In early 1961, a series of bushfires burned in the southwest of Western Australia . ref name EMA cite ... of 1961.html Fires of 1961 41 day inferno Bushfires in Australia coord missing Western Australia Category 1961 in Australia Category 1961 fires Category Disasters in Australia Category History of Western ... upon the bush fires of December, 1960 and January, February and March, 1961 in Western Australia ...?OpenDocument title Dwellingup and South Western, WA Bushfire work EMA Disasters database ... in and around Dwellingup, Western Australia Dwellingup from 20 to 24 January, at Pemberton, Western ... which burned in the Darling Scarp around Kalamunda, Western Australia Kalamunda . The towns of Dwellingup and Karridale, Western Australia Karridale were largely destroyed by the fires, as were a number ..., Western Australia Onslow and moved steadily southwards, hitting that town on 20 January. With a strong ... Dwellingup, convert 110 km south of Perth, Western Australia on 19 January and the following day ... startYear 1961&p stn num 009034 Perth rainfall for 1961 ref ref http www.bom.gov.au jsp ncc cdio weatherData av?p nccObsCode 136&p display type dailyDataFile&p startYear 1961&p stn num 009514 Bunbury rainfall for 1961 ref not all were fully extinguished. Moreover, as the normal dry summer weather evaporated ... moved inland, lost intensity and produced no rain in fire affected areas, decaying bushfires ..., Western Australia Pinjarra where it burned a significant portion of the town s buildings ..., Western Australia Holyoake , Nanga Brook, Western Australia Nanga Brook , Marrinup, Western Australia Marrinup and Banksiadale, Western Australia Banksiadale and were never re built. The beginning of March ... city. ref name Age The Age , 3 March 1961 p. 6 ref Although rain was predicted, ref name Age ... reflist Further reading Holland, Jo 1982 The Day the flames came Dwellingup 1961 Dwellingup, W.A J. Holland 1986 Dwellingup bushfires of 25 years ago remembered Sunday times Perth, W.A. , 26 Jan. 1986 ... more details
List of Champions of the 1961Australian Championships tennis Australian Championships now known as the Australian Open tennis Australian Open Seniors Men s Singles main 1961Australian Championships Men s Singles flagicon Australia Roy Emerson defeated flagicon Australia Rod Laver 1 6 6 3 7 5 6 4 Women s Singles main 1961Australian Championships Women s Singles Image Flag of Australia.svg 20px Margaret Court defeated Image Flag of Australia.svg 20px Jan Lehane Jan Lehane O Neill 6 1, 6 4 External links http www.australianopen.com en AU index.html Australian Open Official Website Australian Championships tennis br start box succession box before 1960 Australian Championships tennis 1960 Australian Championships title Australian Championships years after 1962 Australian Championships tennis 1962 Australian Championships succession box before 1960 U.S. National Championships tennis 1960 U.S. National Championships title Grand Slam tennis Grand Slams years after 1961 French Championships tennis 1961 French Championships end box Category 1961 in tennis Australian Championships Category Australian Championships tennis by year ar 1961 fr Championnat de tennis d Australie 1961 it Australian Championships 1961 ja 1961 pl Australian Championships 1961 sl Prvenstvo Avstralije 1961 ... more details
The 1961 Women s Western Open was contested from June 1 4 at Belle Meade Country Club . It was the 32nd edition of the Women s Western Open . This event was won by Mary Lena Faulk . Final leaderboard class wikitable Player Country Score To par Money align center 1 Mary Lena Faulk USA 75 75 67 73 290 align center 10 align right 1,313 align center 2 Betsy Rawls USA 69 76 75 76 296 align center 4 align right 1,012 align center 3 Mickey Wright USA 77 74 72 75 298 align center 2 align right 800 align center 4 Louise Suggs USA 77 76 74 72 299 align center 1 align right 637 align center 5 Marilynn Smith USA 77 73 73 78 301 align center 1 align right 544 align center 6 Kathy Cornelius USA 77 78 74 76 305 align center 5 align right 468 align center 7 Marlene Bauer Hagge USA 75 78 80 74 307 align center 7 align right 394 align center 8 Barbara Romack USA 77 76 75 80 308 align center 8 align right 356 align center 9 Shirley Englehorn USA 73 83 74 80 310 align center 10 align right 300 align center 10 Polly Riley a USA 78 80 75 79 312 align center 12 align right 0 External links http news.google.com newspapers?id ydgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid OcDAAAAIBAJ&pg 3291,1867942&dq mary lena faulk&hl en The Spokesman Review source http news.google.com newspapers?id Lj5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid IFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg 2615,776519&dq mary lena faulk&hl en Evening Independent Women s Western Open championships Category Women s Western Open Category Golf in Tennessee Category 1961 in golf Women s Western Open Category 1961 in American sports Women s Western Open golf tournament stub ... more details
