History
The City of Swan began as three entities:
- The Municipality of Guildford was gazetted in 1871.
- The Municipality of Helena Vale was gazetted in 1895, and became Midland Junction in 1901.
- Swan Road Board was gazetted in 1871.
On 1 July 1961, the Guildford and Swan areas merged into the Shire of Swan-Guildford, while Midland became the Town of Midland. They united on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan, and exactly thirty years later, on 1 April 2000, became the City of Swan.
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