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Swan Hill

Ón Vicipéid, an chiclipéid shaor.
Bosca Geografaíocht PholaitiúilSwan Hill

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 35° 20′ 00″ S, 143° 33′ 00″ E / 35.3333°S,143.55°E / -35.3333; 143.55
Stát ceannasachan Astráil
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Daonra
Iomlán9,864 (2011) Cuir in eagar ar Wikidata
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Cathair in iarthuaisceart Victoria, san Astráil is ea Swan Hill (Gaeilge: Cnoc na nEalaí). Tá sí suite ar bhruach deisceartach na hAbhann Murray. De réir Daonáirimh na bliana 2006, bhí 9,684 duine ina gcónaí sa chathair.[1]

Bunaithe ar fhianaise ó Choobool Creek agus Kow Swamp, dealraíonn sé go raibh daoine Bundúchasacha ina gcónaí sa cheantar le 9,000 go 13,000 bliain anuas.[2][3] Lonnaigh na daoine Wemba-Wemba agus Wati-Wati sa réigiún seo, agus thug na Wemba-Wemba ‘Matakupaat’, nó ‘áit na bplatapas’ ar Swan Hill. Thug an dtaiscéalaí Thomas Mitchell an t-ainm reatha don áit, nuair a champáil sé ann, ar thaobh chnoic ar an 21 Meitheamh 1836.[4]

"Among the reeds on the point of ground between the two rivers was a shallow lagoon where swans and other wild fowl so abounded that, although half a mile from our camp, their noise disturbed us through the night. I therefore named this somewhat remarkable and isolated feature Swan Hill, a point which may probably be found to mark the junction of two fine streams."[4]
Cnoc na hEala – Aeráid
Eanáir Feabhra Márta Aibreán Bealtaine Meitheamh Iúil Lúnasa Meán Fómhair Deireadh Fómhair Samhain Nollaig Bliain
Teocht is airde (°C) 46.1 43.4 40.0 35.5 29.5 23.2 26.5 28.6 33.3 38.0 42.6 43.5 46.1
Meán-uasteocht an lae (°C) 31.4 31.2 27.9 22.8 18.4 14.9 14.4 16.3 19.3 22.9 26.8 29.8 23.0
Meán-íosteocht na h-oíche(°C) 15.4 15.5 13.2 9.8 7.0 4.9 4.1 5.0 6.7 9.0 11.6 13.9 9.7
Teocht is ísle (°C) 7.0 6.4 4.4 2.5 0.0 -3.2 -3.6 -2.2 0.1 0.0 2.4 4.4 −3.6
Meán-bháisteach (mm) 22.1 21.7 23.4 24.8 34.8 35.0 32.5 35.9 32.6 35.3 25.8 24.8 348.8
Foinse: Bureau of Meteorology[5] Eanáir 2011

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  1. (Béarla) "Daonáireamh 2006 'QuickStats' – Swan Hill (Urban Centre/Locality)" Curtha i gcartlann 2022-06-06 ar an Wayback Machine, Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 Deireadh Fómhair, 2007).
  2. (Béarla) Peter Brown, "Kow Swamp" Curtha i gcartlann 2008-05-17 ar an Wayback Machine, Australian Palaeoanthropology.
  3. (Béarla) Peter Brown, "Coobool Creek" Curtha i gcartlann 2013-04-27 ar an Wayback Machine, Australian Palaeoanthropology.
  4. (Béarla) Thomas Mitchell, tp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13033 "Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 2"].
  5. (Béarla) "Climate statistics for Australian locations – Swan Hill Post Office", Bureau of Meteorology (20 Eanáir, 2011).