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  History of Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Despite its foundations as a "free settlement", Western Australia became a penal colony in 1850.
On January 1, 1900, Western Australia, along with the other five British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria formed the federation of the Commonwealth of Australia, of which they each became component states.
The 1893 Education Act of Western Australia gave white parents the power to object to any Aboriginal child attending any school also attended by their children, a provision which saw Aboriginal children progressively and completely excluded from state education system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Western_Australia   (3003 words)

  
 Western Culture Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Owing to the influence of Arab culture—a culture that had preserved the knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome—in Moorish Spain and in the Levant during the Crusades, Western Europe rediscovered its Greek heritage in the 1300s, and the Renaissance was born.
Renaissance Western culture was spread to the New World and beyond in the 1500s by explorers, colonists, traders, and missionaries.
The eradication of that ancient scourge, smallpox, was led by a Westerner, Donald Henderson.
www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/Western_culture   (1168 words)

  
 World History Archives: The history of Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Documents for the economic history of Western Australia
Documents for the social history of Western Australia
Documents for the culture history of Western Australia
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/24/index-sb.html   (103 words)

  
 Additional Reading (from Western Australia) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Western Australia is bounded on the north by the Timor Sea, on the northwest and west by the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the Antarctic Ocean.
Australia's capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
Located in the south-central part of the country, it is bounded by Western Australia on the west; the Northern Territory on the north; Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria on the east; and the Great Australian Bight of the Indian Ocean on the south.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-42614   (959 words)

  
 :: REGIONAL WA :: Western Australia : History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Although Western Australia covers nearly one-third of the entire Australian continent (it is 2 525 500 square kilometres) most of it is harsh, uninhabitable desert.
Western Australia was becoming a convict state at a time when the eastern states, largely due to the goldrushes, were abandoning convict labour.
The harshness of the climate and the marginal nature of the land ensured that Western Australia would never be densely populated.
www.regionalwesternaustralia.com /WAinfo/WAHistory.htm   (2065 words)

  
 Broome - Broome WA - Broome Accommodation - Broome Western Australia
Due to the previous history of Pearling which goes back decades and decades the main population consists of a mix Asian and old colony influences, which creates a great cosmopolitan feel to the town.
The history of Broome is a real-life swashbuckling tale of men seeking their fortunes in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
In fact, the history of Broome and the pearling industry are virtually one and the same, with the town's prosperity ebbing and flowing with the fortunes of the pearlers.
www.mybunbury.com /broome_wa.html   (613 words)

  
 WWW-VL History Index
The Discovery of Australia, by Diego de Prado, from the University of Sydney Library.
Australia Felix, by Henry Handel Richardson, from the University of Sydney Library.
An Unofficial History of Coal Mining in the Illiwara District, 1791-2000
vlib.iue.it /history/oceania/Australia   (1692 words)

  
 History Council of Western Australia - Welcome to the History Council of Western Australia
Formed in 2003 the History Council of Western Australia is an association dedicated to promoting the study, preservation and use of history in Western Australia.
The History Council of Western Australia regards an active engagement with history as essential to the well-being of contemporary society; recognises Western Australian history as enriched by diversity; and acknowledges that Western Australian people are custodians of their own history.
The History Council of Western Australia gratefully acknowledges a foundation grant from the History Foundation of Western Australia.
www.historycouncilwa.org.au   (226 words)

  
 Appendix 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the history of Western Australia, agriculture and natural resource policies were reactive, in response to reports about the declining condition of soil, land, or water.
During the years of the Depression and the War (WWII), the federal Soil Conservation Act 1938 and, in Western Australia, the Soil Conservation Act (Western Australia) 1945 were enacted in direct response to the extent of the problem.
The number of agricultural establishments in Western Australia fell from approximately 23 000 to 17 800 between 1968 and 1976, the trend being mirrored throughout Australia (National Land and Water Resources Audit 2002).
sunsite.wits.ac.za /eco/vol9/iss1/art3/append1.html   (1350 words)

