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40 unusual facts about Perth


2008 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships

It was held from August 25 to August 29, 2008 in the suburb of Leederville in Perth, Australia.

ABC Great Southern

It was originally built solely as a retransmission facility, relaying 6WF from Perth to the greater southwest area of the state.

Adam Voges

From Perth, Western Australia, Voges excelled at cricket from an early age, attending the Western Australian Institute of Sport and playing both Test and ODI matches for the Australian under-19 cricket team.

Arthur Grimshaw

He was appointed Assistant Chaplain at Geelong Grammar School from 1959 to 1961, vicar of Romsey and Sunbury with Lancefield from 1961 to 1964 and Precentor at St George's Cathedral, Perth from 1964 to 1968.

Barrack Street

Barrack Street is one of two major cross-streets in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia.

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Commercial buildings on the opposite side of the street give way to small retail businesses on both sides between Hay Street and Wellington Street.

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The section between Murray Street and Wellington Street saw a minor urban renewal with Barrack Plaza officially opening on 12 July 2006.

Bennelongia

Bennelongia gwelupensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Perth, southwest coast

Brigidine Sisters

From there branches quickly spread to the dioceses of Sydney, Bathurst, Canberra-Goulburn, Perth and Brisbane as well as to the Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand, in 1898.

Claremont railway station, Perth

Scotch College is primarily served by Swanbourne station.

Colin Milburn

Milburn returned to Perth, where he enjoyed a prolific season for Western Australia.

Demography of Scotland

Around 70% of the country's population live in the Central Lowlands — region stretching in a northeast-southwest orientation between the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including major settlements such as Paisley, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth and Dundee.

Douglas Wiseman

Wiseman was also a public school board chair, and a trustee of St. Paul's United Church in Perth, Ontario.

Fair Work Ombudsman

The Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman has offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth and many regional locations.

Gita Gutawa

The following year, she appeared in her first feature-length film, Love in Perth, in which she played a shy student studying in Perth, Australia.

Glenn Maxwell

On 3 February in the 2nd ODI against West Indies at Perth, he scored a duck, but then took 4/63 with the ball to support Mitchell Starc (5/32) and bowl out the visitors for 212 in 38.1 overs.

Ian Millar

He operates "Millar Brooke Farm" near the small town of Perth, Ontario.

John Balmer

Partnered by a fellow officer, he set a cross-country record of 65 hours and 10 minutes travelling from Perth, Western Australia, to Melbourne in December 1936.

Ken MacLeay

In 2001, MacLeay was named as a life member of the WACA Ground in Perth for his contributions to cricket.

Lorne Argyle Campbell

He was born in Perth, Ontario, the son of John G. Campbell and Helen Gray Murdoch, and was educated at Perth Collegiate.

Love in Perth

Lola (Gita Gutawa), a shy 16-year-old Indonesian girl, receives a scholarship to study at a famous high school in Perth.

National Campus Band Competition

Since then, the National final has travelled around the country (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Lismore, Adelaide and Wollongong) and the competition has attracted more and more bands, as well as receiving great kudos from the music industry.

Ommatoiulus moreleti

Since being introduced to Port Lincoln, South Australia in 1953, the millipede has spread to other parts of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, southern New South Wales and Western Australia around Perth

Perth-Andover

Much of Perth was originally part of the territory of the Tobique First Nation, whose reserve was established in 1801, at the band's request.

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In 1894 the Tobique Valley Railway constructed a line from a junction with the CPR at Perth to Plaster Rock; it was leased by CPR in 1897.

Perth, Tasmania

Federal Lyons MHR Eric Hutchinson also has an office in the town.

Preston Point

It is located in the Perth suburb of East Fremantle, about 12 km south west of the city centre.

Silverton Tramway

After the completion of the Trans-Australian Railway, the Silverton Tramway and the South Australian line to Port Pirie was a missing link in an unbroken Sydney to Perth rail journey (Perth to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia was the other).

St Georges Terrace

The level of St Georges Terrace is in effect at the top of a ridge, where the short roads that descend southerly towards Perth Water all provide views of the Swan River, including Barrack Street, Sherwood Court, Howard Street, William Street, Mill Street, and Spring Street.

Tarcoola railway station

The station has two triangles, one for turning locomotives, and a larger one that gives direct access from the Darwin line to the Perth line.

The Yellow Wallpaper

Anglican Archbishop Peter Carnley used the story as a reference and a metaphor for the situation of women in the church in his sermon at the ordination of the first women priests in Australia on 7 March 1992 in St George's Cathedral, Perth.

Tobique River

The river rises from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park and flows for 148 kilometres to its confluence with the Saint John River near Perth-Andover.

