 .Overall Western Australia had an estimated 7,000,000 overnight visitors to the State for the year ending December 2012, with 5,160,000 coming from intrastate, 1,112,000 from interstate, and 760,800 from overseas, making Western Australia's tourism industry worth approximately A$6 billion in total.The British Government founded the Swan River Colony in 1829 with the intention of establishing the colony with an agricultural and pastoral base.