Swanport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Swanport South Australia
Swanport Location in South Australia
Postcode(s)	5253
LGA(s)	Rural City of Murray Bridge
State electorate(s)	Hammond
Federal Division(s)	Barker
Localities around Swanport: Murray Bridge Murray Bridge Long Flat Murray Bridge South Swanport Monteith Murray Bridge South Riverglen Monteith
Footnotes	Coordinates

Swanport, also formerly known as Thompson's Crossing and Thomson's Landing, is a suburban satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Swanport Bridge. Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of semi-urban land immediately south of the South Eastern Freeway adjacent to the Swanport Bridge, which is the main road freight route over the Murray. It is named for the docking place on the west bank of the Murray which was home to "numerous swans" and also known as Thomson's Landing.

Before British colonisation, the area around Swanport was home to a significant population of Ngarrindjeri people. In 1911, a very large Ngarrindjeri burial ground containing the remains of over a hundred people was unearthed during land reclamation operations at Swanport. Most of the bones were subsequently transported to the Adelaide Museum.

Swanport Bridge at the northern edge of the locality