| Type: | town |
| Swanport | |
| State: | sa |
| Coordinates: | -35.153°N 139.312°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Lga: | Rural City of Murray Bridge |
| Postcode: | 5253 |
| Stategov: | Hammond |
| Fedgov: | Barker |
| Near-Nw: | Murray Bridge |
| Near-N: | Murray Bridge |
| Near-Ne: | Long Flat |
| Near-E: | Monteith |
| Near-Se: | Monteith |
| Near-S: | Riverglen |
| Near-Sw: | Murray Bridge South |
| Near-W: | Murray Bridge South |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates |
Swanport, also formerly known as Thompson's Crossing and Thomson's Landing, is a suburban satellite locality of Murray Bridge in South Australia on the west (right) bank of the Murray River adjacent to Swanport Bridge.[1] Its boundaries were formalised in March 2000 to cover a portion of semi-urban land immediately south of the South Eastern Freeway adjacent to the Swanport Bridge, which is the main road freight route over the Murray.[1] It is named for the docking place on the west bank of the Murray which was home to "numerous swans"[1] and also known as Thomson's Landing.[2]
Before British colonisation, the area around Swanport was home to a significant population of Ngarrindjeri people. In 1911, a very large Ngarrindjeri burial ground containing the remains of over a hundred people was unearthed during land reclamation operations at Swanport. Most of the bones were subsequently transported to the Adelaide Museum.[3] [4] [5]