Western Australia

'River Monsters' Down Under: An Extremely Rare Glyphis Shark

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Western Australia, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Glyphis Shark, Animal Planet, Fishing, River Monsters, Fitzroy River, Tv Replay, Jeremy Wade, TV News

The latest installment of "River Monsters" (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on Animal Planet) found host Jeremy Wade visiting Western Australia. He was in search ...

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Third Australian Shark Attack In Less Than 3 Weeks

AP | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Video, Western Australia, Australia, Coral Bay Shark Attack, Shark Attack, Coral Bay Western Australia, Animals, Ap, Australia Shark Attack, Sharks, Green News

SYDNEY (AP) — A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot (3-meter) tiger shark off a remote beach in Australia's third attack this month. That's a...

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Australian Woman Attacked By Huge Kangaroo

AP | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Kangaroo Attack, Video, Kangaroo, Western Australia, Kangaroos, Australia, Australia Kangaroo, Kangaroo Mauling, Animals, Janet Karson, Green News

PERTH, Australia -- An Australian woman said she thought she was about to die when a huge kangaroo attacked her while she was walking her dogs. Janet...

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Australia Mining Pit, Visible From Space, Threatens To Swallow Town

GlobalPost | Kathy Marks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barrick Gold, Boom Town, Kalgoorie, Western Australia, Australian Desert, Golden Mile, Australia, Gold Mining, Gold Rush, Mining, Perth, Super Pit, World News

More than a century on, the "Golden Mile" is still yielding riches, mainly from the so-called Super Pit, an enormous open-cut mine created from scores...

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Tasered Man Bursts Into Flames In Australia

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Western Australia, Taser Gun, Taser, Tasers, Foreign Affairs, Australia Aboriginals, Aborigines, Aboriginies, Ronald Mitchell, Advocacy, Man Burst in Flames, Tasering a Person Covered in Gasoline, Tasar Man Flames, Taser Man Flames, Man Tazered Into Flames, Taser Incident Man Bursts Into Flames, Australia Taser Guy Gasoline, Australia Taser, Man Flames Taser, Taser Flames, Tasered Man Bursts Into Flames, Taser Australia, Tasered Man Flames, Taser Gasoline, Taser Burst Into Flames, Guy Bursts Into Flames, World News

When police taser-gunned a man in an aboriginal community in Western Australia who was charging them with a can of gasoline and a lighter, he suddenly...

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