Geographicals

Western Australia

A state in western Australia. Its capital is Perth. It was first visited by the Dutch in 1616 but the English took possession in 1791 and permanent colonization began in 1829. It was a penal settlement 1850-1888, became part of the colonial government in 1886, and was granted self government in 1890. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1329)

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A state in western Australia. Its capital is Perth. It was first visited by the Dutch in 1616 but the English took possession in 1791 and permanent colonization began in 1829. It was a penal settlement 1850-1888, became part of the colonial government in 1886, and was granted self government in 1890. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1329)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a state of Australia

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88

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  • Australia (1966-1987)

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  1. Z01w.639w.100w.996w
  2. Z01w.678w.100w.373w.996w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Western Australia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014904. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014904
  2. Western Australia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia
  3. Western Australia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3206