Swan River Colony
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Swan River Colony was an early 19th-century British settlement on the west coast of Australia that evolved into the city of Perth and the surrounding region of Western Australia.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colony of Western Australia | 1 |
| Founding of the Swan River Colony | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colony
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ |
| capital | Perth ⓘ |
| colonialGovernor | James Stirling ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Great Britain ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| demographics | primarily British settlers ⓘ |
| differentiatedFrom | penal colony ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| endTime |
1831
ⓘ
1832 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| established | 1829 ⓘ |
| evolvedInto |
Perth
ⓘ
surrounding region of Western Australia ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
James Stirling
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | James Stirling ⓘ |
| governmentType | British colonial administration ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Perth ⓘ |
| hasColonialAdministrator | James Stirling ⓘ |
| hasPort | Fremantle ⓘ |
| historyOf | Western Australia ⓘ |
| inception | 2 May 1829 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Crown colony ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Western Australia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+08:00 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west coast of Australia ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Swan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Swan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Empire
ⓘ
history of Perth ⓘ |
| precededBy | indigenous Noongar occupation of the region ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Swan River Colony
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of Western Australia
|
| significantEvent |
arrival of first free settlers in 1829
ⓘ
landing of settlers at Fremantle in June 1829 ⓘ proclamation of the colony at Garden Island ⓘ |
| startTime | 1829 ⓘ |
| status | free settlement ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Fremantle
ⓘ
surface form:
Fremantle region
Perth region ⓘ |
| todayPartOf |
Commonwealth of Australia
ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
surface form:
State of Western Australia
|
| usedCurrency | Pound sterling ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Founding of the Swan River Colony
this entity surface form:
Colony of Western Australia