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ELIZABETH QUAY was once known as Gumap, Mount Eliza was Kata Moor, and Claisebrook Cove was a freshwater stream called Goon’goong’up, and so narrow you could step over it. A new exhibition Gnarla Boodja Mili Mili (Our Country on Paper) at the Museum of Perth tells the stories behind 31 Noongar names for places around…
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BROWSING the shelves of Fremantle Library for the latest bestseller recently, local resident Charlie Dortch says he was “bewildered and affronted” to come across a copy of one of the most infamous books of all time: Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The former curator of anthropology at the WA Museum, Dr Dortch said his outrage grew when…
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PERTH will be hosting the only live screenings oft the Muslim Film Festival this year. Festival executive producer Tarek Chamkhi said the Covid risk made gatherings in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney too problematic this year, but Perth was still going ahead “due thanks to the state government for the measures which have made us all…
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IF my recent dining experience in Perth is anything to go by, the inner-city restaurant scene is bouncing back following months of uncertainty. I tried to get a table at three different restaurants and they were all fully booked – a great sign for the local hospitality industry, but annoying for me. I was catching…
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PERTH radio station RTRFM is going ahead with its annual Fremantle music festival, despite Covid-19 restrictions pushing back the date. The Fremantle ‘Winter’ Spring Party will now be held on Saturday September 19, three months later than usual. More than 20 bands will play across five venues in North Fremantle, including Mojos Bar, the Railway…
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THE WA Aids Council is urging Sandgropers to get regularly tested for syphilis after notifications were up 20 per cent since last year. Typically viewed as an old-school STI, syphilis could be set for a 21st century comeback with notification rates shooting up 40 per cent for men who have sex with men and more than…
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THE entrance to this Mt Lawley home is stunning and very unique. There are two large porches with Roman columns at either end of the house, creating a grand and eye-catching symmetry. Built in the 1920s this home was built as a duplex but designed to appear like a single residence; no doubt to comply…
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‘Behind these numbers are the very real stories of people who have fallen through the cracks.’ PERTH lord mayoral candidate Basil Zempilas wants to turn the upper floors of Perth’s carparks into overnight shelters for homeless people. Mr Zempilas’s “Pop-up Places for Homeless People” policy is based on a recently-trialled Brisbane model developed by the…
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PERTH council electoral rolls not covered by the Power inquiry need to be audited to root out voting fraud, a former Perth city councillor says. Reece Harley was a councillor from 2013 to 2020 and after reading the August 11 inquiry report says the council needs to review electoral rolls from 2013, 2015 and 2017…
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A LOCAL active transport advocate warns the WA government’s long-term cycle network will pit riders against cars on busy roads. Andrew Main, who’s spent years dealing with councils and government departments advocating for safer streets for humans on foot and on bikes, says the plan won’t hit its aim to increase the number of people…
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