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The first schools started to appear during the 1830s throughout the state, in the form of one-teacher schools. The oldest government-sponsored education institution in Western Australia, Guildford Colonial School (now Guildford Primary School), was founded at the Swan River Colony in 1833, and consisted of several premises in the townsite before a purpose built school was constructed in 1870. [4]
A Perth-based distance education school was established in September 1918 as the Correspondence School of Western Australia. [3] At this time Western Australia had a comparatively small population spread across a large and diverse geographic area, and families living in isolated areas were unable to provide a comprehensive education for their ...
This is a list of the extreme points of Australia (the country, not the continent). The list includes extremes of cardinal direction, elevation, and other points of peculiar geographic interest. The location of some points depend on whether islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory (which is not universally recognised) are included.
Western Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent.Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, after Yakutia in Russia, despite the fact that Australia is only the sixth largest country in the world by area, and no other regional administrative ...
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is the statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia responsible for developing school curriculum and standards in education across Western Australia, as well as a Soup Kitchen.
Banksia telmatiaea, commonly known as swamp fox banksia or rarely marsh banksia, is a shrub that grows in marshes and swamps along the lower west coast of Australia.It grows as an upright bush up to 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) tall, with narrow leaves and a pale brown flower spike, which can produce profuse quantities of nectar.
Point Currie aka Pelican Point from the north east. Pelican Point is a geographical feature and nature reserve on the Swan River in Perth, located at Matilda Bay near the University of Western Australia. The point is named for the pelicans that rest on sand bars at the end of the point.
Napier is a rural locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Kalgan River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality, with the Granite Hill Nature Reserve stretching along the river in this section. The Napier Nature Reserve is also located within Napier.