The 1961Australian Drivers Championship was a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars. The title was contested over a five race series with the winner awarded the 1961 CAMS Gold Star. The series was dominated by Victorian racer Bill Patterson racing driver Bill Patterson driving a Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Climax . ref cite web url http www.formula3.com.au files 09files series goldstar.asp title Gold Star Winners 1957 2009 publisher formula3.com.au accessdate 2010 05 25 ref Patterson won three of the five races and was second and fourth in the remaining races. Patterson finished the series 36 points ahead of Lex Davison Aston Martin DBR4 . Stan Jones racing driver Stan Jones Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Climax and Bib Stillwell Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Climax tied for third place in the points standings. The two races not won by Patterson were Longford Circuit Longford , won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Climax and Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala , won by Davison. reflist Australian Drivers Championship Category Australian Drivers Championship Category 1961 in Australian motorsport Drivers Championship ... more details
Motorsport season series Australian GT Championship year 1961 The 1961Australian GT Championship was a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers Appendix K GT cars. ref name CAMS61 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53 ref The title, which was the second Australian GT Championship , ref name CAMS06 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14 6 ref was contested over a single 50 mile race held at the Warwick Farm Raceway Warwick Farm circuit, in New South Wales , Australia on 30 July 1961. ref name Herald Yound Sydney Driver Wins Car Race Title, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 31 July 1961 ref Results class wikitable hiddentext generated with de Wikipedia Helferlein VBA Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7 hiddentext style font weight bold Position ref name McKay David McKay, Matich G.T. Champ, Modern Motor, October 1961, pages 26,27 & 98 ref Driver No. ref name McKay Car ref name McKay Entrant ref name Herald Laps ref name McKay height 13 align center 1 Frank Matich align center 36 Jaguar D type Team Leaton align center 23 height 13 align center 2 David McKay journalist David McKay align center 14 Lola Cars Lola 1100 Scuderia Veloce align center 23 height 13 align center 3 Brian Foley align center 1 Austin Healey Sprite B Foley align center 22 height 13 align center 4 Bob Jane align center Maserati 300S Autoland Pty Ltd align center 22 height 13 align center 5 Greg Cusack align center 20 Porsche 356 Porsche Super 90 G Cusack align center height 13 align center 6 Brian Lawler align center Buckle GT Tourer B Lawler align center height 13 align center ? Ralph Sach align center MG MGA MGA Twin Cam R ... Pic13.htm Cusack leads Foley during the 1961Australian GT Championship Australian GT Championship years Category Australian GT Championship Category 1961 in Australian motorsport GT Championship ... is not known. References Reflist Further reading Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport ... more details
Infobox Election election name Australian federal election, 1961 country Australia type parliamentary ongoing no previous election Australian federal election, 1958 previous year 1958 next election Australian federal election, 1963 next year 1963 seats for election All 122 seats of the Australian House ... seats of the Australian Senate election date 9 December 1961 Liberal Country coalition image1 File ... 1961. All 122 seats in the Australian House of Representatives House of Representatives , and 31 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia ..., 1961 Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1961 1963 Members of the Australian Senate ... date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Australian Federal Election, 1961 Category Federal elections in Australia ... 150px leader2 Arthur Calwell leader since2 7 March 1960 party2 Australian Labor Party leaders ... the National Country Party Country Party led by John McEwen defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell . class wikitable House of Reps Instant runoff voting IRV 1961 63 Turnout 95.27 ... align center Seats style width 40px align center Change Australian politics party colours Labor Australian Labor Party align right 2,512,929 align right 47.90 align right 5.09 align right 60 align right 15 Australian politics party colours Liberal Liberal Party of Australia align right 1,761,738 align right 33.58 align right &minus 3.65 align right 45 align right &minus 13 Australian ... 456,962 align right 8.71 align right &minus 0.70 align right 0 align right 0 Australian politics party ... right align right align right 122 align right Australian politics party colours Liberal ... &minus 4.60 align right 62 align right &minus 15 Australian politics party colours Labor Australian ... wikitable Senate Single Transferable Vote STV 1961 64 Turnout 95.27 Compulsory voting CV Informal ... width 40px align center Seats Held Australian politics party colours Labor Australian Labor ... more details
