The Swan Brewery ( ) was founded in the centre of Perth, Australia in 1837. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
The brewery produces local brands such as Swan and Emu, as well as national brands Tooheys and Hahn. Emu is a Beer label owned by Lion Nathan. It is brewed by the Swan Brewery in Western Australia. Tooheys is an Australian Brewery in the suburb of Lidcombe, in Sydney, New South Wales.
In the 1980s, the company was part of the empire of the failed tycoon Alan Bond. Alan Bond (born 22 April 1938 is a notorious Australian businessman famous for high-profile business ventures including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse It has since been acquired by Lion Nathan, a multinational Australian brewing concern that accounts for many different beers in the Asia-Pacific area. Lion Nathan is a publicly listed Japanese-controlled Australasian alcoholic beverages company with operations in Australia and New Zealand Current products that were historically Swan brands include Emu Bitter and Emu Export. Emu is a Beer label owned by Lion Nathan. It is brewed by the Swan Brewery in Western Australia. Emu is a Beer label owned by Lion Nathan. It is brewed by the Swan Brewery in Western Australia.
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The Old Swan Brewery
The 1879 brewery building on the Swan River foreshore beneath Mount Eliza is iconic and a well-known landmark to all locals. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. See also Kings Park Western Australia Mount Eliza is a hill which overlooks the city of Perth Western Australia and forms part of Kings Park. At various stages in its earlier history it was a part of a complex of buildings in the area, with the remaining structures having been renovated and in parts totally re-built. The car-park building across the road is a totally new structure, but is on the site of the former stables. [1]
It gained notoriety in the 1990s after developers applied to turn the area into a commercial precinct. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Some local Noongars claimed the site to have ancient and sacred Indigenous Australian significance, and established a protest camp on the site. The Noongar (alternate spellings Nyungar / Nyoongar / Nyoongah / Nyungah / Nyugah) are an Indigenous Australian people who live Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. Another group of Noongars disputed this claim, asserting that only the south side of the river was sacred. Developers argued that the brewery had been built on land reclaimed from the Swan River, and therefore the areas of Noongar heritage importance were further inland, close to the Mount Eliza escarpment. Ultimately the protest was unsuccessful and the development of the property went ahead.
Nowadays the building contains a cafe/restaurant and function area which is often hired out for Perth weddings. A wedding is the Ceremony in which two people are united in Marriage. It also contains a microbrewery which produces malt ales and lagers[1].
The Swan Brewery is now in Canning Vale and one of the sister companies of the bigger corporate body, Lion Nathan. Canning Vale is a large southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 20 km from the Perth CBD. The brewery makes 2 bottles every second.
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References
- ^ Edmonds, Jack (editor) (1976) Swan River colony : life in Western Australia since the early colonial settlement, illustrated by pictures from an exhibition mounted by West Australian Newspapers Ltd. as a contribution to celebrations for the state's 150th year Perth : West Australian Newspapers, 1979. ISBN 0909699208 -for photos of the site see p. 2-3, 24, 68 (at top), and a view from at 84
Further reading
Roy Jones (1997) Sacred sites or profane buildings? Reflections on the Old Swan Brewery conflict in Perth, Western Australia In - Contested urban heritage : voices from the periphery / edited by Brian J. Shaw, Roy Jones. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt. , USA: Ashgate, ISBN 1859725546
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