{"slug": "perth", "label": "Perth", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3183", "qid": "Q3183", "description": "capital city of Western Australia, Australia", "entries": 14, "years": 11, "span": [1829, 2018], "span_label": ["1829 CE", "2018 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Perth, Western Australia"], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom", "label": "United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "australia", "label": "Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "queen-victoria", "label": "Queen Victoria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "indian-ocean", "label": "Indian Ocean", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1829, "year_label": "1829 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – The Swan River Colony (later to become the cities of Perth and Fremantle) is founded in Western Australia. This secures the western third of the Australian landmass for the British.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371400114#April–June", "title": "1829", "revid": 1371400114, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1829, "year_label": "1829 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Mrs. Helen Dance, wife of the captain of the ship Sulphur, cuts down a tree to mark the founding day of the town of Perth, Western Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371400114#July–September", "title": "1829", "revid": 1371400114, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1829, "year_label": "1829 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 12", "text": "12 August – Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the captain of HMS Sulphur, cuts down a tree to mark the foundation of the town of Perth, Western Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374055463#Events", "title": "1829 in Australia", "revid": 1374055463, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1849, "year_label": "1849 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 23", "text": "23 February – Public meeting in Perth calls for introduction of convicts to the help the colony's depressed economy, first consignment arrive in the following June.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338201291#Events", "title": "1849 in Australia", "revid": 1338201291, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 23", "text": "23 September – The town of Perth, Western Australia, is proclaimed a City by letters patent from Queen Victoria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241088924#Events", "title": "1856 in Australia", "revid": 1241088924, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 27", "text": "27 August – John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360519044#Exploration_and_settlement", "title": "1870 in Australia", "revid": 1360519044, "section": "Exploration and settlement"}}, {"year": 1875, "year_label": "1875 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 6", "text": "6 May – Ernest Giles and party leave South Australia for an overland expedition to Perth, they arrive on 10 November.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280583126#Events", "title": "1875 in Australia", "revid": 1280583126, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1914, "year_label": "1914 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 1", "text": "1 November – The 38 ships carrying the NZEF (10 ships) and the AIF (28 ships) leave Perth, Western Australia. Although expecting to sail to England, they will receive orders to land in Egypt while crossing the Indian Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368699725#Events", "title": "1914 in New Zealand", "revid": 1368699725, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – The Australia Day shootings rock Perth; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by Eric Edgar Cooke.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#January", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 3", "text": "3 March – Dixie Willis breaks Lyudmila Shevtsova's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.2 in Perth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329028411#Sport", "title": "1963 in Australia", "revid": 1329028411, "section": "Sport"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes the last man executed in Western Australia, for murdering 8 citizens in Perth between 1959 and 1963.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#October", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – First Timezone Opens in Perth, Western Australia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#May", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Morley and Dianella in Perth, Western Australia, have a once in a decade tornado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#June", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Perth Airport and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#March", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › March"}}]}