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The British Council is a charity governed by Royal Charter. It is also a public corporation and an executive nondepartmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its headquarters are in Stratford, London. Its chair is Paul Thompson, and its CEO is Scott McDonald .
The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth metropolitan area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government is commonly known as Perth City Council . The City covers the Perth city centre and surrounding suburbs.
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Aug 1, 2023 · August 01, 2023. • 13 min read. This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s hard to believe now, but Perth was dubbed ‘Dullsville’ back in 2000. The city has spent the...
The city of Perth has its origins in 1829 when the Swan River Colony was established by the British Government. The area is also home to the Aboriginal Noongar people who have lived in the south-west region of Western Australia for more than 35,000 years. In the city precinct itself, the traditional owners are known as Whadjuk Noongar people.
The human history of Western Australia commenced "over 50,000 years ago and possibly as much as 70,000 years ago" with the arrival of Aboriginal Australians on the northwest coast. [1] : 5 The first inhabitants expanded across the east and south of the continent. The first recorded European contact was in 1616, when Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog ...
Tourism in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, is an important part of the Australian state's economy, contributing to the prosperity of businesses in the city, as well as other regions of the state.
The Settling of Europe The British government established the Swan River Colony in 1829, which developed into the bustling city of Perth we know today. Some indigenous people, the Noongar, have lived in what is now the south-west corner of Western Australia for 35,000 years or more.
