Swan: The History of a Brewery

WEST AUSTRALIANA

First Edition. Hardcover.

• ix, 298 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm. #160124
• Bibliography: p. 275-280.
• Swan Brewery Company — History
• Breweries — Western Australia — History
• The buildings that comprise the Old Swan Brewery complex were originally built in 1838 as a mill for timber-cutting as well as flour-grinding. These were the first steam driven mills in Western Australia, and were later taken over as one of the first convict depots (following the acceptance of convict transportation by the colony in 1850). The buildings were subsequently (between 1859 and 1879) used as a tannery, and at one time contained a restaurant (used by travellers between Perth and Fremantle). In 1877 it was acquired by the Swan Brewery Company. The brewery buildings constructed in 1879 on the Swan River foreshore beneath Mount Eliza became one of Perth’s dominant and favourite landmarks. It was surrounded by a complex of other buildings which have since been demolished or redeveloped.