The first modern human inhabitants of Australia arrived from the north about 40,000 to 60,000 years ago. Over thousands of years they eventually spread across the whole landmass. These Indigenous Australianswere

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Western Australia is bounded to the east by longitude 129°E, the meridian 129 degrees east of Greenwich, which defines the border with South Australia and the Northern Territory, and bounded by the Indian Ocean to the west and north. The International Hydrographic Organization

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Europeans began to settle permanently in 1826 when Albany was claimed by Britain to forestall French claims to the western third of the continent. Perth was founded as the Swan River Colonyin 1829 by British and Irish settlers, though the outpost languished. Its officials

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Western Australia was granted self-government in 1890 with a bicameral Parliament located in Perth, consisting of the Legislative Assembly (or lower house), which has 59 members; and the Legislative Council(or upper house), which has 36 members. Suffrage is

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Education in Western Australia consists of one year of pre-school at age 4 or 5, followed by six years of primary education for all students as of

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Print
Western Australia has two daily newspapers: the Seven West Media-owned tabloid The West Australian and The Kalgoorlie Miner.

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Western Australia's economy is largely driven by extraction and processing of a diverse range of mineral and petroleum commodities. The

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