Mount Eliza and Swan River, Perth, Western Australia

Abstract

View of a complex of buildings on a spit of land by the Swan River, with Perth in the distance. The clock tower of the Town Hall is visible around the center of the city skyline. The Swan Brewery was situated alongside Mounts Bay Road on Point Lewis. The buildings, which include a tall, high roofed structure with dormer windows and a turret, were built in 1838 as mills for timber-cutting as well as flour-grinding. The Steam Mills were later taken over as a convict depot, then used as a tannery, then a restaurant. In 1879 it was acquired by the Swan Brewery Co. who sold it in 1979 for redevelopment. Show more