Tom Moody

Schooled at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, where his father was headmaster, he exhibited great talent for athletics (particularly the high jump) and Australian rules football but truly excelled at cricket being selected to train with the 1st XI side (usually made up of year twelve students) at just thirteen, and play with them the following year.

Tony Lock

After retirement he moved into coaching in Perth and London, but late in life faced two separate charges of sexual abuse.

Tree Martin

This is most common in western Australia, where breeding occurs even in large cities like Adelaide and Perth.

Wellington Street, Perth

The area of the street facing the Perth railway station to the north, Forrest Place to the south, and bound by Barrack Street to the east, and William Street to the west, was effectively the transport hub of Perth from the 1880s when the first railway station was built, until the 1960s when public transport and private car usage changed significantly in Perth.

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In the suburb of Perth, Wellington Street is adjacent to a number of notable buildings and landmarks, including Royal Perth Hospital, Forrest Chase shopping centre, Perth railway station, Wellington Street bus station, and Perth Arena, before reaching the Mitchell Freeway.

William Street, Perth

This is followed by Murray and Hay streets, which are pedestrian malls to the east; and then St Georges Terrace, which is a through-route for vehicular traffic.

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Wesley Church is also on the corner of William Street and Hay Street.

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William Street is a suburban distributor and one of two major cross-streets in the CBD of Perth, Western Australia.


1987 Defender Selection Series

The third syndicate was a well funded group known as Taskforce '87 and headed by Perth businessman Kevin Parry. Taskforce '87 built three boats, Kookaburra (KA-11), Kookaburra II (KA-12) skippered by Peter Gilmour and Kookaburra III (KA-15) skippered by Iain Murray.

Amuza

Amuza Motors Pty Ltd of Perth is an Australian automotive company which exhibited its Ford Falcon-based stretch limo at the 2003 Tokyo Auto Salon.

Andrew Lovett

Lovett played for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup and North Heidelberg in the Northern Football League before relocating to Perth to play for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), where he hoped he could be drafted into the AFL.

Blue Shaddy

Having lived in the city of Perth for some 14 years and meeting band members, Malaysian born Arun Satgunasingam (drummer and percussionist) and percussionist Sri Lankan born Kanchana Karunaratna, the band has been exposed to new influences which leads to what Blue Shaddy are today.

Clarissa House

She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Theatre Arts degree from Perth's Curtin University (formerly the Western Australian Institute of Technology)

Cundall Johnston and Partners

Founded in Newcastle and Edinburgh, Cundall now has United Kingdom offices in London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester, with Australian offices in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide plus offices in Dubai, Doha, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Cyprus in Paphos and Nicosia, Madrid, Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest in Romania.

Driver Group

Driver Group today operates charters originating in Melbourne and operating to destinations around the country, Great Sights day tours in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide and Gray Line Australia day tours in Melbourne, Perth, Cairns, Adelaide, Darwin, Alice Springs and Tasmania.

Edward Boddington

Edward Robert Boddington was born 29 April 1862 in Wakefield and died 4 March 1897 in Perth, Western Australia.

Elizabeth Edmondson

Around the time that Elizabeth was starting to prepare for the Paralympics, she was a student at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, a member of the West Perth Swimming Club, and an avid surfer.

Ernest Augustus Lee Steere

Lee Steere was descended from one of the prominent so-called six hungry families of Perth, which included his uncle, Sir James George Lee Steere (1830-1903).

Gary van Egmond

The FFA charged Van Egmond with bringing the game into disrepute for a furious on-field outburst with Perth Glory player, Adrian Trinidad, in round 11.

Greg Blewett

He followed that with a century in the WACA Ground in Perth during his second match and scored a century at Edgbaston in England in 1997 and scoring three centuries in his first three Ashes Test series.

Hélène Joy

Joy was born and raised in Australia, studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth.

High Wycombe, Western Australia

Routes 296 and 299 provide the primary service for High Wycombe, operating to Esplanade Busport in the Perth CBD via Great Eastern Highway, or to Kalamunda bus station in Kalamunda, a regional centre of the Perth Hills.

History of Perth, Scotland

The restoration of Charles II was not without incident, and with the Act of Settlement came the Jacobite Risings, to which Perth was supportive.

Hughesdale, Victoria

Sacred Heart Girls' College was opened in 1957 by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, who came from the convent in Highgate, Perth, Western Australia.

Jammer keyboard

It was coined by Jim Plamondon, founder of Thumtronics, and first used when the "Thummer(tm)-brand jammer" was publicly announced on December 15, 2005, in Perth, Western Australia.