  
 World History Compass Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Provides scholars studying the contemporary political history of Iran with primary source material consisting of personal accounts of individuals who either played major roles in important political events and decisions from the 1920s to the 1970s or witnessed these events from close range.
History, culture, and literature of Arkansas and surrounding regions.
History and archaeology of the Spanish fort and town of Santa Elena on Port Royal Sound in South Carolina.
www.worldhistorycompass.com   (2385 words)

  
 Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Western Australia was, and indeed from its geographical position must have been, the first part of the continent to become actually known, lying as it does just off what was then the main trade route to the East.
On the whole, the history of early Australian discovery is a calm and quiet story, without trace of adventure, recording nothing of an eventful nature beyond the sighting and superficial examination of stretches of isolated and uninteresting coast.
Although the existence of the western side of the continent had been known for certainly two, and possibly three, centuries, it was not until the third decade of the nineteenth century--some forty years after the foundation of the colony of New South Wales--that the British Government decided to take steps to found a settlement there.
gutenberg.net.au /ebooks05/0500301h.html   (15522 words)

  
 Western Australia
Western Australia is the largest state in the world, The state covers one-third of the Australian continent and is about 1 million square miles.
Western Australia has several climatic zones and when it is warm and dry in the north of the State, it is cool and wet in the south - that's how big Western Australia is.
Western Australia is free of many pests, weeds and diseases found elsewhere in Australia.
www.gettingaway.com /directory/pacific/australia/WA/main.htm   (2211 words)

  
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Western Australia is bounded by 12,500 km (7,813 miles) of pristine and widely untouched coastline to the west.
Western Australia's economy is based largely on unprocessed primary products - Agriculture / Horticulture, mining, forestry and fishing.
www.planetgypsy.com /destinations/australia/western_general.html   (406 words)

  
 History of Australia
Australia was uninhabited until stone-culture peoples arrived, perhaps by boat across the waters separating the island from the Indonesia archipelago more than 40,000 years ago.
On January 26, 1788 (now celebrated as Australia Day), the First Fleet under Capt. Arthur Phillip landed at Sydney, and formal proclamation of the establishment of the Colony of New South Wales followed on February 7.
Australia passed the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act on October 9, 1942, which officially established Australia's complete autonomy in both internal and external affairs.
infotut.com /geography/Australia   (507 words)

  
 History (from Western Australia) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
history of the region from the 11th century to the present.
Though basically an American creation, the western had its counterparts in the gaucho literature of Argentina and in tales of the settlement of the Australian outback.
History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-42609?&query=william   (872 words)

  
 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
A social and economic history of the Victoria District of W.A. with e/paper maps and illus.
A History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth.
Western Australia A.C.Frost and the Donnybrook Balingup Shire Council 1976 1st.
www.bspgallery.com.au /waloc.htm   (1295 words)

  
 History of Albany Western Australia | My Albany.net | ALBANY WA - ALBANY Accommodation & Tourism Directory. For all ...
The brig was purchased by the Ralston family of Scotland in 1823 as transport for the purpose of migrating to Australia.
After the formal declaration in 1829 of the Swan River Colony (some 410km to the North West), control of King George Sound was transferred from New South Wales to Western Australia and continued under a Government Resident.
Fortunately the practice of whale hunting was prohibited throughout Australia by the International Whaling Commission in 1963 and all whaling stations except Frenchman Bay ceased to operate.
www.myalbany.net /albany_history.html   (442 words)

  
 OzGen - Western Australia Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Western Australian, as the name implies, is a state occupying the entire western part of the continent.
Western Australia was too isolated and had too small an infrastructure of investment and population for rapid growth.
Under the constitution adopted in 1890, the new Western Australian Parliament consisted of a Legislative Council (nominated by the governor until 1893 and thereafter elected on a restricted property franchise) and a Legislative Assembly elected on manhood suffrage (extended in 1899 to women).
www.oz-gen.com /wa.htm   (1331 words)

