Swan Brewery
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The Swan Brewery () was founded in the centre of Perth, Australia in 1837.
The brewery produces local brands such as Swan and Emu, as well as national brands Tooheys and Hahn.
In the 1980s, the company was part of the empire of the failed tycoon Alan Bond. It has since been acquired by Lion Nathan, a multinational Australian brewing concern that accounts for many different beers in the Asia-Pacific area. Current products that were historically Swan brands include Emu Bitter and Emu Export.
[edit] The Old Swan Brewery
The 1879 brewery building on the Swan River foreshore beneath Mount Eliza is iconic and a well-known landmark to all locals. At various stages in its earlier history it was a part of a complex of buildings in the area, with the remaining structures having been renovated and in parts totally re-built. The car-park building across the road is a totally new structure.
It gained notoriety in the 1990s after developers applied to turn the area into a commercial precinct. Some local Noongars claimed the site to have ancient and sacred Indigenous Australian significance, and established a protest camp on the site. Another group of Noongars disputed this claim, asserting that only the south side of the river was sacred. Developers argued that the brewery had been built on land reclaimed from the Swan River, and therefore the areas of Noongar heritage importance were further inland, close to the Mount Eliza escarpment. Ultimately the protest was unsuccessful and the development of the property went ahead.
Nowadays the building contains a cafe/restaurant and function area which is often hired out for Perth weddings. It also contains a microbrewery which produces malt ales and lagers[1].
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