Swan View 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 25 kilometres (16 mi) 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.And Has a elevation of 59m. Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... Midland ( ) is both a suburb and a township in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, and is the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east. ... Map of Local Government Areas in Western Australia There are 144 Local Governments in Western Australia (including Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands), represented by the Western Australian Local Government Association. ... The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Midland is an Electoral district of Western Australia. ... Swan Hills is an Electoral district of Western Australia. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Hasluck is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. ... The Division of Pearce is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. ... Middle Swan is a rural suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the Swan Valley, and belongs to the City of Swan local government area. ... Stratton is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Swan. ... Jane Brook is a middle class suburb, situated approximately 25 kilometers east of the central city of Perth, Western Australia. ... Midvale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Swan. ... Hovea, Western Australia is a suburb in Mundaring Shire in Western Australia. ... Bellevue is a small locality on the western border of the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia, or the eastern border of the City of Swan Located at the foot of the slopes of Greenmount, a landmark on the Darling Scarp that is noted in the earliest of travel journals of... Greenmount, Western Australia Can refer to - Greenmount Hill, Greenmount a Locality in Mundaring, Western Australia Shire, and also to Greenmount National Park. ... Darlington, Western Australia is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring, on the Darling Scarp, dissected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... Map of Local Government Areas in Western Australia There are 144 Local Governments in Western Australia (including Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands), represented by the Western Australian Local Government Association. ... The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... This article is about a local government area. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... Perth Hills, Western Australia A term used to identify for primarily marketing purposes, that part of the Darling Scarp and hinterland east of the scarp, that lies within the Mundaring and Kalamunda local government areas, and as part of the constituent bodies belonging to the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council. ... Darling Scarp, Perth, and Swan Coastal Plain. ... John Forrest is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 24 km east of Perth. ... Roe Highway is allocated Route 3 Roe Highway is a dual carriageway spanning from the intersection of Great Northern Highway and Middle Swan Road in the north to South Street in Canning Vale. ... Great Eastern Highway forms part of National Highway 94 Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia is a major road linking Perth with Kalgoorlie. ...

The Brown Park community recreation ground is the location of the long standing annual Swan View Agricultural Show.

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 on 13 February 1966. 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. Swan View Train Station Swan View railway station, Perth was a railway station of significance on the Eastern Railway in Western Australia. ... The Swan View Tunnel is located at Swan View, Western Australia on the edge of the Darling Scarp, and at the southern side of the Jane Brook valley. ... The new B Series trains delivered from 2004 service the popular Northern Suburbs Line and will run on the under construction Mandurah Line Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. ... Midland Train Station, is a Transperth train station 16km apart from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia, and is the terminus of the suburban rail service on the Midland Line. ... The Public Transport Authority, or PTA, is a department of the Government of Western Australia. ... Categories: Public transport | Western Australia | Substubs ... The Avonlink railcar departs Northam Station for Merredin. ... The Transwa Prospector is a passenger train that runs between Perth, Western Australia, and the Goldfields town of Kalgoorlie. ... Northam (Latitude 31° 38 0 S, Longitude 116° 40 0 E) is a town in Western Australia, birthplace of Shirley Strickland, Frederick Henry Piesse and Carmen Lawrence. ...

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] Eastern Railway is the name given to the railway constructed east of Fremantle, Western Australia, in the 19th century. ... Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, also on some road maps as Rail reserves heritage trail and frequently referred to as the Bridle Trail or Bridle Track, is within the Shire of Mundaring in Western Australia. ... John Forrest is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 24 km east of Perth. ...

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. Australian Bureau of Statistics logo The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the Australian government agency that collects and publishes statistical information about Australia. ...

References

1. ^ 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.). 

External link

Coordinates: 31°53′17″S 116°02′56″E / -31.888, 116.049 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, Google Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps and WikiMapia.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Swan View on Geoscience Australia