West Swan
West Swan is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan local government area. It lies west of the Swan River, and east of the former Caversham Motor Racing Circuit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 899 residents
- Description: suburb of Perth, Western Australia
- Also known as: “West Swan, Western Australia” and “West Swan, Western Australia, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bandyup Women’s Prison and Whiteman Park railway station.
Bandyup Women’s Prison
Prison
Bandyup Women's Prison is located in the northeastern rural Perth suburb of West Swan, Western Australia. Prior to its construction, the female prisoners were at Fremantle Prison, which was overcrowded and offered women limited opportunities.
Whiteman Park railway station
Railway station
Whiteman Park railway station is a suburban railway station on the Ellenbrook line in Perth, Western Australia. The station is located on the western side of Drumpellier Drive in Whiteman, and serves the surrounding suburbs of Brabham, Dayton, Henley Brook and West Swan, as well as the nature reserve and tourism destination of Whiteman Park. Whiteman Park railway station is situated 2½ km northwest of West Swan.
St Mary’s Church, Middle Swan
Church
Photo: Moondyne, Public domain.
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church on Yule Avenue in the suburb of Middle Swan, Western Australia. St Mary's was built in 1868 on the site of an earlier church which had been built there in 1838.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swan Valley and Dayton.
Swan Valley
The Swan Valley is an area that is in the northeast part of metropolitan Perth. It is defined by the Swan River which passes through it, and the Darling Scarp which lies on its eastern boundary.
Dayton
Suburb
Dayton is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan. It was gazetted in May 2011, and was named after Walter Warner Day, a pioneer of both the cattle and wine-growing industries in the City of Swan.
Brabham
Suburb
Photo: Nestek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brabham is a suburb located about 21 km north-east of Perth's central business district. The suburb is located in the City of Swan just south of Henley Brook, formerly being a part of that suburb before it was gazetted in May 2011.
West Swan
- Categories: suburb of Perth and locality
- Location: City of Swan, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-31.84561° or 31° 50′ 44″ southLongitude
115.98859° or 115° 59′ 19″ eastPopulation
899Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU SWNOpen location code
4PWQ5X3Q+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4928895675OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“West Swan” goes by many names.
- German: “West Swan”
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