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• Alcoa FrogWAtch: A generous sponsorship
from Alcoa World Alumina Australia has ensured
the continuation of the very popular and environmentally
important FrogWAtch program. Alcoa’s
continued sponsorship has facilitated program
enhancements including: a dedicated web site
and the development of a complementary program,
‘Building Frog Friendly Gardens’.
• Promotion of regional sites: The generous
sponsorship of services and broadcast time by
WIN Television Network and the Film and
Television Institute has provided the Western
Australian Museum with an outstanding
opportunity to promote its regional presence in
Albany, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Three
30-second television commercials were produced
and are being broadcast through the WIN
Television network.
• Dampier Archipelago marine biological
survey project: Woodside Energy Ltd has
committed $640,000 to this project, which
comprises a survey of all major marine habitats
in the Dampier Archipelago region; an
International Marine Biological Workshop; a
marine biological display at the Museum’s Perth
site; a dedicated web site; and a 48-minute
documentary and educational resource material.
All major components of the project have been
completed, and information gathered is being
collated and analysed, adding substantially to
existing knowledge of the marine biodiversity of
Western Australia.
• Discovery Centre: A consortium of major
Japanese companies contributed more than
$350,000 to the establishment of this facility,
which was officially opened on 26 February
1999. Members of the sponsor consortium are
the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc., Tokyo Gas
Company Limited, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK
Corporation, Kawasaki Steel Corporation,
Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd, the Industrial Bank
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of Japan Ltd, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co.
Ltd, Itochu Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, Toho
Gas Company and Marubeni Corporation. The
Discovery Centre is now in its second year of
operation and has been enthusiastically
embraced by visitors to the Museum as a userfriendly
and dynamic research facility providing
access to the Museum’s vast and impressive
collections.
• Market research: Generous sponsorship of
market research services by a new corporate
member of the Foundation, the Hides Consulting
Group, has enabled the Museum to undertake
much needed market research at the Perth and
Maritime Museum sites.
• New Maritime Museum: Four new members
of the Foundation have provided much
appreciated assistance in the development of the
new Western Australian Maritime Museum in
Fremantle: the Kailis family sponsored the Board
Room; Mr Ronald Packer contributed generously
to the acquisition of the maritime library of Ian
G. Stewart; Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping lines
sponsored the sea transportation of Australia II
from the Australian National Museum in Sydney
to Fremantle; and Brambles Industrial Services
sponsored the land transportation of Australia II
on its Sydney to Fremantle journey.
• Australia II: Australia’s 1983 America’s Cup
winner, Australia II, has been invited to take part
in the America’s Cup Jubilee Regatta in Cowes in
August 2001. The yacht’s participation in this
historically significant celebration is being
facilitated by donations by Limestone Resources
Australia, Sir James Hardy, Mr Bill Busby and a
number of members of the Royal Perth Yacht
Club.
• Maritime archaeological expedition: A
major maritime archaeological expedition led by
Dr Michael McCarthy to search for the shipwrecks
of William Dampier’s Roebuck and Louis de