  
 Western Australia
Oral History was first undertaken in 1961 and over the years this collection has developed into one of the largest in Australia.
The Governor of Western Australia is the personal representative of the Sovereign in the State and exercises the power of the Crown in State matters.
Information to be found includes a history of Government House and grounds (including a virtual tour), details of open days, biographies of the current Governor and his wife, the role and function of the Governor, current and selected speeches of the Governor and links with related web sites.
www.liswa.wa.gov.au /westaust.html   (2079 words)

  
 World History Compass, Australian and New Zealand History
A transcription of all of Lachlan Macquarie's journals describing his tours of inspection in Australia entitled: Lachlan Macquarie Governor of New South Wales; Journals of his Tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1810 -1822.
Journal of historical and cultural studies published by a collective at the Department of History, University of Western Australia.
Situated in Sydney, the Parliament of New South Wales is the oldest Parliament in Australia.
www.worldhistorycompass.com /austral.htm   (579 words)

  
 Australian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
See Western Australia: a History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth by J S Battye.
Western Australia: a History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth by J S Battye.
The History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890 by Alexander and George Sutherland.
gutenberg.net.au /aust-history.html   (602 words)

  
 BEVERLEY WA : a place in the History of Western Australia
This history of the early days of European settlement was published in the Beverley Times on the 17th.
May 1929 as the winning entry in an essay competition to celebrate the centenary of the founding of Western Australia.
Note:- The editor of the Beverley Times made comment when awarding the prize for this and other essays that they were written with no text books involved, but was the work of the author's own scholarship and by gleaning the knowledge of the people who were pioneers in the district.
www.beverleywa.com /aboutBeverley2.htm   (1232 words)

  
 About Western Australia : Your Window to Western Australia™
Tipping is not a necessary part of social culture in Western Australia and most major credit cards are accepted throughout the State.
Being the fastest growing state in Australia, the unemployment level is also the lowest at around 7%.
To search for available jobs in Western Australia, visit the jobsearch website, which lists every advertised job with Social Security.
www.west-oz.com /aboutwa/aboutwa.asp   (767 words)

  
 Western Australian Military History
This book provides a history of the Enrolled Pensioner Force in Western Australia from 1850-1880 together with brief biographical details of its members.
On the Homefront : Western Australia and World War II / edited by Jenny Gregory This work, published in 1996, examines how ordinary people in Western Australia responded to World War II and its aftermath.
A thesis submitted to the University of Western Australia in 1995 which discusses the role played by Aboriginal people in the armed forces in World War II.
www.liswa.wa.gov.au /wamilitary.html   (671 words)

  
 UWA Press - Studies in Western Australian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This volume from the Centre for Studies in WA History is a collection of essays in new or overlooked areas of historical study.
This volume from the Centre for Studies in WA History focuses on the meaning of and the way that West Australians have celebrated significant events in the state.
This volume from the Centre for Studies in WA History focuses on the untold story of the introduction, impact and growth of religion in WA.
www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /titles/studies_in_western_australian_history   (379 words)

  
 Category:History of Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is History of Western Australia.
Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia
Royal commission into whether there has been corrupt or criminal conduct by any Western Australian Police Officer
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:History_of_Western_Australia   (118 words)

  
 FAHS heritage handbook: Western Australia
The Heritage Council of Western Australia is the government advisory body on heritage matters.
The Lotteries Commission of Western Australia may provide grants to not-for-profit community groups based in Western Australia and providing charitable or benevolent benefit to the Western Australian community.
Places on the municipal inventory may be selected for inclusion in the town-planning scheme and may be eligible for entry in the Register of Heritage Places.
www.history.org.au /guide/chapter15.htm   (837 words)

  
 Open Directory - News: Newspapers: Regional: Australia: Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kids in Perth - The Parents' Paper - Targeted at parents with children aged up to 14 years, this is a monthly publication and is distributed free.
Pelican - The official publication of the University of Western Australia's student guild.
South Western Times - View the top news, business and sports stories, along with today's weather and annual reports for the publishing company, West Australian Newspapers Limited.
dmoz.org /News/Newspapers/Regional/Australia/Western_Australia   (1031 words)

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