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In 1990, the Metropolitan Market Trust changed its name to the Perth Market Authority and in 1989 the Authority relocated the markets to a site in Canning Vale. [14] The original market site has since been redeveloped and is the site of Watertown Brand Outlet Centre [15] and the offices of the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia.
In July 2012, Brownes acquired Casa Dairy, a maker of niche products like European-style cheeses and buttermilk located in Canning Vale. [ 11 ] Brownes was fined $100,000 in July 2014 after waste milk from its Brunswick facility spilled into a nearby creek causing fish to die and a foul odour.
Texas Precious Metals, based in Shiner, Texas, is one of the largest precious metals dealers in the United States. [3] [4] The company reported annual revenues of $180.1 million in 2013 [1] and $153.2 million in 2014. [2]
Water Corporation was created in January 1996, in a restructure of the water industry in Western Australia.. The Water Authority in turn had been created in 1985 through a merger of the former Metropolitan Water Authority, which operated in Perth, the state capital, and the water and wastewater operations of the former WA Public Works Department.
Fremantle Markets from South Terrace. Designed in the Federation Romanesque style, the architects were Joseph Herbert Eales [2] and Charles Oldham. [3] The foundation stone was laid by Premier of Western Australia Sir John Forrest on 6 November 1897, and the principal construction was carried out between 1898 and 1902 at a cost of £8,268, equivalent to A$1.3 million in 2022. [1]
Some major businesses based in Perth suffered financial difficulties, in part due to the 1987 stock market crash, and eventually entered bankruptcy. On 19 November 1990, Carmen Lawrence , the then Labor premier, announced her government's intention to hold a royal commission to "inquire into certain matters".
Daily News front page of 7 August 1945, announcing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. [2]One of the early newspapers of the Western Australian colony was The Inquirer, established by Francis Lochee and William Tanner on 5 August 1840.
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