Preston Point

{{Short description|Point into Swan River, Western Australia}}

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Preston Point ({{langx|nys|Niergarup}}) is a small point in the Swan River, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located on the south side of the river, in an area bordering the suburbs of East Fremantle and Bicton, about {{convert|12|km}} south west of the city centre. On the other side of the river is Rocky Bay and the suburbs of North Fremantle and Mosman Park.

It was named by James Stirling in 1827 after Lieutenant William Preston.{{fact |date=April 2025}}

Prior to European settlement, the location was known to the Noongar indigenous people as {{lang|nys|Niergarup}},{{cite news |last1=Wayne |first1=Emma |title=Aboriginal culture rediscovered through Noongar place names project |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-26/noongar-place-names-melville-keeps-culture-alive/104514184 |access-date=26 October 2024 |work=ABC News |date=26 October 2024 |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.melvillecity.com.au/community-and-facilities/culture/aboriginal-heritage-and-culture/aboriginal-history-in-the-city-of-melville|title=Aboriginal History in the City of Melville|publisher=City of Melville|accessdate=19 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062451/http://www.melvillecity.com.au/community-and-facilities/culture/aboriginal-heritage-and-culture/aboriginal-history-in-the-city-of-melville|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} which means 'place of the salmon', and it was an important ceremonial and camping area.