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Lyrical and sensitive, Whish-Wilson introduces his readers to the richness of the natural world and the trailblazers, the rebels, the occasional ghost and the ordinary people that bring Australia’s remotest capital city to life. He reminds us that while the city’s boundaries are porous as people come and go, rates of Indigenous incarceration are high. Carefully researched and full of personal reminiscences – including many about fishing – and eye-opening facts, Perth now has a remarkable new Postscript. Here Whish-Wilson returns to the city’s ghosts – some human, others the ancient jarrah trees, wildflowers and wild birds that once flourished but no longer. And, as he walks across the new Matagarup Bridge to watch the footy he reflects on the city his children will inherit.   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