Editing Swan River (Western Australia) (section)

==Human uses==

===Transport===
In the earliest days of the Swan River Settlement, the river was used as the main transport route between Perth and Fremantle. This continued until the establishment of the Government rail system between Fremantle and Guildford via Perth. <!-- add info re ferries etc. here -->

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===Bridges===
[[File:Matagarup Bridge, Perth, 2023, 01.jpg|thumb|[[Matagarup Bridge]]]]
There are currently 22 road and railway bridges crossing the Swan River. These are (from Fremantle, heading [[Source (river or stream)|upstream]]):{{Efn|Some of the bridges have had earlier forms that were demolished to make way for the newer bridges.}}
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* [[Fremantle Railway Bridge]], [[North Fremantle]] to [[Fremantle (suburb)|Fremantle]] ([[Fremantle line]])
* [[Fremantle Traffic Bridge]], North Fremantle to Fremantle
* [[Stirling Bridge]] ([[Stirling Highway]]), North Fremantle to [[East Fremantle, Western Australia|East Fremantle]]
* [[Narrows Bridge (Perth)|Narrows Bridge]], [[South Perth, Western Australia|South Perth]] to [[Perth (suburb)|Perth]] ([[Kwinana Freeway]] and [[Mandurah line]]; 2001) – northbound
* Narrows Bridge, Perth to South Perth (Mandurah line)
* Narrows Bridge, Perth to South Perth (Kwinana Freeway; 1959) – southbound
* [[Boorloo Bridge]] comprising two bridges: between East Perth and [[Heirisson Island]] (north-west), and between Heirisson Island and [[Victoria Park, Western Australia|Victoria Park]] (south-east)
* [[The Causeway]] bridges between East Perth and Heirisson Island (north-west), and between Heirisson Island and Victoria Park (south-east)
* [[Matagarup Bridge]], East Perth to [[Perth Stadium]], [[Burswood, Western Australia|Burswood]] ([[pedestrian bridge]])
* [[Goongoongup Bridge]], [[East Perth]] to [[Burswood, Western Australia|Burswood]] ([[Armadale line]])
* [[Windan Bridge]], East Perth to Burswood, ([[Graham Farmer Freeway]])
* [[Garratt Road Bridge]], [[Bayswater, Western Australia|Bayswater]] to [[Ascot, Western Australia|Ascot]] – northbound
* Garratt Road Bridge, Ascot to Bayswater (Garratt Road and Grandstand Road) – southbound
* [[Mooro-Beeloo Bridge]], Bayswater to Ascot ([[Tonkin Highway]])
* [[Bassendean Bridge]], [[Bassendean, Western Australia|Bassendean]] to [[Guildford, Western Australia|Guildford]] (Guildford Road and Bridge Street)
* [[Guildford Railway Bridge]], Bassendean to Guildford ([[Midland line, Perth|Midland line]])
* Barkers Bridge, Guildford to [[Caversham, Western Australia|Caversham]] (Meadow Street and [[West Swan Road]])
* Whiteman Bridge, Caversham to [[Middle Swan, Western Australia|Middle Swan]] ([[Reid Highway]] and [[Roe Highway]])
* Maali Bridge, [[Henley Brook, Western Australia|Henley Brook]] to [[Herne Hill, Western Australia|Herne Hill]] ([[pedestrian bridge]]; formerly called the Barrett Street Bridge)
* Yagan Bridge, [[Belhus, Western Australia|Belhus]] to [[Upper Swan, Western Australia|Upper Swan]] ([[Great Northern Highway]]; formerly called the Upper Swan Bridge)
* Upper Swan railway bridge, Upper Swan (unnamed)
* Bells Rapids bridge, Upper Swan to [[Brigadoon, Western Australia|Brigadoon]] (unnamed)
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|caption=Eastern end of The Causeway taken from [[Burswood Park]]
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===Rowing clubs===
The earliest club was the [[West Australian Rowing Club]]. The [[Swan River Rowing Club]] started in 1887.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Child, J | title=An account of the growth of the Swan River Rowing Club, based on available minute books and gleanings from old members | date=1951 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21547193 | access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref> The Fremantle Rowing Club had started by the 1890s.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Craig and Solin | title=Fremantle Rowing Club regatta June 28th 1898 | date=1898 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192047692 | access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref>

===Yacht clubs===
{{Further|List of yacht clubs in Australia}}
There are currently fifteen yacht clubs along the Swan River, with most on [[Melville Water]], [[Freshwater Bay (Western Australia)|Freshwater Bay]] and [[Matilda Bay]]. [[Royal Perth Yacht Club]], on [[Pelican Point (Swan River)|Pelican Point]] in [[Matilda Bay]], staged the unsuccessful [[1987 America's Cup]] defence, the first time in 132 years it had been held outside of the United States. [[Royal Perth Yacht Club]] and the [[Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club]] are the only two clubs to be granted a [[royal charter]]. There are also many anchorages and marinas along the lower reaches near [[Fremantle]].