Upper Swan, Western Australia
The locality sits at the confluence of the Swan River, the Millendon Junction to Narngulu railway line and Great Northern Highway, which is where the main suburban townsite is located.[8] During a clay extraction operation in Upper Swan in the 1980s, a 40,000 year old artefact scatter was identified on the north bank of the river[9][10] by researchers Pearce and Barbetti.[14] The first townsite activity established in the area was a remote military barracks on the Coulston estate in 1832, to police local land grants against theft of stock from native Whadjuk Noongar people.[5][15] Shaw established the area's first vineyard at Belvoir using South African grapes,[14] while Ellen's Brook became a successful pastoral farm under the management of Henry Bull.Bull ultimately left Western Australia in 1848, leaving Woburn Park to be managed by agents,[17] while Belvoir passed into the ownership of the Loton family.[26] As the rural land holdings became subdivided from their original colonial grants,[27] new hobby farmers, horticulturalists and viticulturalists began to move into the area to establish orchards and wineries,[28] following the gold rush population boom.[29] This followed a similar trend in other areas of the fertile river plains such as Henley Brook and Belhus, establishing the modern character of the Swan Valley region.[5] The original convict-built Upper Swan Bridge was destroyed in a flash flood in the winter of 1926,[37] causing widespread disruption for residents and businesses in the area.[51] Several clay quarries and extraction pits operate in the vicinity of Great Northern Highway that have significantly altered the natural landscape, although owners Midland Brick have committed to rehabilitation of ex-quarries, along with donation of land holdings to create buffer zones.Upper Swan has three service stations on Great Northern Highway that provide light shopping and cafe options, including Ginger's Roadhouse which has been in continuous operation since the 1950s.[67] Transwa provides a stop at Upper Swan for its Mid West regional coach routes to Moora, Geraldton and Kalbarri.[68] The following Transperth metropolitan bus routes have stops at Upper Swan: A road train assembly area exists on Apple Street[71] for freight movements on the Perth to Darwin National Highway.
Western AustraliaGreat Northern HighwayCoordinatesPostcode(s)LGA(s)City of SwanState electorate(s)Swan HillsFederal division(s)HasluckBullsbrookGidgegannupThe VinesBrigadoonBelhusBaskervilleSwan RiverMillendon Junction to Narngulu railway linelocalities and suburbsHenley BrookMillendonAll Saints ChurchNoongarSwan River Colonyland grantsGeorge LeakePeter BrounBelvoir CastleLeicestershireHenry BullLoton familyBritish convictsGingin RoadSwan Road DistrictMidland railway linesidinggold rushSwan Valley regionS. W. Copley'sBureau of MeteorologyEnvironmental Protection AuthorityEllen BrookEllenbrookWestern Swamp TurtleSatterley Property GroupDarling Scarp2021 Australian census2022 federal electionLiberalGreensOne Nation2021 state electionChristiansAveley Secondary CollegeWestern Power'sMucheaMidlandWest Swan RoadTranswaMid WestGeraldtonKalbarriTransperthMidland StationPerth to Darwin National HighwayAustralian Bureau of StatisticsWayback MachineBeechboroBennett SpringsBrabhamDaytonLockridgeBellevueBushmeadCavershamGuildfordHazelmereKoongamiaMiddle SwanMidvaleSouth GuildfordStrattonSwan ViewViveashWoodbridgeAveleyMelaleucaAvon Valley National ParkHerne HillJane BrookRed HillWalyunga National ParkWest SwanBallajuraCullacabardeeMalagaWhiteman