David McKay Third Country AUS Third Team Cooper Car Company Cooper Coventry Climax Climax The 1961Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the newly completed Mallala Motor Sport Park on 9 October 1961. The race had 17 starters. It was the twenty sixth Australian Grand Prix and would ...Use dmy dates date October 2011 Use Australian English date October 2011 Infobox Grand Prix race report Type CUST Description Race 5 of 5 in 1961Australian Drivers Championship Grand Prix Australian Country Australia Image Location Mallala Motor Sport Park , Mallala, South Australia Mallala , South Australia Date 9 October Year 1961 Course Permanent racing facility Course mi 2.1 Course km 3.38 Distance laps 50 Distance mi 105 Distance km 168.95 Weather Sunny Pole Driver Bill Patterson racing driver Bill Patterson Pole Country AUS Pole Team Cooper Car Company Cooper Coventry Climax Climax Pole Time 1 42.0 Fast Driver Bill Patterson racing driver Bill Patterson Fast Team Cooper Car Company Cooper Coventry Climax Climax Fast Driver2 Lex Davison Fast Team2 Cooper Car Company Cooper Coventry Climax Climax Fast Time 1 44 Fast Country AUS Fast Country2 AUS First Driver Lex Davison First Country ... World Championship Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in 1985 Australian Grand Prix 1985 . Lex Davison ... equalled by Michael Schumacher . It would be the last victory for a domestically based Australian until the emergence of Formula 5000 in 1970 Australian Grand Prix 1970 . David McKay journalist David ... Graham editor1 first Graham editor1 last Howard title The Official 50 race history of the Australian ... 0 5 pages 268 275 chapter 1961 ref class wikitable style font size 95 Pos No. Driver Team Car ... Rotary Valve References reflist s start succession box title Australian Grand Prix before 1960 Australian Grand Prix years 1961 after 1962 Australian Grand Prix s end Category 1961 in Australian motorsport Grand Prix Category Australian Grand Prix ... more details
Victorian alpine bushfires 1.3 million hectares 2006 07 December February 2006 07 Australian Bushfire ... and Environment Fire and Other Emergencies Bushfires in Australia Australian Fire Services ...Use dmy dates date February 2011 File Victorian 2009 Bushfires Steels Creek 1.jpg thumb Black Saturday bushfires at Steels Creek in 2009 The state of Victoria Australia Victoria in Australia has had a long history of catastrophic bushfire s, the most recent of these, the Black Saturday bushfires claiming ... Western District Victoria Western District Wimmera The districts were reconfigured together ... and Management publisher Council of Australian Governments url http www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au ... messages. Emergency broadcasts are made on Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC and commercial radio ... 15 December 2011 ref Vegetation removal Following the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009, interim measures ... adopted the residential building Standards Australia Australian Standard 3959 20099 to cover the location ...?open Victorian DSE ref Lightning is the most common cause, igniting the highest number of bushfires, which subsequently account for nearly half of the area burnt by bushfires in the state. Deliberately ... Matches less than 1 Major Victorian Bushfires File Major Victorian bushfires in the 2000s.PNG thumb right Major bushfires in Victoria in the 2000s File 2003 Bushfires aftermath, Big River near Anglers ... bushfires 2003 fires Most extensive fires 1851 6 February Black Thursday 5 million hectares 1938 39 ... 1983 16 February Ash Wednesday fires Ash Wednesday 510,000 hectares 2009 7 February Black Saturday bushfires ... 260,000 hectares Deadliest fires 2009 7 February March Black Saturday bushfires Black Saturday 173 ... 33 deaths 1969 8 January 23 deaths 1942 Western Victoria 20 deaths 1905 1 December 12 deaths 1898 ... 1952 January March, Central Victoria 10 deaths 1977 12 February, Western Victoria 8 deaths See also Wildfire Bushfires in Australia References reflist http www.dse.vic.gov.au DSE nrenfoe.nsf LinkView ... more details
WesternAustralian Charity Orchestra WACO is a symphony orchestra and SATB chorus founded recently in Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia . The ensemble is made up of amateur musicians mainly students from tertiary, secondary and primary institutions and puts on concerts to help fundraise for local charities and organisations. It is run by a committee consisting mostly of students from University of Western Australia UWA , WesternAustralian Academy of Performing Arts WAAPA and local high schools. Background The ensemble was founded by Samuel Parry, a student at WesternAustralian Academy of Performing Arts WAAPA . It was put together not only to help the local communities and organisations, but to change the way people think of musicians. The idea was to prove that musicians have the ability to help people and to really make a difference in their community. It s also an opportunity for students to constructively spend their holiday time working towards being better musicians. On the 4th of February 2008 they organisation performed their inaugural concert, which was held at the Perth Concert Hall . Through donations and ticket sales inspired by this event, the organisation was able to raise 8,600AU to the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation . The 2009 concert raised a record amount of 15,000AU, which on the night was decided to be split between PMHF and the Victorian Bushfires Appeal. Instrumentation and Players The WACO is a very large orchestra with over 160 members in the February 2008 concert , and has a very wide instrumentation. For the concert on the 4th ... www.2525productions.com waco The WesternAustralian Charity Orchestra s Website http www.pmhfoundation.com The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation s Website http www.facebook.com pages The WesternAustralian Charity Orchestra 14635115966 WACO on Facebook Category Australian orchestras Category Culture in Perth, Western Australia Category Culture in Western Australia ... more details
