Aquarium of Western Australia

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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.

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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.[1][2]

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  1. ^ PM - Dolphin may have died from broken heart
  2. ^ We have moved

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