In brief
- Population
- 1.5 million
- Time zone
- GMT + 8 hours
Same as Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei - Language
- English
- Government
- Democratic (Westminster system)
- Religion
- Complete religious freedom
- Currency
- Australian dollar ($AUD)
A great climate and exciting attractions make Perth the city for enjoying the lifestyle of which most people dream.
UWA’s location, on the beautiful Swan River, in the heart of Perth’s leafy inner-city, borders lively and appealing neighbourhoods as well as Kings Park Botanic Garden.
Perth offers much more than naturally pleasing surroundings. There is a unique combination of urban sophistication and international flavour in an environmentally-blessed city that produces the lifestyle benefits of a coastal resort, along with the rich cultural mix of places many times larger.
Perth has an enviable standard of living, and the Economist Intelligence Unit recently voted it as one of the top five cities in the world in which to live.
The sunny Mediterranean climate provides warm dry summers which allow a wide variety of sports and outdoor activities such as golf, tennis, sailing, swimming and windsurfing.
Perth's good public transport system makes it easy to get around the city and to the main UWA campus if you don't drive.
- Western Australia
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Western Australia (also referred to as WA), covers one third of the Australian continent. It spans more than 2.5 million square kilometres (roughly one million square miles), with a number of different climate zones.
Bordered largely by desert to the east, Western Australia is bounded by 12,500 kilometres (7,813 miles) of the world's most pristine coastline to the west.
The landscape and scenery is incredibly diverse with towering forests, an ocean teeming with marine life and coral reefs, mysterious land formations and ancient gorges, superb food and wine, and lush fields of wildflowers.
- International flavour
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One of the first things you'll notice about Western Australia is its cultural diversity. People of more than 200 different nationalities live, work and study here, speaking 170 languages and practising over 100 religions. Of all the states and territories, Western Australia continues to have the highest proportion of people born overseas.
- A dynamic economy
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Western Australia is the powerhouse of the Australian economy. With ten per cent of the population, it currently generates nearly 30 per cent of Australia's export income. It is a highly diversified and internationalised economy. Already a leading provider of energy, precious and base minerals and agricultural produce to the world, it is now also a world-class supplier of manufactured goods and services to its neighbours and beyond.
Western Australia exports expertise in traded services, information and communication technologies, tourism, resource and infrastructure engineering, education, health care, building and construction, defence systems, environmental systems, mining equipment and services, chemicals, food and wine.
- Innovation
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The key to much of Western Australia's ongoing economic success has been the development or adoption of advanced technologies. Coupled with this is an advanced, world-class education system and a wealth of research and innovation. The awarding of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology to Professor Barry Marshall and Emeritus Professor Robin Warren, highlighted the quality of scientific research conducted at UWA.
Research initiatives between business and industry and priority areas of the University are encouraged and supported, especially in areas of academic strength.