Italic title The WesternAustralian Naturalist is the peer review peer reviewed scientific journal of the WesternAustralian Naturalists Club . It publishes original research on topics related to the natural history of Western Australia . It was established in 1939 as The West Australian Naturalist , but changed to its current title in 1947. External links Official http www.wanaturalists.org.au about us publications ISSN 0508 4865 sci journal stub WesternAustralia stub DEFAULTSORT WesternAustralian Naturalist Category Natural history of Western Australia Category Science and technology in Western Australia Category Publications established in 1939 Category Biology journals ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name WesternAustralian Government Railways logo Bassendean rail museum ... also known as Public Works and Railways 1890 1914 WesternAustralian Government Railways I 1914 1922 WesternAustralian Government Railways and Tramways 1922 1930 WesternAustralian Government Railways, Tramways and Electricity Supply 1930 1946 WesternAustralian Government Railways, Tramways, Ferries and Electricity Supply 1946 1949 WesternAustralian Government Railways, Tramways and Ferries 1949 2000 WesternAustralian Government Railways II 1975 WAGR adopts the brand name Westrail 2000 The freight business and the Westrail name were sold to AustralianWestern Railroad a subsidiary ... lease. The public entity is renamed to the WesternAustralian Government Railways Commission WAGRC ... the current WesternAustralian urban passenger network under Transperth Trains is entirely electrified ... at that date ref Locomotives main Locomotives of the WesternAustralian Government Railways The WAGR ... Mechanical Engineers of the WesternAustralian Government Railways Chief Mechanical Engineer was the highest ..., notably the other Australian states. See also Rail transport in Western Australia References ..., W.A Australian Railway Historical Society, WesternAustralian Division. ISBN 0959969039 May, Andrew ... and Railways dissolved 1 July 2003 superseding Public Transport Authority Western Australia Public Transport Authority jurisdiction Government of Western Australia employees budget chief1 name chief1 position parent agency child1 agency website footnotes WesternAustralian Government Railways WAGR was most common name of the Western Australia n Government of Western Australia government rail transport ... Western Australia Public Transport Authority PTA of Western Australia. History of operations Image ... throughout Western Australia. The network of branches were of vital importance in the state prior ... were isolated from the main system, such as the Marble Bar, Western Australia Marble Bar and the Hopetoun ... more details
WesternAustralian English is the collective name given to the variety or varieties of English language English spoken in the States and territories of Australia Australian state of Western Australia WA . As with the other Variation in Australian English Specific regional dialects regional varieties of Australian English , the vocabulary spoken in Western Australia also varies slightly by region. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , there are three localised, regional varieties of English in WA Perth English , Central WesternAustralian English , and Northern WesternAustralian English ref http abc.net.au wordmap default.htm Australian Broadcasting Coorporation, Regionalisms ... of the vocabulary used in Western Australia is unique, within both Australia, and the wider world ref Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie, Words from the West A Glossary of WesternAustralian Terms. Oxford ..., Lexical Variation among WesternAustralian Primary School Children , Australian Journal of Linguistics ... elsewhere. Many words from the Indigenous Australian languages Aboriginal language have found their way into WesternAustralian English. Examples include gidgee or gidgie , a Noongar word for spear ... Chapter 1.pdf Speaking Our Language The Story of Australian English. Bruce Moore 2008 ref . Among Western .... Phonology Most Western Australians speak with either a general Australian accent or a broad Australian accent and generally, those who grew up in suburban Perth, Western Australia Perth speak with a general Australian accent, and those from regional areas from the country speak with a broad ... , referring to an Australian immigrant of Italian descent this word is often considered derogatory ... of beer in Western Australia smaller than a pint are referred to as a middy , a 285ml serve. Some ... ear , beard and air , sheer . In Western Australia there is a tendency for centring diphthongs to be pronounced .... ref http clas.mq.edu.au australian voices regional accents ref See also Australian English Variation ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 AustralianWestern Railroad AWR is the name of the private entity that purchased the Westrail freight business from the State Government of Western Australia . The sale took place in the year 2000 for the price of A 585 million dollars. AWR is a subsidiary of the Australian Railroad Group . Category Rail transport in Western Australia Category Railway companies of Australia WesternAustralia rail transport stub ... more details
