Albany Western Australia | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°01′22″S 117°52′53″E / 35.02278°S 117.88139°E | ||||||||
Population | 33,145 (2016 census)[1] (42nd) | ||||||||
• Density | 111.524/km2 (288.85/sq mi) | ||||||||
Established | 26 December 1826 | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6330 | ||||||||
Area | 297.2 km2 (114.7 sq mi)[2] (2011 urban) | ||||||||
Time zone | AWST (UTC+8) | ||||||||
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LGA(s) | City of Albany | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Albany | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||
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Albany is a city on the south coast of Western Australia. In 2006, there were 25,196 people living in Albany.[3] The city centre is in between two hills, Mount Melville and Mount Clarence.
Albany is built on King George Sound, named by Captain Vancouver in 1791.[4] Major Edmund Lockyer started the first settlement here on 21 January 1827.[4] The Governor of Western Australia, James Stirling, named the city Albany in 1832 after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second son of King George III.[4]