Kimberley tropical savanna
The Kimberley tropical savanna is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northwestern Australia, covering portions of Western Australia and the Northern Territory south of the Timor Sea.
Keep River National Park, Northern Territory
A boab tree in February
Little Mertens Falls on the Mitchell Plateau
Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Western Australia is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of Australia, excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. With a total land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi), Western Australia is Australia's largest state as well as the second-largest subdivision of any country on Earth, surpassed only by the Sakha Republic in eastern Russia. As of 2021, the state has 2.76 million inhabitants—11 percent of the national total. The vast majority live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.
John Forrest was the first Premier of Western Australia.
A quokka on Rottnest Island
The black swan is the state bird of Western Australia
Western Australia's capital and largest city, Perth. Its metropolitan area is home to 75% of the state's population.