s choosing whether they be in the Legislative Assembly or in the WesternAustralian Legislative ... WA Legislative Assembly 1896.JPG thumb right 350px members of the WesternAustralian Legislative Assembly ... the Governor was responsible for most legislative matters, with only the appointed WesternAustralian ... in 1899, making Western Australia the second of the Australian colonies behind South Australia to do ... 20statistics 202.pdf format PDF title September enrolment statistics author WesternAustralian ... 45447a522344bfd248256ab100064de1?OpenDocument house WesternAustralian Legislative ..., but all seats then in place remained until the WesternAustralian state election, 2008 following election on 6 September 2008. A redistribution of seats announced by the WesternAustralian Electoral ... Australian Legislative Council . class wikitable rowspan 2 Party colspan 30 Seats held WesternAustralian ... Party of Western Australia National align center 4 align center 5 align center 5 Australian politics ... also Speaker of the WesternAustralian Legislative Assembly Electoral districts of Western Australia WesternAustralian Legislative Council Parliaments of the Australian states and territories Members of the WesternAustralian Legislative Assembly, 2005 2008 Members of the WesternAustralian Legislative ...Use dmy dates date October 2011 Use Australian English date October 2011 Infobox Legislature background color 008000 text color white name WesternAustralian Legislative Assembly coa pic session room house type Lower house leader1 type Speaker of the WesternAustralian Legislative Assembly Speaker leader1 Grant Woodhams party1 National Party of Western Australia National Party election1 6 November 2008 members 59 structure1 alt Current Structure of the Legislative Assembly political groups1 Australian ... , br Western Australia , Australia website http www.parliament.wa.gov.au web newwebparl.nsf iframewebpages ... of parliament in the Australia n state of Western Australia . It sits in Parliament House, Perth ... more details
The WesternAustralian Institute of Sport commonly known as WAIS is an elite sports institute set up in 1983 by the Government of Western Australia to support athletes in Western Australia . Previously, if elite athletes from WesternAustralian needed to train or receive coaching at an international level they had to move to one of the Australian Institute of Sport AIS campuses which were generally based in the eastern states. The founding director was Wally Foreman who held the position for 17 years until 2001. His replacement and the current director is Steve Lawrence. The institute has sport programs including Athletics track and field athletics , baseball , canoeing , cycling , gymnastics , Field hockey men and women s hockey , netball , Rowing sport rowing , sailing , softball , swimming sport swimming and water polo men and women s water polo . Staff are based at Challenge Stadium and currently include over 40 full and part time coaches and 15 sport scientists. At any one time, there are between 350 to 500 athletes under management at the institute. See also WesternAustralian Hall of Champions External links http www.wais.org.au WAIS website AIS Category Sport in Western Australia Category Organisations based in Western Australia Category Education in Perth, Western Australia sport org stub ... more details
gobeirne.jpg right thumb 400px The WesternAustralian Museum, Perth, Western Australia Perth . The WesternAustralian Museum is the States and territories of Australia state museum for Western Australia . The WesternAustralian Museum has seven main sites two in Perth, Western Australia ... Geraldton , and Kalgoorlie Boulder, Western Australia Kalgoorlie Boulder . The WesternAustralian ..., and in 1897 the museum officially became the WesternAustralian Museum and Art Gallery. During ... Aborigines Aboriginal site management. WesternAustralian Museum locations The Western Museum has six ... of Western Australia. class wikitable scope col Detail scope col WesternAustralian Museum Perth scope col WesternAustralian Museum Maritime scope col WesternAustralian Museum Shipwreck Galleries scope col WesternAustralian Museum Albany scope col WesternAustralian Museum Kalgoorlie Boulder scope col WesternAustralian Museum Geraldton scope row Address Perth Cultural Centre, James Street ... Friday. WesternAustralian Museum Perth Wednesday 9 September 1891 the Geological Museum was opened ... Gaol still forms a significant part of the WesternAustralian Museum Perth and represents one of the oldest ... 2799154.htm?site perth ref Throughout the WesternAustralian Museum s history the prominent James Street ... on display at the WesternAustralian Museum Perth include WA Land and People This exhibition ... interact and learn about the Museum s collections and research. WesternAustralian Museum Maritime and WesternAustralian Museum Shipwreck Galleries Image FremantleMaritimeMuseum2 gobeirne.jpg right ... HMASOvens gobeirne.jpg thumb HMAS Ovens at the WA Maritime Museum The WesternAustralian Museum has two branches in Fremantle Maritime and Shipwreck Galleries. The WesternAustralian Museum Maritime ... II , which won the America s Cup in 1983. Situated adjacent to the WesternAustralian Museum Maritime ... tours. Nearby in Cliff Street, Fremantle, the WesternAustralian Museum Shipwreck Galleries is recognised ... more details
