The Shire of Swan-Guildford was a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

Western Australia. It was established as the Swan-Guildford Road District on 10 June 1960 with the amalgamation of the

Municipality of Guildford The Municipality of Guildford was a local government area of Western Australia. It first came into existence in 1838 as the Guildford Town Trust, before ceasing to function several years later. It was reconstituted in 1863, and became a Municipali ...

and the

Swan Road District The Swan Road District was a local government area that covered much of the Swan Valley in Western Australia. It came into existence on 24 January 1871, as a result of the Districts Road Act of 1871. It ceased to exist when it was merged with the ...

, which both dated from 1871. It was declared a shire with effect from 23 June 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It ceased to exist on 20 February 1970, when it amalgamated with the

Town of Midland The Town of Midland was a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, centred on the suburb of Midland. History It was established as the Municipality of Helena Vale on 8 November 1895, when it was proclaimed as ...

to form the Shire of Swan.

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