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Ellie makes her big orchestral debut AFTER composing her first orchestral movement at just seven years old, Mt Pleasant violinist Ellie Malonzo will finally get to hear a real orchestra play her music next weekend. The Fremantle Chamber Orchestra will be premiering her latest composition, Violin Concerto in A, at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth…
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RESEARCHERS have discovered a photo that may depict the first documented Chinese person in WA, a carpenter named Moon Chow who likely played a key role in building some of Perth’s oldest structures. Moon Chow, sometimes recorded as “Chow Moon”, “Johnny Chow” or “Chou”, arrived in Fremantle in March 1830 aboard the Emily Taylor. In August…
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“THE SEATS. I know it’s unlikely there’s anything you can do but they are ungodly.” After years of complaints PICA is finally upgrading the notoriously uncomfortable seating in its performance space, calling on donors to take pity on the backsides of audiences and buy them some sittable seats. Donors usually give to the not-for-profit Perth…
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I HALF expected to see David Attenborough sinking a pint while watching pandas mate, when I walked through the main bar at The Beaufort. That’s because the jungle theme has been taken to the nth degree with lush foliage and verdure at every corner, trees sprouting towards the atrium’s glass ceiling, and green tiles and lights…
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NO, you’re not having a crazy dream about Waldecks, you’re in the lush heart of the art installation/dance show Hundreds + Thousands. Audience members bring their own plants and are surrounded by plants during the tactile show that blends dance, video, sound and art. The work is the brainchild of Luke George and Daniel…
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IN terms of location, it doesn’t get much better than this East Perth apartment. Situated beside the lush Queens Gardens and a short walk from the Optus Stadium, this three bedroom two bathroom apartment is in a great spot on Goderich Street. On the second top floor of a boutique 29 apartment complex, you have…
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NO more waiting for water: The Maylands Waterland will finally be wet again with the taps to be turned on this October 5 at 11am. The facility had to be closed in 2019 due to old age and Bayswater council originally hoped the renovations would be done by the end of summer last year. Supply…
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THE grand 120-year-old Desborough House in West Perth is in line to be demolished. The mansion’s owners have lodged an application with Perth council to flatten the entire block. Dersborough House, on the hill at 1161 Hay Street, was designed by architect and former Subiaco mayor Austin Bastow around 1900 and built for real estate agent…
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LEEDERVILLE welcomes the WAFL grand final for the first time this weekend, turning into a carnival town to welcome fans for the West Perth v Claremont clash. The WAFL’s first choice was Optus Stadium due to its bigger capacity, having fitted in near 30,000 people for the 2021 grand final. But that stadium’s busy hosting…
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CONDITIONS at the City of Perth have improved slightly since the council’s suspension in 2018, but staff are still reluctant to recommend it to other workers. The latest staff satisfaction survey found 69 per cent considered the council an “excellent”, “good”, or “okay” place to work; up from 63 per cent in 2020. But only 14…
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