Swanport

Swanport
Swanport
Coordinates: 35°09′11″S 139°18′43″E / 35.153°S 139.312°E / -35.153; 139.312
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total157 (SAL 2021)
Postcode
5253
Localities around Swanport
Murray Bridge Murray Bridge Long Flat
Murray Bridge South Swanport Monteith
Murray Bridge South Riverglen Monteith
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Swanport, also formerly known as Thompson's Crossing and Thomson's Landing, is a suburban satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Swanport Bridge. Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of semi-urban land immediately south of the South Eastern Freeway adjacent to the Swanport Bridge, which is the main road freight route over the Murray. It is named for the docking place on the west bank of the Murray which was home to "numerous swans" and also known as Thomson's Landing.

Before British colonisation, the area around Swanport was home to a significant population of Ngarrindjeri people. In 1911, a very large Ngarrindjeri burial ground containing the remains of over a hundred people was unearthed during land reclamation operations at Swanport. Most of the bones were subsequently transported to the Adelaide Museum.