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Tourism in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, is an important part of the Australian state's economy, contributing to the prosperity of businesses in the city, as well as other regions of the state. Perth had approximately 2.8 million domestic visitors and 0.7 million international visitors in the year ending March 2012. [1]
Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Perth was named after the city of Perth in Scotland. [6]
Many major roads in Perth [4] and in rural Western Australia [5] are not assigned a route number. Not many routes have been added in the Perth and Peel regions since the 1990s with the exceptions including the Graham Farmer Freeway in 2000 and Mandjoogoordap Drive in 2010. A subsequent review of the system was undertaken in 2024 which resulted ...
A Head Full of Dreams Tour: 2016–2017 A Head Full of Dreams · Kaleidoscope EP: 122 $ 523 million: 5.38 million Music of the Spheres World Tour: 2022–2025 Music of the Spheres · Moon Music: 225 $ 1.20 billion: 10.9 million [b]
The Kids' Bridge, dual-named as Koolangka Bridge, [1] [2] [a] is a pedestrian bridge in Perth, Western Australia. It crosses Winthrop Avenue in Nedlands, joining the Perth Children's Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre [4] [5] with Kings Park. [6] The bridge is 217 metres (712 ft) long, 3 metres (10 ft) wide [7] [8] and rainbow ...
Perth Darwin National Highway Swan Valley bypass (dashed orange line) In the early 1990s, a corridor study conducted by Main Roads into the long-term needs of the Perth to Darwin National Highway concluded the existing Great Northern Highway, with bypasses around rural towns and the Swan Valley, was the most suitable route for the National ...
Digital terrestrial television in Australia commenced on 1 January 2001 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth using DVB-T standards. The phase out of analogue PAL transmissions began on 30 June 2010 and was completed by 10 December 2013.
The Avon rises near Yealering, 221 kilometres (137 mi) southeast of Perth: it meanders north-northwest to Toodyay about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northeast of Perth, then turns southwest in Walyunga National Park – at the confluence of the Wooroloo Brook, it becomes the Swan River.