For Ollie and Jean, Jack and Doreen, Tony and Rosemary, and Bella, Max, Fairlie and Luka

A NewSouth book

Published by

NewSouth Publishing

University of New South Wales Press Ltd

University of New South Wales

Sydney NSW 2052

AUSTRALIA

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© David Whish-Wilson 2013

First published 2013


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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Title: Perth/David Whish-Wilson.

ISBN: 9781742233673 (hardback)

9781742241623 (epub/Kindle)

9781742246611 (ePDF)

Series: City series.

Subjects: Perth (W.A.) – History

Perth (W.A.) – Description and travel.

Perth (W.A.) – Social life and customs.

Dewey Number: 994.11

Design Jo Pajor-Markus

Cover design Sandy Cull, gogoGingko

Cover photo Perth skyline after heavy rain, from the South Perth foreshore.

    ©Nancy Wilkinson Photography

Author photo Karin Calvert, The Sunday Times

Image on pp. vi–vii Street art on Grand Lane, Perth


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