Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian conglomerate, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It has interests predominantly in Australia and New Zealand, operating in retail, chemical, fertiliser, industrial and safety products. With revenue of A$43.5 billion in the 2023 financial year, it is one of Australia's largest companies by revenue. Wesfarmers is also one of the largest private employers in Australia, with approximately 107,000 employees.
1930s letterhead with company details of that time
ABC Radio Perth is the on-air identifier of a radio station located in Perth, Western Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasting at 720 kHz AM. It is the flagship ABC Local Radio station in Western Australia. The station was established under the Sealed Set scheme by Westralian Farmers in 1924, sold to the Commonwealth Government in 1928 and provided with programmes by the Australian Broadcasting Company, became part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1932, which became the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1983.
QSL card from VK6AG Wally Coxon, first chief engineer of 6WF, to VK3BQ Max Howden, ca 1926. Wally's transmitter provided a shortwave simulcast of 6WF on 3 MHz for several years in late 1920s
East Perth studios
Geoff Hutchison, presenter of the Drive program, in the station's radio studio (The Wally Foreman Studio, Radio Studio 600)