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The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government is commonly known as Perth City Council. The City covers the Perth city centre and surrounding suburbs. The City covers an area of 20.01 square kilometres (8 sq mi) and had an estimated ...
This is a list of libraries in Western Australia. State Library of Western Australia, in the Alexander Library Building. J S Battye Library (division of state library) Academic libraries Curtin University Library (Curtin University) ECU Library (Edith Cowan University) Geoffrey Bolton Library (Murdoch University) Reid Library (University of Western Australia) Stanley College Library (Stanley ...
The Indian community includes a substantial number of Parsees who emigrated from Bombay—Perth being the closest Australian city to India—in 2021 those with Indian ancestry accounted for 3.5% of Perth's population [100] Perth is also home to the largest population of Anglo-Burmese in the world; many settled here following the independence of ...
Perth Museum is a museum which opened on 30 March 2024. [1] The museum is housed within Perth City Hall and aims showcase the city’s important collections to tell the tale of Scotland through the prism of Perth, the former capital of Scotland. [2] The museum faces King Edward Street but is accessed from St John's Place.
Perth was one of the 26 bidders for city status to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. On 14 March 2012, Perth's city status was successfully reinstated, along with Chelmsford and St Asaph. It became Scotland's seventh city. [36] [37] The Queen visited Perth on 6 July 2012, for what was the culmination of the Scottish leg of her Diamond ...
The history of the City of Perth, a local government area of Western Australia is defined over three distinct periods: From 1829 to 1838 — controlled by the Governor of Western Australia; From 1838 to 1858 — controlled by the Perth Town Trust; From 1858 to present — controlled by the Perth City Council, later renamed City of Perth
Ashfield is a residential suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the Town of Bassendean. The suburb is located along the Swan River. The Midland line passes through the suburb and it is serviced by the Ashfield railway station. It is home to Ashfield Reserve, [2] which also contains Ashfield Arena. It also contains Ashfield Flats, the largest ...
Crawley is a western suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. The area is part of the local government area of the City of Perth and was previously shared between the City of Subiaco and City of Perth. [3] [4] It is about 5.8 kilometres (4 mi) from the Perth CBD via Mounts Bay Road. The earlier name of the locality was Crawley ...