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The only pearl discovered in Indigenous archaeology was apparently spat into a garbage pile; the shells, on the other hand, were much sought after and traded across Australia.
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Tyron Burk has Asperger's and is passionate about a pod of wild dolphins that have been visiting the Whyalla marina almost daily for decades.
Topics: animals, marine-biology, travel-and-tourism, whyalla-5600, tin-can-bay-4580, tangalooma-4025, denham-6537
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| UpdatedResearchers discover a mineral that is only created during a big meteorite impact buried in remote Western Australia in a sample that lay untouched for 20 years, and it could confirm what is suspected to be the country's biggest crater.
Topics: geology, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, perth-6000, denham-6537, exmouth-6707, geraldton-6530, wa
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| UpdatedAn island off Western Australia's north coast is being returned to its natural state pre-European settlement, with feral pests eradicated and "a whole suite" of native animals being reintroduced on the isle.
Topics: environment, environmental-management, conservation, history, wa, carnarvon-6701, denham-6537
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| UpdatedThe once-popular theory that dolphins keep surfers safe from sharks is dispelled by a Western Australian study.
Topics: environment, marine-biology, shark, animal-attacks, denham-6537, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedMale dolphins in the Shark Bay world heritage site use individual names for each other rather than a group name, but can still recognise friend from foe, and researchers now think they know how it works.
Topics: animals, animal-science, wa, denham-6537, exmouth-6707
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| UpdatedA powerful cold front brings strong northerly gusts and heavy rainfall to much of southern Western Australia, damaging homes, leaving more than 35,000 properties without electricity and washing up yachts.
Topics: weather, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, geraldton-6530, geographe-6280, denham-6537, wa
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| UpdatedAt-risk Aboriginal girls are the focus of a unique camp involving police and community leaders in a World Heritage-listed area.
Topics: aboriginal, leadership, womens-status, womens-health, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, geraldton-6530, denham-6537
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| UpdatedWA Police and Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service have partnered up to engage young Aboriginal girls.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-culture, adolescence, geraldton-6530, denham-6537
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Instagram fame is fuelling the popularity of shark trophy hunting off WA's coast and authorities say it's threatening the popular Monkey Mia dolphins and a $30 million tourist industry — but they're powerless to act.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, sport, local-government, tourism, travel-and-tourism, denham-6537
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| UpdatedResearchers say an unprecedented ocean heatwave responsible for wiping out a range of species in WA waters seven years ago released huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — equivalent to the yearly output of two coal-fired power plants.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, marine-parks, marine-biology, environmental-management, denham-6537, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedLocals are left shocked and angered after a spate of brutal shark attacks on a family of dolphins at Monkey Mia in WA, which have become world-famous for their close interaction with tourists.
Topics: animal-attacks, oceans-and-reefs, denham-6537, wa
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Aboriginal women from WA's Gascoyne are involved in tagging endangered loggerhead turtles on Dirk Hartog Island for the first time.
Topics: marine-parks, marine-biology, aboriginal, animals, indigenous-other-peoples, people, environmental-impact, animal-science, oceans-and-reefs, denham-6537, geraldton-6530, perth-6000
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As part of the turtle monitoring program, park rangers walk the coast of Turtle Bay to count how many turtles are coming on shore to lay their eggs.
Topics: marine-parks, marine-biology, human-interest, animals, animals-and-nature, denham-6537
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Dirk Hartog Island is about 80 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide. It's situated off the peninsula coast of Shark Bay, which is a World Heritage site.
Topics: science-and-technology, animals-and-nature, land-management, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, marine-parks, marine-biology, denham-6537
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Malgana woman Bianca McNeair shares the important cultural significance of the island.
Topics: conservation, marine-parks, people, aboriginal, denham-6537
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Topics: marine-parks, marine-biology, animals-and-nature, animals, aboriginal, denham-6537
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Local Aboriginal people have been involved in tagging endangered Loggerhead turtles on Dirk Hartog Island for the very first time. It's part of a program to monitor their growth over time.
Topics: people, animals, animal-science, reptiles, marine-biology, community-education, marine-parks, national-parks, endangered-and-protected-species, land-management, environmental-management, denham-6537
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Mary Barrett Gelu explains part of the turtle tagging process on the WA island.
Topics: marine-parks, marine-biology, animals, animals-and-nature, human-interest, indigenous-other-peoples, denham-6537
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| UpdatedWhen experienced diver John Craig found himself alone in deep water more than seven kilometres off the WA coast — and with a four-metre tiger shark circling him — he thought those moments might be his last.
Topics: emergency-incidents, human-interest, denham-6537, wa