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The area saw further facility developments towards the mid-century. The [[Bureau of Meteorology]] established the Upper Swan Research Station in 1951 for climate tracking, which was operated continuously for over 40 years until its closure in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Climate Data Sites - Upper Swan Research Station|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_009067_SiteMap.shtml|access-date=November 11, 2024|publisher=Australian Government - Bureau of Meteorology}}</ref> The area's first service station, Ginger's Roadhouse, was also founded on Great Northern Highway at this time by the Squires family.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ginger back on familiar territory|url=https://www.facebook.com/remembermidland/posts/pfbid0J9vorjGBSVF2BUuBw2S88cF26Ksz29De8hUJ4J4a3EcetMEKwgJLPhyZGMGv7dyVl|date=October 17, 2002|access-date=November 1, 2024|newspaper=The Advocate}}</ref> A syndicate of mining companies also proposed to develop an aluminium refinery and residual disposal site in Upper Swan, on what is now The Vines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Item 1970/226 v2 - Alumina refinery. Upper Swan. C.S.R. Hanwright & Pacminex|url=https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/alumina-refinery-upper-swan-c-s-r-hanwright-pacminex-1970-226-v2;sroisad?sf_culture=en_AU|date=1970|access-date=November 11, 2024|publisher=State Records Office of Western Australia}}</ref> Despite being assented to in 1971 by an Act of Parliament,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Alumina Refinery (Upper Swan) Agreement|url=https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/RedirectURL?OpenAgent&query=mrdoc_9704.pdf|date=December 15, 1971|access-date=November 12, 2024|newspaper=The Bulletin|publisher=Government of Western Australia}}</ref> it failed to proceed after the [[Environmental Protection Authority]] refused approval.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Edenologists one up on aluminarians|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1359686258/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1503187272&searchTerm=%22Upper+Swan%22&partId=nla.obj-1359689326#page/n21/mode/1up|page=22|date=April 1, 1972|access-date=November 12, 2024|newspaper=The Bulletin|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The Shire of Swan gazetted Upper Swan as a postal suburb in 1972.<ref name="landinfo"/> The land around the southern part of Railway Parade was subdivided and released for sale around this time,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Australia Bonnes 40 chain cadastral map 1B/40|url=https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b6840010_5|date=1966|access-date=November 12, 2024|publisher=State Library of Western Australia}}</ref> establishing the area's first urban community. Much later in 1989, [[The Vines, Western Australia|The Vines estate]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Swanning it in Luxury near Perth - Francis O'Mara|url=https://www.afr.com/property/swanning-it-in-luxury-near-perth-19880718-k2whx|date=July 18, 1988|access-date=November 1, 2024|newspaper=Australian Financial Review}}</ref> was established in Upper Swan on the other side of the [[Ellen Brook]], but it was subsequently transferred to the [[Ellenbrook, Western Australia|new locality of Ellenbrook]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Australian Government Gazette - No.113|url=https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1992_113.pdf/$FILE/Gg1992_113.pdf?OpenElement|page=3877|date=August 7, 1992|access-date=November 7, 2024|publisher=Government of Western Australia}}</ref>
Clay extraction operations, a common feature of Upper Swan, had begun to increase in both land holdings and business proponents throughout the 1980s, including companies such as Midland Brick,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Proposed clay extraction, Lot 6 Almeria Parade, Upper Swan - Midland Brick Company Pty Ltd|url=https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/EPA_Report/EPA-bulletin_0608.pdf|date=January 1992|access-date=November 12, 2024|publisher=Environmental Protection Authority}}</ref> Bristile, Metro Brick and Prestige Brick.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Proposed clay extraction, Lots 23 and 51 Apple Street, Upper Swan - Pilsley Investments Pty Ltd (Prestige Brick)|url=https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/EPA_Report/EPA-bulletin_0614.pdf|date=March 1992|access-date=November 12, 2024|publisher=Environmental Protection Authority}}</ref> This led the Environmental Protection Authority to enforce stricter approval conditions to guarantee the protection of water relationships and the [[Western Swamp Turtle]] in the area.
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