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The Swan River Colony was a British colony on the Swan River in Western Australia, which wanted to build both the private investor Thomas Peel and the military James Stirling on the continent of Australia. The name was pars pro toto (a part for the whole) for Western Australia, because it was only in 1832 that the colony was officially renamed Western Australia, when James Stirling was later named the first governor. Nevertheless, the name Swan River Colony was still in use for many years.


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  • Vlamingh ships at the Swan River, Keulen 1796

    Willem de Vlamingh's ships, with black swans, at the entrance to the Swan River, Western Australia, coloured engraving (1796), derived from an earlier drawing (now lost) from the de Vlamingh expeditions of 1696–97

  • A Plan of Swan River Settlement and Surrounding Country

    Map of the Swan River Settlement and the surrounding country (1831)

  • Battye freycinet swanriver lg

    The first detailed map of the Swan River, drawn by the French in 1801

  • Jamesstirling

    Admiral Sir James Stirling


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