KidzSearch Wiki

Perth, Western Australia

Perth (Nyungar: Boorloo) is the capital city of the state of Western Australia. It is built on the banks of the Swan River. Almost 2.1 million people live in the city.[11] It is the fourth biggest city in Australia, behind Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Perth was founded in 1829 by Captain James Stirling. The native population of the city are the Whadjuk people, a group of the Aboriginal Noongar tribe.[12] Perth is famous for its beautiful white, sandy beaches. Popular local beaches include Cottesloe and Scarborough. These beaches are ideal for swimming and bodysurfing. A popular local tourist attraction is Rottnest Island, which is populated by small native mammals called Quokkas. Another famous attraction is Kings Park, which is one of the biggest city parks in the world. Perth has a public transport system called Transperth.[13]

Perth
Boorloo  (Nyungar)[1]
Western Australia
Clockwise from top: Perth's skyline viewed across the Swan River from South Perth; Elizabeth Quay; Perth Stadium; Kings Park; Cottesloe Beach; WA Museum Boola Bardip and the Crawley Edge Boatshed
Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
CoordinatesLua error in Module:Coordinates at line 614: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Population2,192,229 (2021)[2] (4th)
 • Density341.5804/km2 (884.689/sq mi)
Established4 June 1829
Area6,417.9 km2 (2,478.0 sq mi)(GCCSA)[3]
Time zoneAWST (UTC+08:00)
Location
State electorate(s)Perth (and 41 others)[9]
Federal division(s)Perth (and 11 others)[10]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.3 °C
74 °F		 13.3 °C
56 °F		 868.3 mm
34.2 in
File:Flag of Perth.svg
Flag
File:Perth COA.jpg
Coat of arms

Sister cities

Perth is a sister city with many other cities. Sister cities can share students and business contacts. Perth is a sister city to these cities:

Perth also has some other agreements with Perth, Perth and Kinross in Scotland and formerly Grenoble, France.[14]

Universities

Perth is home to four public and one private university. These are:[15]

Climate

Perth has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cool wet winters. Perth is the sunniest city in Australia, with 138.7 clear days annually.[16][17][18]

Famous people from Perth

Perth, Western Australia Media

  • Noongar regions map.svg

    Perth is located on the traditional land of the Whadjuk people, one of several groups in south-western Western Australia that make up the Noongar people.

  • Vlamingh ships at the Swan River, Keulen 1796.jpg

    Willem de Vlamingh's ships and black swans at the entrance to the Swan River, 1697

  • The Foundation of Perth.jpg

    The Foundation of Perth 1829 by George Pitt Morison is a historical reconstruction of the official ceremony by which Perth was founded, although not everyone depicted may have actually been present.

  • FremantlePrisonYard.jpg

    Built by convicts in the early 1850s, Fremantle Prison is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  • 2023-10-11-Perth-Mint-01.jpg

    Perth Mint, built in 1899 to refine gold from the gold rushes

  • St Georges Terrace Perth.jpg

    Like many of Perth's colonial-era buildings, Moir Chambers (left) on St George's Terrace was demolished during a period of substantial modernisation in the 1960s-70s.

  • Looking across Perth railway station c. 1955

  • Elizabeth Quay Bridge, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

  • Cathedral Square Perth Hay Street.jpg

    City of Perth Library and State Buildings, Hay Street

  • MASB.gif

    Perth Metropolitan Region Scheme Boundary.

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  2. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  3. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  4. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  5. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  9. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  10. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  11. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  12. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  13. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  14. ↑ City of Perth: Sister Cities Archived 2012-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2007-02-27)
  15. ↑ Western Australian Universities Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2007-02-27)
  16. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  17. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  18. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  19. ↑ Belle Crome Company. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 26 October 1906. p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82419975. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)..
Retrieved from "https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/w/index.php?title=Perth,_Western_Australia&oldid=5783943"