Perth

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Perth may refer to:

• Perth, Scotland, the administrative centre of the Perth and Kinross council area; the original Perth, after which the others are named
• Perth, Western Australia, the capital of Western Australia and the fourth-largest city in Australia

Perth may also refer to:

[edit] Places

• Perth, Tasmania, Australia
• Perth, Ontario, Canada
• Perth, Indiana, United States
• Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States
• Perth, New York, United States
• Perth, North Dakota, United States
• Perth Township, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States

[edit] Political and geographical divisions

• In Scotland:
  • Constituencies:
    • Perth Burghs (UK Parliament constituency) (1708 to 1832)
    • Perth (UK Parliament constituency) (1832 to 1950 and 1997 to 2005)
    • Perth (Scottish Parliament constituency) (1999 to present)
  • Local administration:
    • County of Perth, or 'Perthshire', a registration county, and formerly a local government county (1890 to 1975)
    • Perth and Kinross, unitary council area (1996 to present) and former district of the Tayside region (1975 to 1996)
• In Australia:
  • City of Perth, a Local Government Area of Western Australia
  • Division of Perth, a seat in the Australian House of Representatives
  • Electoral district of Perth, a seat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

[edit] People

• Duke of Perth was a title in the Jacobite Peerage, given to James Drummond

[edit] Military

• Blackburn Perth, British long-range military flying boat, first flown in 1934
• HMAS Perth, three ships of the Royal Australian Navy
• Perth class destroyer, a class of warship used by the Royal Australian Navy

Film

• Perth (film), 2004 Singaporean film

[edit] See also

• 3953 Perth, asteroid
• Declaration of Perth, 1968
• The Fair Maid of Perth, a novel by Sir Walter Scott
• Treaty of Perth, 1266

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