West Australian Society of Arts

From Wilgie Sketching Club to WASAEst 1896The West Australian Society of Arts is the oldest art society in WA, tracing itsbeginnings back to 1889 when it existed as the Wilgie Sketching Club. Wilgie is theaboriginal word for the red ochre found in WA’s remote North West.The present Society was incorporated 1896.

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From Wilgie Sketching Club to WASAEst 1896The West Australian Society of Arts is the oldest art society in WA, tracing itsbeginnings back to 1889 when it existed as the Wilgie Sketching Club. Wilgie is theaboriginal word for the red ochre found in WA’s remote North West.The present Society was incorporated 1896.

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