Middle Swan is a rural suburb of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 in the Swan Valley, and forms part of the City of Swan local government area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

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. The suburb is bisected by the Swan River

Swan River (Western Australia)

The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....

. The suburb is most notable for its various wineries

Winery

A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of...

, including Houghton

Houghton Winery

Houghton Winery is one of the earliest established vineyards and wineries in Western Australia. It is situated on Great Northern Highway in the Swan Valley near Upper Swan....

 and Sandalford, but also has the Bandyup Women's Prison

Bandyup Women's Prison

Bandyup Women's Prison is located in the northeastern rural suburb of West Swan, Western Australia. Prior to its construction, the female prisoners were at Fremantle Prison, which was overcrowded and offered women limited opportunities....

 and Midland Brickworks within its boundaries, as well as an accommodation facility (Swanleigh) for country students attending the Governor Stirling Senior High School

Governor Stirling Senior High School

Governor Stirling Senior High School is a secondary education facility from years 8 to 12 located in Woodbridge, Western Australia, providing both vocational and tertiary entrance education.- History :...

 and Swan Christian College.

Middle Swan is the birthplace of Test cricket

Test cricket

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er Simon Katich

Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

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