Facilities

Swanbourne includes the 18-hole Cottesloe Golf Club and Swanbourne Beach. Swanbourne is also well-known for having the only nudist beach in Perth. The beach, situated on army land and thus not subject to local council authority, is immediately north of the officially named Swanbourne Beach. Swanbourne Reserve contains a number of sporting facilities, including tennis courts, a football/cricket pitch and a rugby pitch. Also at Swanbourne Reserve is the relocated Tom Collins

Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy , is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins, and is best known for his novel Such is Life , regarded as an Australian classic.-Biography:Furphy was born at Yering Station in Yering, Victoria...

 House. Tom Collins was a famous Australian author. The Veterinary practice in Devon road was original started by Thomas William Hogarth

Thomas William Hogarth

Thomas William Hogarth was an author, dog judge, dog breeder, genetics enthusiast and veterinary surgeon. He was an author of several books published in the 1930s about the Bull Terrier and breeding of Bull Terriers....

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Scotch College, one of the state's private schools, is located within the suburb.

The Australian Special Air Service Regiment

Australian Special Air Service Regiment

The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR but commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army...

 barracks and Campbell Barracks

Campbell Barracks (Australia)

Campbell Barracks is an Australian Army base located in Swanbourne, a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The Australian Special Air Service Regiment has been based at Campbell Barracks since the Regiment was first established as an independent company in 1957...

 are both located within the suburb, which also occupies coastline north of Cottesloe

Cottesloe, Western Australia

-Transport:Cottesloe is served by Swanbourne, Grant Street, Cottesloe, Mosman Park and Victoria Street railway stations on the Fremantle line. Various bus routes along Stirling Highway and through the suburb's western and eastern sections link Cottesloe to Perth and Fremantle. All services are...

 and south of City Beach

City Beach, Western Australia

City Beach is a beachside suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge. Its postcode is 6015. The term "City Beach" is also used to describe a specific beach located within the suburb of the same name....

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Transport

Swanbourne is served by the Swanbourne train station

Swanbourne railway station, Perth

Swanbourne Railway Station is a Transperth train station 10.4 km from Perth railway station, in Western Australia, on the Fremantle Line...

. Various buses travel through Swanbourne and Mount Claremont

Mount Claremont, Western Australia

Mount Claremont is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge and the City of Nedlands. It consists mostly of residential estates which were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

. All services are operated by the Public Transport Authority.

Politics

Swanbourne is part of the federal division of Curtin

Division of Curtin

The Division of Curtin is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1949 and is named for John Curtin, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45. It is located in the wealthy beachside suburbs of Perth, including Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park,...

. The federal seat is held by the Centre-right Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

. It is regarded as a safe seat as it has been continually retained by the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 with the exception of former Liberal member Allan Rocher

Allan Rocher

Allan Rocher , Australian politician, is a former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia from 1978 to 1981 and member of the Australian House of Representatives Division of Curtin from 1981 to 1998. Up until 1996 he represented the Liberal Party of Australia.Rocher was born in...

 as an Independent politician between 1996 and 1998. For the parliament of Western Australia, the state electoral district of Cottesloe

Electoral district of Cottesloe

The Electoral district of Cottesloe is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Cottesloe is named for the western Perth suburb of Cottesloe which falls within its borders.-History:...

 is also held by the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

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