Swan River

The Swan River is a major river in the southwest of Western Australia. The river runs through the metropolitan area of , Western Australia's capital and largest city.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Perth, Western Australia
  • Also known as: “Swan River, Perth”, “Swan River, W.A.”, and “Yerbal Derrigan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Patrick’s Basilica and Princess May Park.

Church
Photo: Moondyne, Public domain.
The Basilica of Saint Patrick is a Roman Catholic church located on Adelaide Street in Fremantle, Western Australia. Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via his Pontifical decree Hoc Anno on 20 July 1994.

Park
Photo: Ché Lydia Xyang, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Protected area
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, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in , Western Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fremantle West End Heritage area and Fremantle.

Neighborhood
Photo: Pascal Subtil, CC BY 2.0.
is a designated heritage precinct in , Western Australia. The nominated the area in 2014 for inclusion in the State Register of Heritage Places to the Heritage Council of Western Australia.

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is a port on the western coast of , facing out into the Indian Ocean. Often referred to as Freo, it's not just a suburb or outgrowth of , but a city in its own right — it's where Western Australia got started.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , Western Australia, located within the , a local government area of the state. Its postcode is 6159.

Swan River

Latitude
-32.05° or 32° 3′ south
Longitude
115.75° or 115° 45′ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
4PVQXQ22+22
Geo­Names ID
2060773
Wiki­data ID
Q1137387
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Satellite Map

Discover Swan River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Swan River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Swanrivier”
  • Arabic: “نهر سوان”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Swan”
  • Basque: “Swan ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Суон”
  • Catalan: “Riu Swan”
  • Cebuano: “Swan River (suba sa Awstralya, State of Western Australia)”
  • Cebuano: “Swan River”
  • Chinese: “天鵝河”
  • Chinese: “斯旺河”
  • Chuvash: “Суон”
  • Czech: “Swan River”
  • Danish: “Swan River”
  • Dutch: “Swan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سوان”
  • Esperanto: “Cigna Rivero”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Cigno”
  • French: “Rivière des Cygnes”
  • French: “Riviere Swan”
  • French: “Rivière Swan”
  • French: “Swan”
  • Georgian: “სუონი”
  • German: “Swan River”
  • Hebrew: “נהר סוואן”
  • Hungarian: “Swan-folyó”
  • Hungarian: “Swan”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Swan”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Swan”
  • Italian: “Swan”
  • Japanese: “スワン川”
  • Korean: “스완강”
  • Latin: “Cygnorum flumen”
  • Lithuanian: “Gulbių upė”
  • Malayalam: “സ്വാൻ നദി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Swan River”
  • Norwegian: “Swan River”
  • Ossetian: “Суон”
  • Polish: “Rzeka Łabędzia”
  • Polish: “Swan River”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Swan”
  • Russian: “Суон”
  • Sindhi: “سووان ندي”
  • Spanish: “Rio Swan”
  • Spanish: “Río Swan”
  • Spanish: “Swan”
  • Swedish: “Swan River (vattendrag i Australien, Western Australia)”
  • Swedish: “Swan River, Western Australia”
  • Swedish: “Swan River”
  • Tamil: “சுவான் ஆறு”
  • Turkish: “Swan Nehri (Batı Avustralya)”
  • Ukrainian: “Свон-Рівер”
  • Ukrainian: “Свон”
  • Ukrainian: “Суон-Рівер”
  • Welsh: “Afon Swan”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East Fremantle and White Gum Valley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fremantle Ferry Port and Fremantle Park.

Western Australia: Must-Visit Destinations

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