The WesternAustralian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia , Western Australia . It is part of the Government of Western Australia State government s Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation , and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Australia . ref name Herbarium home page cite web title WesternAustralian Herbarium url http science.dec.wa.gov.au herbarium publisher Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation , Government of Western Australia accessdate 2006 08 08 ref The Herbarium is linked to the Regional Herbaria Network which links approximately 84 regional community groups which have local reference collections. In 2000, with the Wildflower Society of Western Australia and the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority it published The WesternAustralian Flora A Descriptive Catalogue . History The Herbarium was formed as the amalgamation of three separate government department herbaria those of the WesternAustralian Museum , the Department of Agriculture Western Australia Department of Agriculture , and the forest herbarium maintained by the Conservator of Forests Western Australia Conservator of Forests . The first of these was formed by Bernard Henry Woodward , Director of the Museum and Art Gallery, probably around 1895 the second was probably formed with the appointment of Alexander Morrison botanist Alexander Morrison as botanist to the Department of Agriculture in 1897. In 1906 the Department ... History of early WesternAustralian herbaria pages 23 27 editor Short, P. S. ed. title History of systematic botany in Australasia publisher Australian Systematic Botany Society isbn 0 7316 8463 X ref See also FloraBase the WesternAustralian Flora References reflist External links http florabase.dec.wa.gov.au ... display title Category Botany in Western Australia Category Conservation in Western Australia Category ... more details
Use dmy dates date June 2011 Use Australian English date June 2011 infobox stadium stadium name WesternAustralian Athletics Stadium image File WA Athletics Stadium Strickland Stand.jpg 300px center location Mount Claremont, Western Australia Mount Claremont & Floreat, Western Australia Floreat , Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia coordinates coord 31 57 01 S 115 46 55 E display it opened 2009 owner WesternAustralian Government operator Venues West surface Mondo track grass infield construction cost Australian dollar A 73.4 million 2009 ref name athletics.com.au Athletics Australia News http www.athletics.com.au news news 2009 may wa athletics stadium unveiled All new WA Athletics Stadium unveiled in Perth . Retrieved on 4 September 2009. ref architect Various tenants Athletics Western Australia br WesternAustralian Institute of Sport seating capacity 1,971 grandstand br 8,000 grass embankments ref name WA Athletics Stadium Venues West http www.venueswest.wa.gov.au 2 293 1 wa athletics stadium.pm WA Athletics Stadium Retrieved on 4 September 2009 ref The WesternAustralian Athletics Stadium is the main facility for the sport of track and field athletics athletics in Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia . It was constructed to replace the ageing Perry Lakes Stadium nearby, which had been in use since the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth. The stadium houses the head offices of Athletics Western Australia and will be a major facility for athletes with the WesternAustralian Institute of Sport . The opening ceremony was conducted on 26 May 2009, by the Premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett , and included ceremonial activities to acknowledge the Australian Aborigine aboriginal landowners as well as an inaugural ... on 4 September 2009 ref The stadium incorporates features which honour some of Western Australia s past .... ref name WA Athletics Stadium References reflist Category Sports venues in Perth, Western ... more details
Infobox Legislature name WesternAustralian Legislative Council session room session alt house type Upper House leader1 type President of the WesternAustralian Legislative Council President of the Council leader1 Barry House party1 Australian Liberal Party Liberal election1 2009 political groups1 Australian Labor Party Labor Party , Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party , National Party of Western Australia National Party , Greens Western Australia The Greens WA meeting place Legislative Council Chamber br Parliament House, Perth , br Western Australia , Australia website http www.parliament.wa.gov.au ... house, the WesternAustralian Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly . It sits in Parliament House, Perth Parliament House in the state capital, Perth, Western Australia Perth . The Legislative ... the WesternAustralian state election, 2008 following election on 6 September 2008. ref name EARA 2005 References reflist See also Members of the WesternAustralian Legislative Council Parliaments ... politics party colours Labor Australian politics party colours Labor National Party of Western ... colours Nationals Australian politics party colours Nationals Greens Western Australia ... , or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australia n state of Western ... of Parliament of Western Australia ref Under proportional representation, it is not unusual for a government ... members and or minor parties, such as Greens Western Australia The Greens , to pass legislation. As with all other Australian states and territories, voting is compulsory for all resident Australian .... Since only about 35 per cent of Western Australia s population is located in towns and small settlements ... s4.html ref History The Legislative Council was Western Australia s first representative ... Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament passed an act that permitted the Australian colonies ... of this provision, Western Australia was slow to adopt the system. In 1867, the Governor of Western ... more details
