The Perth Zoo opened in Perth, Australia in 1898 with two lions, a tiger and six staff members. The zoo has been open every day since. Currently the zoo houses more than 1,500 animals. Unlike most zoos, the Perth Zoo is open 365 days a year.
Perth is a significant base of operations for the Australian military, since it is the largest city on the west coast.
Many Perth residents consider their city to be egalitarian and relaxed, with a relatively large middle class and a suburban lifestyle; however, as with all large cities, Perth does have pockets of extreme wealth and poverty.
The PerthZoo is across the Swan River in South Perth, accessible from the city by either the Narrows Bridge or by ferry from the Barrack Street Jetty.
Perth had never really been host to anything so international so the job of moving Perth forward onto the international sporting stage was a major task.
As Perth became known in the Old Country as a desirable place to have land holdings and even to settle, there were many wealthy and influential families anxious to grab a little of the pickings in the growing settlement, perhaps to occupy an errant son or two.
Perth Boys School, founded in 1847 in the Courthouse that still exists behind Council House, opened on the 5 July 1830 nearly a year after the founding of the Colony, is one of the oldest schools in Australia.
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