Back Swan River Colony Danish Swan River Colony German Swan River Colony English Colonia del Río Swan Spanish مستعمره رودخانه سوان Persian Colonie du fleuve Swan French Swan menti kolónia Hungarian სუონ-რივერი Georgian Koloni Sungai Swan Malay Kolonie aan de rivier de Swan Dutch
The Swan River Colony was a British colony on the Swan River in Western Australia, which wanted to build both the private investor Thomas Peel and the military James Stirling on the continent of Australia. The name was pars pro toto (a part for the whole) for Western Australia, because it was only in 1832 that the colony was officially renamed Western Australia, when James Stirling was later named the first governor. Nevertheless, the name Swan River Colony was still in use for many years.
