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RePerth: From Capital City to Capital City

It is often mentioned that Perth, Western Australia, is the most isolated state-capital city in the world. It is around a three-hour flight to the next capital city in Australia (Adelaide). Perth is closer to cities in Indonesia than to every Australian capital other than Adelaide.[1] Yet this isolation may not be limited to mere physical distances. Read more

A Creative Boom – By Katie Dobb

Many of us have come to call this land home – whether our ancestors have lived here for tens of thousands of years, whether we were born here, whether we have had children here, or whether our destiny has brought us here.

This place that sits on what we call the Swan River, and looks out west to sunsets over ocean. The place some call the most isolated city in the world; the biggest country town; and, lately, the largest Chinese mining camp. Read more