The first areas settled were on the Swan River at Guildford, with the city's central business district and port Fremantle both later founded downriver.
Izindawo zokuqala ezixazululiwe zaziseMfuleni iSwan eGuildford, nesifunda samabhizinisi sedolobha kanye nechweba (iFremantle) zombili kamuva ezasungulwa ezansi nomfula.