Swan River (Western Australia)

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The Swan River (Nyungar: Derbarl Yerrigan) is a major river in the southwest of Western Australia. The river runs through the centre of Perth, Western Australia's capital and largest city. By convention the Swan River is deemed to run for 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Walyunga National Park down to the river mouth at Fremantle Harbour. Upstream of Walyunga, in the Wheatbelt, the river is known as the Avon. The watercourse as a whole is sometimes known as the Swan-Avon River. The Helena River is the Swan's largest tributary, with other tributaries including various brooks and drains. The Canning River is technically not a tributary of Swan, but rather a separate river which forms an estuary with the Swan at Melville Water, known as the Swan-Canning Estuary. The Swan River was named by Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh in 1697 after the black swans endemic to the region. Following British colonisation the Swan River Colony was established in 1829 with three settlements located on the river...

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