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Canning District - Area Tree

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Date: 1833
Location: Canning, Western Australiamap
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Canning River and District
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Canning Land District | South-West Land Division | 32°10′S 115°57′E | 1833

Canning Land District, Western Australia
Perth and surrounds suburb names
The original Canning River and District, was named after the Prime Minister, of England in 1827 but the counties soon became the 80 Land Districts as the land was surveyed, and the maps were drawn showing the extent, and location of the farms and properties. The Canning District, (today,) takes in central and eastern parts of Perth County of 1829.

Canning District

and: Local History: centred around the Canning River: via: City of Canning
CANNING RIVER

The Canning River was named by Captain James Stirling of HMS Success following an examination of the region in March 1827. Stirling named the river after George Canning (1770-1827) an eminent British statesman who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at that time. The Canning rises about 10km NNE of North Bannister and flows generally NW for about 100km into Melville Water, the estuary of the Swan and Canning rivers.
The mouth of the river was discovered by a French exploring party in 1801 and named Entrée Moreau after Charles Moreau, a midshipman with the party.
CANNING RIVER EAST the Canning River East is a 19km long tributary of the Canning River from which it derives its name. It joins the Canning at Canning Dam

Canning Mills was originally the name of a railway station on the Upper Darling Range Railway between Pickering Brook and Karragullen on 22nd September 1972. All of the names which containing 'Canning' relate to the Canning River, which is named after George Canning, the Prime Minister of England in 1827 who instigated the expedition by James Stirling to examine the west coast of Australia for a suitable site for a colony.

Another name derived from the Canning River. The (industrial) suburb of Canning Vale was locally known as North Jandakot until 1925. The name is descriptive; the place being a low-lying area situated south-west of the Canning River.

This name was given according to the English practice of adding the term 'ton' to a name, denoting a town. Subdivision of the suburb of Cannington began in 1882. A railway station was constructed there in the early 1890s and was named Cannington. The area surrounding this station soon became known by this name.

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:see also: Item Swan 13 - Swan - Cockburn Sound & Canning, E.G. Dean Draftsman, January 1870

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Map of 1829 - 26 Counties, SW West Aust - via Trove - (<+Q) - X for full screen
Map of 80 WA LGA locations : City and Shire

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