Swan River Colony
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swan-river-colony-161-252741
title:
Swan River Colony
text:
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia. On 6 February 1832, the colony was renamed the Colony of Western Australia, when the colony's founding lieutenant-governor, Captain James Stirling, belatedly r
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British colony in Western Australia (1829–1833)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_River_Colony
date created:
2003-11-10T14:02:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T02:24:17Z
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