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Western Australia

noun

  1. a state in W Australia. 975,920 sq. mi. (2,527,635 sq. km). : Perth.


Western Australia

noun

  1. a state of W Australia: mostly an arid undulating plateau, with the Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, and Great Victoria Desert in the interior; settlement concentrated in the southwest; rich mineral resources. Capital: Perth. Pop: 1 969 046 (2003 est). Area: 2 527 636 sq km (975 920 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

There were cases in Western Australia but we don’t have any on our mining sites, and I think that’s because of the measures we put in place.

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There’s quite a significant resource industry here in Western Australia and we have industry bodies.

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We met regularly with the state government, with the premier of Western Australia and his ministers to have ongoing dialogue about how to keep the mining sector operating.

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Even in a recent survey of 10 million stars by the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia—one of the most extensive to date—scientists found nothing of note.

Despite NASA’s efforts to keep the station in orbit, Skylab broke up in Earth’s atmosphere in 1979 and scattered debris across Western Australia.

While in the wilderness of Kimberley in Western Australia, Bear realizes that he is getting low on water.

The population of Western Australia is small, not being computed at more than 2700 souls in the beginning of the year 1842.

Under the influence of this cause it is related that land in Western Australia, which was bought for 23l.

The rival of the red gum as a timber tree is the jarrah, an eucalypt peculiar to Western Australia, where it grows in forests.

I have seen them in valleys in Western Australia growing so thickly that it was impossible to push a horse through their ranks.

It has not been found possible to get the information respecting Queensland and Western Australia.

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