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Western Australia Travel Guide |
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A quick overview of Western Australia is that much of the wealth is in the north and the people are in the south. Western Australia is very big and, like Queensland, a journey of a couple of hundred kilometres is a short trip. The state is 2600 kilometres (1625 miles) north-south and 1600 kilometres (1000 miles) east-west. Those are straight line map distances, actual road distances are considerably further. There are wilderness areas that are bigger than some overseas countries. Man made lakes in the north hold 10 times the volume of water found in Sydney Harbour, excellent coastlines and spectacular coastal scenery in the south, ghost towns on the goldfields, the primary pearling centre of Australia, the world's largest diamond mine and home of much of Australia's Aboriginal dreamtime legends. Western Australia has always been home to a significant proportion of Australia's Aboriginal people. Archaeological records confirm Aboriginal settlements over most of the state dating back 30,000 plus years. Today many of the Aboriginals live in the northern areas of the state.
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