and Sharks from the Age of the Dinosaurs

    This online exhibition follows an expedition to the Mid West of WA to learn about the lives of giant sharks and marine reptiles from the over 100 million years ago...

  2. Cave: Searching for Australia's Forgotten Beasts

    This online exhibition follows an expedition into the Nullarbor to search for megafauna fossils....

  3. The Broadhurst Family

    The Broadhursts, were clearly an extraordinary group. This online exhibition documents and describes the rise and fall of the family, as well as their lasting legacy in Western Australian History....

  4. Moving megamouth

    This online exhibition tracks how the Museum relocated and conserved the extraordinarily rare and valuable megamouth shark...

  5. Marine Life of the Kimberley Region

    The Marine Life of Kimberley Region is a research program to explore the marine biodiversity of the waters of the Kimberley region...

  6. HMAS Sydney (II)

    The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II) is Australia’s greatest naval tragedy. Its disappearance in 1941 without a trace left a legacy of uncertainty for decades...

  7. Marine Life of the Dampier Archipelago

    The Dampier Archipelago lies off the north-western coast of Australia, approximately 1550 km north of Perth...

  8. Alcoa Frog Watch

    Alcoa Frog Watch is dedicated to providing information on all aspects of Western Australian frogs...

  9. The 1967 Referendum - Right wrongs, write yes

    On 27 May 1967, 90.77% of Australian voters recorded the largest ever 'Yes' vote in a referendum to alter the Australian constitution...

  10. Cockatoo Care

    Cockatoo Care was introduced in September 2001 as a joint initiative of the Water Corporation and the Western Australian Museum....

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