Aquarium of Western Australia
- Aquarium of Western Australia
The Aquarium of Western Australia (AQWA) is a privately owned aquarium in Hillarys, Western Australia. It opened as Underwater World, Perth on April 13 1988 and was acquired by the current owners, Coral World International and Morris Kahn, in 1991. It changed to its current name on January 1 2001.
Exhibits
The aquarium's main tank is 40 metres long and 20 metres wide and holds 3 million litres of seawater. It incorporates a 98 metre acrylic tunnel. The facility holds approximately 400 different species of marine life.
The facility is also host to a seal enclosure, "Seal Island". From 1992 to 1999 the aquarium also hosted a family of dolphins enclosed in a sea pen, which later died due to poisoning. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s77251.htm PM - Dolphin may have died from broken heart ] ] [ [http://www.tnet.com.au/~wolph/dolphin_wa.html We have moved ] ]
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References
External links
* [http://www.aqwa.com.au/main.asp AQWA website]
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