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Australasian Safari

More than 100 of the world’s best off-road four-wheel drive, motorbike and quad bike competitors will begin the 23rd annual Australasian Safari in Perth. Considered the Paris to Dakar of the Asia Pacific region, the event is renowned as one of the toughest and most challenging motoring events in the world. Covering over 4,000 kilometres, over seven days, the gruelling off-road rally event will travel across the Western Australian outback from the coastal shores of Perth, through the Midwest an...

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CY O`Connor Annual Lecture - Kalgoorlie

While the lives of heroic men are found in the historic record, the voices of women often remain silent. This year’s CY O’Connor Lecture will reveal much about the lives of women who braved a man’s world and life in general on the goldfields at a defining time in our state’s history. Using a range of rare texts, including diaries, letters, poetry and fiction Associate Professor Delys Bird will explore the adaptability, entrepreneurial flair and often resolute endurance of the workers, wives, mot...

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Leonora Golden Gift Weekend

The Leonora Golden Gift weekend is held in Leonora, located 230 kilmetres from the largest regional centre, Kalgoorlie-Boulder and has been running since 2003. The Golden Gift weekend is an initiative of the Shire of Leonora and is primarily an athletic carnival, incorporating Australia’s richest 1600 metre foot race, the 'Elite Mile'. The athletic carnival is supported by a free community concert, horse racing carnival, fireworks, children’s entertainment, market stalls and other street perfo...

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