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The "Arrowsmith map": an 1839 map of the land grants in the Swan River Colony, drawn by John Arrowsmith from the survey data of John Septimus Roe.. The Swan River Colony, established in June 1829, was the only British colony in Australia established on the basis of land grants to settlers.
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, [1] [2] or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia.
Ribbon grants near the Swan River. When Europeans founded the Swan River Colony in 1829, they did not recognise the indigenous ownership of the land. Land along the Swan River was surveyed by John Septimus Roe, the colony's Surveyor General. The survey resulted in the land being divided into long, narrow rectangular strips extending from the river.
Guildford was established in 1829 at the confluence of the Helena River and Swan River, being sited near a permanent fresh water supply.. During Captain Stirling's exploration for a suitable site to establish a colony on the western side of the Australian continent in the late 1820s, the exploration party of boats found a fresh water stream across the river from the site of Guildford which ...
Survey Map of the Swan River Colony circa 1830s. The Parmelia arrived at the Swan River on 1 June 1829. Roe immediately set about making preliminary surveys of the harbour, river and surrounding land. The sites of Perth and Fremantle were chosen on his recommendation, and he was responsible for laying out the towns. During this period, Roe had ...
The basis of the 1829 plan was to have three principal streets parallel to the river, and three running north–south through the existing swamps. Along the length of the river bank ran a long, broad street that was to become the main thoroughfare - St Georges Terrace. It was 99 feet wide, the standard width for a main street in colonial planning.
c. 1830s map of the Swan River Colony district. In 1829, the Swan River Colony was declared by Captain James Stirling. [5] [9] This colony's boundaries – including the future city, Perth, and the suburb, Beeliar – extended into the Whadjuk nation. [9] This colony was the first not to be established for convicts. [9] Stirling was the ...
Kelmscott was one of four initial townsites established in the Swan River Colony. It was named after Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, the birthplace of the first Anglican clergyman in the colony, Thomas Hobbes Scott (1783–1860). [2] The suburb of Kelmscott is bisected by the Canning River. On the western side of the river is the flat coastal plain ...