Jeff Martin 777

Following the disbanding of his group The Tea Party in 2005, Canadian singer-songwriter Jeff Martin lived for sometime in Ireland before settling in Perth.

Jin Kab-yong

In February 1993, while attending Busan High School in Busan, South Korea, Jin was selected for the South Korea national baseball team as a high schooler to compete in the 17th Asian Baseball Championship in Perth, Australia.

Joe the Cameraman

Before an AFL game in Perth on May 29, 2009, Richmond footballer Ben Cousins gave the finger in the direction of a camera in the changerooms.

John Row

He was the third surviving son of John Row (1525?–1580), a Scottish reformer, and Margaret Beaton of Balfour; he was born at Perth about the end of December 1568, and baptised on 6 January 1569.

John Shirlow

He is represented at the British Museum, the national galleries of Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, and at Stockholm, Bendigo, Geelong and Castlemaine.

John Steffensen

John William Steffensen, born 30 August 1982 in Perth, Western Australia to South African immigrant parents, is an Australian athlete, who specialises in 200 and 400 metres.

Jon Stratton

Jonathon, or Jonathan, (Jon) Stratton is an Australian academic currently serving as Professor of Cultural Studies at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.

Joseph Nunan

He also built a convent in Perth for the Sisters of Mercy, and a store and house for Walter Padbury near his flour mill in Guildford.

Kwinana Freeway

In 1999, the state government announced that a two way bus transitway would be built in the Kwinana Freeway median, to link Perth's Esplanade Busport with the Murdoch station at South Street.

Logan Northern Australia Water Scheme

Following a change of government, the canal component of the scheme was rejected by the incoming Premier, Richard Court, who considered Perth did not have a water problem.

Louis Buvelot

He is represented in the galleries at Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Castlemaine, and his bust by Bertram Mackennal and a portrait in oils by J. C. Waite are also in the Melbourne gallery.

Louis Kahan

After travelling across the United States he moved to Perth, Western Australia to join his family, who had emigrated to Australia before the war.

Malcolm Clark

At the age of 23 Malcolm was offered to become a member of up and coming Perth band The Sleepy Jackson.

Max Cramer

This included the Zeewijk, wrecked in the Pelsaert Group of the Houtman Abrolhos in 1727, which he dived on earlier in 1963, and the Zuytdorp which came to grief when it struck the Zuytdorp Cliffs, 560 kilometres north of Perth, in 1712.

Michael Swart

Born in Perth, Swart was a member of the state under-19 teams in 2000 and 2001 that were captained by Brett Jones and Shaun Marsh, respectively.

Natalie Medhurst

In 2014, Medhurst will be moving to Perth to play for the West Coast Fever, reuniting with her former Australian coach Norma Plummer, shifting with Firebirds wing attack Chelsea Pitman, and forging stronger links with Australian goal shooter Caitlin Bassett.

Perth Central Area Transit

The Yellow CAT runs between East Perth, Perth and West Perth areas along Wellington Street, including Wellington Street Bus Station, Perth Train Station and Claisebrook Train Station.

Perth Modern School

Perth Modern embraced a new motto, Savoir C’est Pouvoir (Knowledge is Power), and the Sphinx, representing knowledge and wisdom, was adopted as the school emblem.

Richard Weller

He is also identified as a major proponent for the Elizabeth Quay project in Perth, Western Australia, and this can be found in the contents of Boomtown where he uses quotes from various supporters and detractors of the project.

Roman Catholic Church Group, Toodyay

On 3 December 1971 Lancelot Goody, Archbishop of Perth, wrote to the Sisters of Mercy in Toodyay advising of St Aloysius Convent School's imminent closure.

Royal Perth Hospital

Several well-known practitioners and medical researchers have worked at Royal Perth Hospital over the years, including Dr Fiona Wood, winner of the 2005 Australian of the Year Award, and Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren, winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology.

SCEA

Swan Christian Education Association owns and operates schools in Perth, Western Australia

Tiwest Joint Venture

Most synthetic rutile from Chandala was then trucked to Kwinana, 30 km south of Perth, to the Tiwest-owned pigment plant, which produces titanium dioxide aka TiO2.

Trevor Bickle

In the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth at Perry Lakes Stadium, he won the gold medal with a vault of 4.41 m (13 feet 9 inches).

Will Stoker and the Embers

Returning to Perth in 2007, Stoker reformed the band with Brett Murray ( The Wire Complex) added on keyboards and entered the band in the Next Big Thing band competition and the National Campus Band Competition.

William E. Nelson

William E. Nelson (born February 18, 1941) was an environmental wax researcher from Perth, Ontario, Canada.