History of Perth

Perth's name comes from the same city in Scotland. Before the arrival of European immigrants, the aborigines had settled on both sides of the Swan River for a long time. During the period of 1697, the Dutch explorer William ullamin discovered an estuary when he went to the east coast of the Indian Ocean. He went up the river and found many black swans on it, so he named the river Swan River. But the Dutch are not interested in settling here. Until 1829, immigrants led by Captain James Stirling of England cut down a tree not far from here and prayed for the opening of Perth City. Perth, built in 1829, was originally the capital of Swan River Colony, a freely settled colony. Perth, named after Sir james stirling, was chosen as a new town. Stirling, a Scottish navigator, met the wishes of Sir George Murray, then colonial minister. The resolution named Perth County after Murray's birthplace and his seat in the House of Commons. The colony was renamed "Western Australia" after 1850. At first, this new group developed slowly. 1885, gold was discovered in Kalguli in the upper reaches of Swan River, which attracted a large number of new immigrants. With the construction of railways and the development of agricultural technology, Perth has gradually expanded. After 1960, Western Australia began to mine iron, nickel, aluminum, gold and other mines on a large scale, and the urban development speed accelerated. Before 1960, the tallest building in Perth was only three stories, and now there are dozens of commercial buildings, making Perth a modern metropolis. 196 1 year, in order to guide American astronauts, Perth people really lit up the whole city all night as a lighthouse for spacecraft in the air, so Perth was once called "the city of lights".

Although before Perth, the British had established a base in King George Bay (later renamed Albany) on the southern coast of Western Australia at 1826, Perth was still the first colonial town in Western Australia in order to preempt the possibility of French annexation of Western Australia.

After 1850, the colony was renamed as "Western Australia" (namely "Western Australia") and began to become the second hometown of prisoners exiled overseas by Britain to make up for the shortage of human resources in the process of local agricultural and commercial development.

1900, after a referendum, Western Australia formally joined the Commonwealth of Australia. It was also the last colony in Australia that agreed to join the Federation. At that time, other former colonies made various concessions to persuade Western Australia to join, including the railway trunk line connecting the east (via Karguli) to Perth.

1933, under the referendum, western Australia voted to leave the Australian Federation, and at that time it tended to be in favor of independence. However, shortly before the vote, a government election was held and the then government stepped down. The new government disapproves of independent action. However, in view of the results of the referendum, the new government still applied to Britain for independence, but the application was only rejected.

In the process of development, Perth's prosperity is mainly due to its becoming an important service center for natural resources industry. As the city closest to the huge reserves of gold, iron ore, nickel, bauxite, diamonds, ore, coal, oil and natural gas, most major resources and engineering companies in the world have offices in Perth.

Stepping into the1990s, most of the time, the Liberal government led by Richard Court was in power, and Perth began to prosper from this period.