Perth

Albany When we drove down to Albany it was about a 4.5 hour car ride south of Perth. The Longitude and Latitude of Albany is 35.0228° S, 117.8814° E. It is located on the tip of South West Australia. The car ride down had a lot of traffic on the Albany Highway which links Perth to Albany. But eventually when we passed the city there wasn’t as much. Along the ride I enjoyed the scenery of the farms with lovely animals such as horses and cows. Albany established itself as an important European…

The opening chapter of the novel instantly draws the attention and curiosity of the reader since the opening sentence, “Call me Ishmael” (Melville 3). It suggests that the narrator is not really named Ishmael, instead he asks the reader to call him by that name. This implements a great sense of excitement that pulls the reader to continue exploring the mind of this unknown person since all humans have a tendency to be drawn towards the mysterious. Herman Melville captures this perfectly when…

Personal life and childhood Carrie Bickmore was born 3d of December 1980 in Adelaide, Australia. Carrie was the only child of loving and loyal parents Brian L. Bickmore and Jennie Bickmore-brand. In her early years Carrie and her family had moved to Perth. She had attended an Anglican girl’s school and studied journalism at Curtin University of technology and graduated in 2000. In 2005 Carrie had married Greg Lange and gave birth to Oliver in 2007. Greg had died in 2010 from brain cancer. After…

Guitar Highway Rose In Guitar Highway Rose, author Brigid Lowry uses a variety of techniques to explore the main themes highlighted throughout the novel. Protagonists Asher is the new boy in Perth and he has to learn to make new relationships and settle in without very much support as his dad and friends are all back in Byron Bay. The symbols throughout the text represent major events in protagonist Rosie’s life, who experience’s lots of conflict with her mum and thus rebels against her.…

Yagan was an indigenous Australian warrior from the noongar people who lived in the South west region of Western Australia. Which is Perth now. He was the son of Midgeroroo. He was born on 1795 in western Australia and died on the 11 July 1833 in Belhus. He was buried on Everton Cemetery, Liverpool. The relationship between Yagan who was part of aboriginals and British people was very complicated. Yagan was 35 years old in 1829 when British settlers landed in the area and established the Swan…

The Swan River has been considered one of the most important landscape features of Perth City. It has brought suburbs, hills and its people together allowing Perth to develop and expand; historically, the Swan River is known to have been used as a food source, transport route, a sewer, a rubbish dump and a place for recreation. Rivers are an integral part of our landscape as they are a major source of food, recreation and transport. In 2004, the Swan River was awarded the status of Western…

May Gibbs was one of Australia’s most treasured illustrator, artist and children’s author of all time. Her most well-known work is “The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.” May Gibbs’ stories of bush fantasy have captured Australia for over a century. Location May Gibbs settled in Neutral Bay, Sydney in 1913. Soon after, she had a studio on Bridge Street where she did most of her work. In 1924, she purchased some land and built a house upon it called Nutcote. May Gibbs and her…

There are multiple similarities and differences between both the book Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo and the Movie Gallipoli by Peter Weir. Charlie and Tommo were brothers and on the other hand Archie and Frank were friends. In private peaceful Charlie and Tommo were from England whereas Archie and Frank from Gallipoli were from Australia. In both stories the older one was more confident than the younger although both of the younger ones wanted to join up for the war even when they were…

Releasing the ghosts of Drovers Cave: A reintroduction feasibility study of captive-born ghost bats (Macroderma gigas saturata) into the wild. Alba Arteaga Claramunt 1. Introductory statement Almost a quarter of all bat species in the world are in danger of extinction and the ghost bat, Macroderma gigas, is on this list (Dobson, 1880; Ruffell, Guilbert & Parsons, 2009a). There are less than 10,000 ghost bats living in Australia and only 1,000 of them remain in Western Australia (Hutson,…

Remembrance Day Ceremony at ANZAC Cottage A field of white crosses and red poppies All are invited to attend the ceremony and the opportunity to place a poppy in the Field of Remembrance. ANZAC Cottage will once again honour its humble beginnings and the lost servicemen and women that gave rise to its creation, on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 10:45am, when the Friends of ANZAC Cottage will conduct a Remembrance Ceremony in the front garden of this historic Cottage. The eleventh hour of the…