The 1900 WesternAustralian floods were a series of flood ing events from March to May 1900 that affected large areas of Western Australia , primarily in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions, though it extended ... percent month colour history wa 1900030119000331.gif WesternAustralian Rainfall in March 1900 ref over ... by Easter Monday, all houses in Roebourne, Western Australia Roebourne were completely surrounded by water from the Harding River ref The West Australian , April 16, 1900 ref During April and May, the rain ... West Australian , 23 April 1900 page 5 ref but today is recognised to be a northwest cloudband . There were ... totals, for instance Wiluna, Western Australia Wiluna received convert 527.1 mm in 1 and Cossack near Port Hedland, Western Australia Port Hedland as much as convert 636.4 mm in 1 . The heaviest rainfall ... Gascoyne , Ashburton River Western Australia Ashburton and Murchison River Western Australia Murchison ... as another major rainband affected the State early that month, with Onslow, Western Australia Onslow ... most severely hit of all, with the mail vans from Perth bogged down at Peak Hill, Western Australia ... at the end of Easter to the Murchison River s basin ref West Australian , April 18, 1900 page ... with Perth, Western Australia Perth were indeed not repaired until well into June, a month after ... of Western Australia . In the interim, communication about the flooding was delayed almost uniformly ... s and salt lakes in the Goldfields such as Lake Carnegie Western Australia Lake Carnegie and Lake ... the first European settlement of Western Australia and these floods were thus unprecedented for an extremely long period of time. References Reflist Category 1900 in Australia 1900 WesternAustralian floods Category Floods in Australia 1900 WesternAustralian floods Category 1900 floods 1900 WesternAustralian floods Category History of Western Australia 1900 WesternAustralian floods Category Disasters in Western Australia ... more details
Use dmy dates date March 2011 Taxobox name WesternAustralian angelshark status DD status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Chondrichthyes subclassis Elasmobranchii ordo Squatiniformes familia Squatinidae genus Squatina species S. pseudocellata binomial Squatina pseudocellata binomial authority Peter R. Last Last & William T. White W. T. White , 2008 Portal Sharks The WesternAustralian angelshark , Squatina pseudocellata , is an angel shark of the family biology family Squatinidae found on the tropical outer continental shelf off northern Western Australia , at depths of convert 130 to 310 m . Its length is up to convert 64 cm . Reproduction is ovoviviparous , with up to 20 pups in a litter. References Leonard Compagno Compagno , Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World , Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0 691 12072 2 IUCN2009.2 assessors P. M. Kyne & R. D. Cavanagh year 2003 id 42728 title Squatina ocellata downloaded 3 March 2010 FishBase species genus Squatina species pseudocellata month February year 2011 Selachimorpha Sq. DEFAULTSORT WesternAustralian Angelshark Category Squatinidae Category Animals described in 2008 pt Squatina pseudocellata vi WesternAustralian angelshark ... more details
The WesternAustralian Seniors Card is an identity concession discount card issued by the Department for Communities of the Government of Western Australia . Eligibility Eligibility for issue of a Seniors Card requires the applicant to be resident in Western Australia, aged 60 years or over and be working less than 20 hours a week. A statutory declaration is required to be submitted. Concessions A range of concessions are available. These range from state government concessions water, electricity, shire rates , to a range of business discounts. The card is combined with a Seniors SmartRider , which offers public transport concessions. Restrictions There are currently December 2008 no formal reciprocal interstate arrangements, however, some organisations do recognise the card. References WesternAustralian Department for Communities http www.communities.wa.gov.au Category Contactless smart cards Category Government of Western Australia Seniors cards help to discount and make life better in quality and quanitiy in all services for the Baby Boomer generation. ... more details
