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
© 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)
Series: City series.
Subjects: Perth (W.A.) – History
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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