1. about Perth, Australia
... acquired no new information. Before he left, he named the river witch they discovered to the Swan River, because of the black swans he discovered in its water. Perth was founded the twelfth of August 1829, by Captain James Stirling, as the Swan River settlement. Stirling's original objective was actually to assure the British government that no French colonists had occupied ... the western part of Australia. The place where the city was to be founded was chosen from its beauty. It was founded by free colonists, compared to the large numbers of convicts sent from Britain. It grew very sl...
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