The WesternAustralian Naturalists Club WANC , founded in Perth, Western Australia , in 1924, is one of the oldest Conservation movement conservation groups in Australia . It caters for those interested in all areas of natural history and conservation in Western Australia through a full program of excursions, meetings, workshops and social events. History The inaugural meeting of the club was held on 3 July 1924 under the direction of three scientists, botanist W.M. Carne, entomology entomologist ... in 1936, revised when the club became incorporated in 1979. Its journal, The WesternAustralian Naturalist , was first published in 1947. Most regular meetings were held at the WesternAustralian Museum until 1962 when the club obtained its own premises in Nedlands, Western Australia Nedlands , a hall which was replaced 1n 1997 by a library and office in Northbridge, Western Australia Northbridge , with monthly meetings held at the University of Western Australia . The club also owns a field station at South Yunderup, Western Australia Yunderup , 100 km south of Perth. Publications Members receive a refereed scientific journal , The WesternAustralian Naturalist , twice a year, as well ... reflist References cite web url http www.wanaturalists.org.au about us history title WesternAustralian ... Citation author1 Erickson, Rica author2 WesternAustralian Naturalists Club title History of the WesternAustralian Naturalists Club 1924 1974 publication date 1974 publisher WesternAustralian Naturalists Club edition rev. ed isbn 978 0 9598452 0 4 External links http www.wanaturalists.org.au WesternAustralian Naturalists Club Category Clubs and societies in Australia Category Conservation organisations ... W.A. NATURALISTS CLUB. newspaper The Sunday Times Western Australia Sunday Times Perth, WA 1902 1954 ... Western Australia Sunday Times Perth, WA 1902 1954 location Perth, WA date 25 October 1931 accessdate ... nla.news article78264193 title 14ft Grass For Exhibition. newspaper Daily News Perth, Western Australia ... more details
Infobox Organization name WesternAustralian Cricket Association image Wacalogo.jpg image border yes size 100 alt caption Logo of the WACA abbreviation motto formation 1885 type GO, NGO, IGO, INGO, etc status Incorporated association headquarters WACA Ground location East Perth, Western Australia coords coord 31.959008 S 115.879669 E scale 1000 region served Western Australia membership leader title President leader name Dennis Lillee main organ gral. assembly, board of directors, etc parent organization if one affiliations Cricket Australia num staff num volunteers budget website http www.waca.com.au waca.com.au remarks The WesternAustralian Cricket Association known as the WACA is the governing body for cricket in Western Australia . History The WACA was formed on 5 November 1885. In 1893 the association opened the WACA Ground . ref name waca1 cite web url http waca.com.au waca history.asp title WACA History publisher WesternAustralian Cricket Association accessdate 2009 11 03 ref ref name waca2 cite web url http waca.com.au waca timeline.asp title WACA Historic Timeline publisher WesternAustralian Cricket Association accessdate 2009 11 03 ref First class cricket The WACA is responsible for managing Western Australia s first class cricket team the Western Warriors . Competitions The WACA is responsible for administering WesternAustralian Grade Cricket . ref name waca3 cite ... WesternAustralian Cricket Association accessdate 2009 11 03 ref The Association also hosts a popular annual cricket festival at Lilac Hill in Guildford, Western Australia Guildford between a Chairman ... date work waca.com.au publisher WesternAustralian Cricket Association accessdate 3 May 2011 ref The current ... President of the WACA is former Australian cricket team Australian Test cricket er, Dennis ... Australia. References reflist Cricket in Australia Category Cricket governing bodies in Australia Western Australia Category Sports governing bodies in Western Australia Cric Category Cricket in Western ... more details
Use dmy dates date November 2011 Use Australian English date November 2011 In 1983, the sports journalism Sportswriters Association of Western Australia proposed a WesternAustralian Hall of Champions ... WA Hall of Champions History work WAIS ref The Government of Western Australia asked the then recently created WesternAustralian Institute of Sport WAIS to develop the concept and the Hall of fame Hall ... 1985. ref WesternAustralian Hall of Champions handbook 2006 ref Fourteen foundation inductees were ... Wally Foreman and George Grljusich . The award is separate from the WesternAustralian Sports Star ... Hall of Fame inductees References reflist Category Sport in Western Australia Category Australian ... is the highest honour that can be accorded a West Australian sportsperson. ref name legend ... accessdate 2007 11 11 work ABC Western Australia ref The induction criteria is The person must have achieved the highest level of open competition in his her sport The person must be product of the WesternAustralian sporting system, or have established their reputation while living in and representing Western Australia The person must been retired from open competition for at least five years ... Sharon Buchanan Field hockey 1999 Haydn Bunton, Jr Haydn Bunton Australian rules football 2003 Barry Cable Australian rules football 1985 Ian Cairns Surfing 1990 Ric Charlesworth Field hockey 1995 Jack K. Clarke Jack Clarke Australian rules football 1991 Jodie Cooper Surfing 2001 Priya Cooper Swimming ... Doig Australian rules football 1988 Jerry Dolan Australian rules football 1986 Herb Elliott Athletics ... hockey Ray Evans Field hockey 1989 Graham Farmer Australian rules football 1985 Brian Glencross Field hockey 1986 Ross Glendinning Australian rules football 1994 Mavis Gray n e Beckett Field hockey ... Australian rules football 1998 Rechelle Hawkes Field hockey 2005 Ern Henfry Australian rules football ... Kersley Harness racing 1987 Fred Kersley junior Harness racing 2002 Johnny Leonard Australian rules ... more details
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