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Fancy a nude at the beach?
The Dodgy Perth team takes a break from reseach One day Dodgy Perth will tell the story of the building of Naval Base. It was basically one terrible government decision after another, wasting thousands...
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Recipes from the Depression
The Dodgy Perth team queues for lunch Mrs Dodgy Perth has asked us to tighten our belts a little. Apparently we have been ordering far too many Margaret River reds, and eating out should be a little...
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Genuine fakes
Tastier than what we’re serving tonight Following on from yesterday’s money-saving tips, here are a load of things we will no longer need to buy in the Dodgy Perth household. We particularly like the...
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Reclaiming our multicultural history
Construction of Rivervale Mosque, 1973 (courtesy of ICWA) A Blessed Eid al-Fitr to all Dodgy Perth Muslim readers. To acknowledge the long-standing role of the Muslim community in Western Australia we...
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On racist cows and racist folk
Halal, is it meat you’re looking for? The suave, sophisticated types of Reclaim Australia have taken to the streets to deliver their message of peace, love and understanding this weekend. Dodgy Perth...
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Here pussy, pussy
Fireman Smith and a damp pussy, 1941 Back in 1941 the RSPCA thought it was a good idea to shoot kittens in trees. Seriously. At the time, the Esplanade Kiosk (later renamed after the awful Florence...
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The Prince and The Don
The 8th Nawab of Pataudi It was a horror movie, right there on my TV. We refer, of course, to the so-called English cricket team. Dodgy Perth has already told the story of the time the English side...
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Heinz takes off
Nothing makes you look cooler after a death-defying ride in a homemade autogyro than smoking a cigarette afterwards Helicopters have been in the news over the last week. So we at Dodgy Perth thought...
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Dancing, fighting and knickers
Unity Theatre, 1930 In the words of the most influential musicians of the last century, the Spice Girls, “make it last forever, friendship never ends”. Today Dodgy Perth tells the heart-warming story...
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The true cost of Kennedy’s Folly
Original Government House, 1861 The Governor had a nice place to live. It was called Government House. Built in 1834, James ‘I like young brides’ Stirling was the first occupant. But by the 1850s, the...
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Rotto and Rocky: Dens of sleaze
Here at Dodgy Perth we have a simple rule to see whether it is acceptable to date someone. Divide your age by two and add seven. If the other person is younger than that, it’s a no go. This means as...
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On grammar and radicalisation
No, it’s Romani ite domum Some snotty-nosed brat in Sydney imagined he could stir up his teachers by writing ISIS R COMING ISIS on his school wall. How important he must feel, now that his infantile...
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When blacking up was controversial
Young Australia League under construction, 1924 Above is pictured the Young Australia League building on Murray Street. Although the Dodgy Perth team prefers to remember it as a place to drinking...
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(Racially) pure football
Why is there a controversy over West Coast fans booing an Aboriginal player at Subiaco Oval? We know it wasn’t racist, because that kind of thing doesn’t go on anymore in Western Australia. So let’s...
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The first decent coffee in Perth
Site of the Devonshire Arms Hotel Here at Dodgy Perth we like our coffee like we like our women. Hot and in a mug. So it’s no surprise we’re excited to hear about the impending launch of a café...
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The red under our bed
Findlay MacKay the red biker Schools have become hotbeds for extremists wishing to corrupt our youth. We refer, of course, to the leaflet handed out on James Street to schoolkids encouraging them to...
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Can you handle the truth?
We are going to need a lot more of these soon In a dark alley, just near Perth Station, Dodgy Perth researchers were slipped a top secret copy of Western Australia’s own Project Blue Book. Our Deep...
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The truth is out there, near Bridgetown
You really don’t want to know what’s in there Charles B. was a sober sort of man.* An inspector with the Lands and Surveys Department at Bridgetown, he was definitely not the sort of person to simply...
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Above top secret
It’s flying. It looks like a saucer. What shall we call it? In January 1953, the Daily News ran an amused, but very short, article on four Dalwallinu residents who saw a flying saucer. Well, it may...
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Something on the Internet is wrong
Not exactly right, Master Jones Kids at Guildford Grammar School, next time a teacher tells you off for just cutting and pasting from the internet without checking your sources, tell them that the...
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