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The Canning River () is a river in Western Australia . It is a Tributary of the Swan River , starting in the Darling Scarp and meandering through foothill suburbs including Cannington , Thornlie , Riverton , Shelley , Rossmoyne and Mount Pleasant before joining the Swan at Melville Water , at Canning Bridge . It, like a number of other place names in Western Australia containing the word ''Canning'' are named after George Canning , Prime Minister Of England in 1827 whose government facilitated the expedition by James Stirling to establish the Swan River Colony . |
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