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Perth ( / ˈ p ɜːr θ / ) is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia . It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with an estimated population of 2.02   million ( as of 30 June 2014 ) living in Greater Perth . Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth located on the Swan Coastal Plain , a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp , a low coastal escarpment. The first areas s

Perth was originally founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony . It gained city status (currently vested in the smaller City of Perth ) in 1856, and was promoted to the status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929. The city is named after Perth, Scotland , due to the influence of Sir George Murray , then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies . The city's population increased substantially as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes in the late

Perth was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918, 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005. From 1832 to 1918 it was a burgh constituency . From 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005, it was a county constituency . During each of the three periods it elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

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