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Perth

capital city of Western Australia, Australia

14 dated entries naming Perth, drawn from 11 separate years between 1829 CE and 2018 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Perth, Western Australia in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1829June 3 – The Swan River Colony (later to become the cities of Perth and Fremantle) is founded in Western Australia. This secures the western third of the Australian landmass for the British.source
  • 1829August 12 – Mrs. Helen Dance, wife of the captain of the ship Sulphur, cuts down a tree to mark the founding day of the town of Perth, Western Australia.source
  • 182912 August – Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the captain of HMS Sulphur, cuts down a tree to mark the foundation of the town of Perth, Western Australia.source
  • 184923 February – Public meeting in Perth calls for introduction of convicts to the help the colony's depressed economy, first consignment arrive in the following June.source
  • 185623 September – The town of Perth, Western Australia, is proclaimed a City by letters patent from Queen Victoria.source
  • 187027 August – John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.source
  • 18756 May – Ernest Giles and party leave South Australia for an overland expedition to Perth, they arrive on 10 November.source

20th century

  • 19141 November – The 38 ships carrying the NZEF (10 ships) and the AIF (28 ships) leave Perth, Western Australia. Although expecting to sail to England, they will receive orders to land in Egypt while crossing the Indian Ocean.source
  • 1963January 26 – The Australia Day shootings rock Perth; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by Eric Edgar Cooke.source
  • 19633 March – Dixie Willis breaks Lyudmila Shevtsova's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.2 in Perth.source
  • 1964October 26 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes the last man executed in Western Australia, for murdering 8 citizens in Perth between 1959 and 1963.source
  • 1978May 15 – First Timezone Opens in Perth, Western Australiasource

21st century

  • 2012June 7 – Morley and Dianella in Perth, Western Australia, have a once in a decade tornado.source
  • 2018March 25 – Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Perth Airport and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the United Kingdom.source

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