European explorers first visited George Town in 1798 when George Bass and Matthew Flinders discovered and partially explored northern Tasmania's Tamar River in their sloop, the Norfolk. - Read more
Rail Heritage WA was the first rail preservation group formed in WA. It began as the Australian Railway Historical Society (WA DIV) when it was formed in February 1959. Today Rail Heritage WA operates the Rail Transport Museum in Bassendean, has a restoration base and has an extensive railway archives - Read more
