Canning River (Western Australia)

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Passengers leaving the Silver Star river steamer ferry at Coffee Point (site of the South of Perth Yacht Club), with the old Canning Bridge in the background. ca. 1906

The Canning River (32°00′S 115°51′E) is a river in Western Australia. It is a tributary of the Swan River, starting in the Darling Scarp and meandering through suburbs of Perth, on the Swan Coastal Plain including Cannington, Thornlie, Riverton, Shelley, Rossmoyne and Mount Pleasant before joining the Swan at Melville Water, at Canning Bridge.

It, like a number of other place names in Western Australia containing the word Canning are named after George Canning, Prime Minister of England in 1827 whose government facilitated the expedition by James Stirling to establish the Swan River Colony.

The Canning River is at the back of a very famous book called "My Place" by Sally Morgan. Sally always comes and plays in the dam which then leads to Canning River. Sally loves Wild Life and this is a great way to find it, in this river.

The river is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species.

[edit] See Also

• Mount Henry

[edit] Reference

• Richards, Oline.Canning River Regional Park, Western Australia : historical survey [Perth, W.A.] : Dept. of Planning and Urban Development, 1991. ISBN 0730932494

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