Swan View, Western Australia
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| Swan View Perth, Western Australia |
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| Population: | 8,080 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 6056 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 7.3 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $270,000 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 6 km from Midland | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Swan | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Midland, Swan Hills | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Hasluck, Pearce | ||||||||||||
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Swan View (; post code: 6056) is an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Areas are the City of Swan and the Shire of Mundaring, and it is located 25km from Perth in an area known as Perth Hills on the edge of the Darling Scarp, just to the west of the John Forrest National Park, east of Roe Highway and north of the Great Eastern Highway.
The Brown Park community recreation ground is the location of the long standing annual Swan View Agricultural Show.
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[edit] Transport
The Railway station of Swan View was the important control point for traffic through and around the Swan View Tunnel until it closed for traffic in the mid 1960s. Today, Swan View is served by Transperth buses from Midland, operated by the Public Transport Authority, while the Transwa Avonlink/Prospector railway line to Northam and beyond runs along Swan View's western edge.
[edit] Geography
Swan View is bounded by the Avonlink/Prospector railway line to the west, the former railway (now part of the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail) to the south, John Forrest National Park to the east, and a line east from Blackadder Creek (in part incorporating O'Connor Road and Murchison Drive) to the north. The suburb is almost entirely residential and parkland.[1]
At the ABS 2001 census, Swan View had a population of 8,080 people living in 3,165 dwellings. About 15% of the population are of Southern or Eastern European origins.
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 StreetSmart directory, Department of Lands and Surveys, Perth.
- Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring - A History of the Shire, 2nd ed., Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
- Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3.
- Watson, Lindsay (1995). The railway history of Midland Junction : commemorating the centenary of Midland Junction, 1895-1995. ISBN 0-646-24461-2 (pbk.).
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the Shire of Mundaring | |
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Bailup | Bellevue | Beechina | Boya | Chidlow | Darlington | Glen Forrest | Greenmount | Helena Valley | Hovea | Mahogany Creek | Midvale | Mount Helena | Mundaring | Parkerville | Sawyers Valley | Stoneville | Swan View | The Lakes | Wooroloo |
| Suburbs of the City of Swan | |
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Ballajura | Baskerville | Beechboro | Belhus | Bellevue | Brigadoon | Bullsbrook | Caversham | Cullacabardee | Ellenbrook | Gidgegannup | Guildford | Hazelmere | Henley Brook | Herne Hill | Jane Brook | Kiara | Koongamia | Lexia | Lockridge | Malaga | Melaleuca | Middle Swan | Midland | Midvale | Millendon | Noranda | Red Hill | Stratton | South Guildford | Swan View | The Vines | Upper Swan | Viveash | West Swan | Whiteman | Woodbridge |
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