Hello fellow activists, Charlotte here!

My friends Joyce and Amy and I are doing a research task for Year 7 English. We are reading the book 'Blueback' by Tim Winton. It is about a young boy named Abel Jackson who befriends a huge, blue groper. It is a very good book that we suggest you read. One of the main themes is about environment. Something that stood out to us in that theme is Whaling in Western Australia. You may have been to some of these significant sites in Perth! Have you ever been to Fremantle and seen a big tunnel underneath the roundhouse? That's where whalers used to drag whales through, to take them to be processed. The first gaol, (the roundhouse) was built in 1831, to hold aboriginal prisoners and locals who broke the law. It has actually got 12 sides, but was nicknamed as 'The Roundhouse'.