As viewed from Kings Park...

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Perth, WA 6000
Perth (Nyungar: Boorloo, [buɭu]) is the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth. It is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which its central business district and port of Fremantle are situated.

Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Perth was named after the city of Perth in Scotland. Perth was proclaimed as a city by Queen Victoria in 1856, although the City of Perth currently governs only a small area around the central business district. Substantial population growth occurred during the late 19th-century Western Australian gold rushes, and the city has continued to expand, particularly after World War II due to a high net migration rate. Post-war immigrants were predominantly from the British Isles and Southern Europe, while more recent arrivals see a growing population of Asian descent. During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a series of mining booms in various regions of Western Australia propelled Perth into the role of the regional headquarters for significant mining operations.

Ranked as one of the world's most liveable cities, Perth was classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network as a Beta global city in 2020.

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Overlooking the Ocean at Iluka, Western Australia

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This is the front Main drive security gate and (3 foot) high wall surrounding Government House in Perth, Western Australia.
(I used to jump higher than that wall when I was at infant school!)

Oct 2011. Just as Queen Elizabeth 2nd and Prince Phillip arrived to stay.

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Government House is the official residence of the governor of Western Australia, situated in the central business district of Perth, the state capital. It was built between 1859 and 1864, in the Jacobean Revival style.
Government House is located on St Georges Terrace (Perth's main thoroughfare), sitting on the same block as Council House and the Supreme Court buildings. The site has been used by governors since the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829; the current building is the third to have served that purpose on the site. The buildings and gardens of Government House are of exceptional heritage significance, being listed on the Western Australian Register of Heritage Places and classified by the National Trust. They are regularly opened for public viewing.
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The building is a two-storey mansion designed by Edmund Henderson in the early Stuart or Jacobean Revival style, set on 32,000 square metres (7.9 acres) of English gardens in the centre of the Perth business district, between St George's Terrace and the Swan River. The unique architectural character of the building is characterised by the use of stonework and bonded brickwork, incorporating square mullioned windows, decorated gables and ogival capped turrets. The attenuated gothic arcading at ground floor level derives from another form of Victorian Revival expression Fonthill Gothic. The building has 16 rooms on the ground floor and 25 on the first floor. According to the Western Australian Register of Heritage Places Assessment, Government House is a "unique example of a Victorian Gentleman's residence" set in landscaped gardens with mature plantings and a number of commemorative trees.

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Optus Sports Stadium, Perth, Western Australia.

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It was a very dark and stormy day, when suddenly a hole in the clouds appeared and a shaft of Sun-light illuminated the Tugboat.

SVITZER REDHEAD built in 2019 is a vessel in the Tug segment. Its IMO number is 9848182 and the current MMSI number is 503000147. The vessel has callsign VMHN. Summer deadweight is 417 DWT. SVITZER REDHEAD is sailing under the flag of Australia.
The 80-tonne bollard pull tug Svitzer Redhead, proudly built by UZMAR Shipyard, joined the Svitzer team in Fremantle in late April 2019.
The vessel is designed by the reputable Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd.
Escort towage capable vessel features render recovery winches, FiFi1 class notation for firefighting, LNG operational protection package and a rear winch for over the stern towing operations.
'Svitzer Australia'.

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