Swanson, New Zealand
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Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream. In the 1940s, the park became a training centre for soldiers in World War II, and in 1970 hosted Redwood 70, the first modern music festival in New Zealand.
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Swanson | |
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Coordinates: 36°52′S 174°35′E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Auckland |
Local authority | Auckland Council |
Electoral ward | Waitākere ward |
Local board | |
Area | |
• Land | 209 ha (516 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 3,410 |
Train stations | Swanson railway station |
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