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The second series of Shipwreck Hunters on Disney+ showcases the discovery of a baby Buddha statue on WA’s Mid West coast, and attempts to unravel the mystery of its arrival.

Hunt for source of WA’s Ming Dynasty Buddha reveals new shipwreck mysteries

Shipwreck Hunters on Disney+ has followed the UK’s Antiques Roadshow in featuring a bronze baby Buddha found by two Shark Bay locals wielding metal detectors.

  • Emma Young

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A photograph taken by Kylie Killetly of baby Leon for his parents Sara and Angelos Sidhom, after Leon was found not to have a heartbeat in utero at 35 weeks and 6 days’ gestation.

Heartfelt gesture: How photographers are helping families faced with the shocking loss of cherished newborns

Parents who have lost a child shortly before or after birth say what the volunteer photographers give them in a time of overwhelming grief is a gift like no other.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Charlie surfs

How a 10-year-old yellow labrador called Charlie became a surfing sensation

Charlie loves surfing so much that sometimes his owners have to hide his board to keep him out of the water. This weekend, he showed the world what he could do.

  • Audrey McAvoy
Bold Charters’ Harri Joyce with mentor Nigel Matthews.

Perth man supports teen with autism to launch game-changing business

The heart-warming local story of a friendship that allowed a young man realise a dream – and go on to help many more people in turn.

Alexey, is making waves nationally as a para swimmer.

This Perth teen had half his brain removed. Now he’s chasing Paralympic gold

The incredible story of Alexey and the ground-breaking WA medical interventions that brought him from barely clinging to life to breaking records in the pool.

  • Sarah Brookes
Ingram in October 2024, in a shelter in Beirut.

From Perth to Manhattan to Sudan, this is the year that changed my life

I haven’t felt that way about many, if any, of the 34 years I lived before this one. But I am certain what I experienced in 2024 will stay with me forever.

  • Tess Ingram
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Raimond Gaita with three women who came to his aid when he had a fall outside the Esplanade Hotel last Friday: Kaitlyn Puleio, Tayla Shreeve and Fleur Ritchie.

As Raimond took a tumble outside the Esplanade Hotel, three ‘angels’ appeared

Do angels exist? They must because I felt their gentle touch as they cared for me lying injured on the footpath.

  • Raimond Gaita
Survivor Nikki (left) with Left-Write Hook program founder Donna Lyon.

A child abuser taught Nikki to not resist. Boxing helped her confront her trauma

A ground-breaking program combining boxing and writing is delivering “genuinely life-saving” results to survivors of childhood abuse and trauma.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Dumbledore the street library.

My street library was just a family project. What happened next, well, you wouldn’t read about it

Some people say books are dead. My family’s sweet little street library, named Dumbledore, brought our community alive.

  • Amy Adeney
In a magic moment, a group of boys realised that the score in a game of basketball was not the most important thing.

The boys knew nothing about my son’s struggles. Yet somehow they knew what to do

One day, these boys will be men. Seeing how they treated my son - who’s happy just to be out on a basketball court with them – gave me faith in the future.

  • Tamara Walsh

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