Perth
Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It has a population of one and a half million; another half a million people live in the state, mostly in its coastal towns.Perth is one of the world’s most isolated cities, and one of the most affluent.
The mineral wealth extracted from the ground throughout Western Australia flows into Perth, providing the city with robust prosperity.
The mining of asbestos in Western Australia from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, the manufacturing of asbestos cement building products in Perth factories from the 1920s to the 1980s, and the widespread use of these products in the construction industry until the close of the 20th century caused the deaths of thousands of people, owing to their exposure to deadly asbestos dust.
Perth, the capital city of Western Australia