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NEW and emerging artists from the Kimberley offer a fresh interpretation of their cultural heritage in the exhibition Boonkaj. Featuring more than 20 artists from two Aboriginal-owned art centres – Waringarri Aboriginal Arts and Kira Kiro Artists – the exhibition includes a diverse range of paintings, ceramics, engraved boab nuts, textiles and even a digital…
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THIS apartment is perfect for someone who values their privacy and loves the leafy enclaves of East Perth. Situated on Royal Street, it was designed by Hillam Architects and is part of a building with only eight owner-occupied apartments. This one has high ceilings and feels bright and airy, but it’s the use of muted…
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‘We’ll sk8 up your place day and fkn nite’ BAYSWATER councillors have ignored threats and will relocate a skate and BMX park within Wotton Reserve instead of the Broun Park spot most skaters favoured. BAYSWATER councillors have ignored threats and will relocate a skate and BMX park within Wotton Reserve instead of the Broun Park…
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THE city would soon be covered in smoke, but local school teacher Joel Kandiah captured this image at just the right moment early in the morning of April 28 as the sun rose through the haze and rowers cut through the river water. He tells us he saw the scene in his rearview mirror and had…
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RESIDENTS living around Beatty Park Reserve fear their houses will be flooded in the next big rain because Vincent council broke a longstanding promise not to use woodchips in the park. When big rains hit the woodchips float to the low points and block drains, and were implicated in bad flooding during the heavy storm…
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IN this week’s tale from the Vincent Local History Centre we have the story of Newcastle Street’s nurse Alice Stockley, a pioneering midwife and nurse who supported her family solo while building a private hospital. THE Vincent Local History Centre receives many interesting and curious donations. In 2019 treasure hunter Kenneth Barber shared a lucky…
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WHEN a snap lockdown cancelled Anzac Day commemorations, the Friends of Anzac Cottage had just 27 hours to pull together a replacement virtual service. The Kalgoorlie Street cottage was all ready for its April 25 service having chosen a theme reflecting 2021 as the International Year of Peace and Trust, when lockdown hit on Friday…
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WHILE some councils are pulling their funds out of fossil fuels, Perth city council’s just handed miner Kerry Stokes’ West Australian Newspapers $30,000 cash for an event celebrating the future technology of major mining, oil and gas companies. Upgrading from the 2019 Resources Technology Showcase, this year technology from the arms and space industries will…
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VINCENT ratepayers have footed a $5,274 bill for a few dozen people to attend three Christmas street parties. Vincent council staff approved the “community support grants” in December 2020 after two groups of residents applied to close their roads to hold street parties. The grants are intended for organisations or individuals with a project that…
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AS an Autumn sun heralded day break across the vast Pilbara on a May morning 75 years ago, dozens of Aboriginal station workers woke to a new dawn. The day had finally come – May 1, 1946. The day to walk. The workers and their families had secretly prepared for months, but that did not…
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