| Swan Hill West Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Swan Hill West Location in Rural City of Swan Hill | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°21′57″S143°24′21″E / 35.36583°S 143.40583°E Coordinates: 35°21′57″S143°24′21″E / 35.36583°S 143.40583°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3585 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Rural City of Swan Hill | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murray Plains | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Swan Hill West is a locality located in the 'Lakes' Ward of the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. [2]
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Western Australia is a state occupying the western 33 percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi). It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. As of 2021, the state has about 2.67 million inhabitants – around 10 percent of the national total. The vast majority live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.
The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to the south of Pemberton. The adjacent Darling Plateau goes easterly to include Mount Bakewell near York and Mount Saddleback near Boddington. It was named after the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling.
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The All Saints Church in Henley Brook is the oldest church in Western Australia. It was built by Richard Edwards between 1838 and 1840, with the first service taking place on 10 January 1841. The site is on a small hill overlooking the Swan River and near the conjunction of the Swan and Ellen Brook. This site was where Captain James Stirling camped during his 1827 exploration of the area.
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Nyah is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Murray Valley Highway, in the Rural City of Swan Hill local government area, 365 kilometres (227 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2011 census, Nyah had a population of 483.
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Polisbet is a town located in the local government area of the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
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