From the Old Post Office and Saint John's Church in the late 19th Century through to aerial photographs from 2012, enjoy a visual journey of Albany through time.
Explore interviews and tributes to long-time Albany residents.
Benno Edwin Lange
Benno Edwin Lange tribute by his son Eddie Lange [transcript] [PDF 655 KB]. Benno Edwin Lange tribute [audio].
Brenda Holland
Interview with Brenda Holland / by Yvonne Choules. [Part 2] [audio]. Interview with Brenda Holland / by Yvonne Choules. [Part 3] [audio]. Interview with Brenda Holland / by Yvonne Choules. [Part 4] [audio]. Interview with Brenda Holland / by Yvonne Choules. [Part 5] [audio].
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Post Offices and Panoramas
Old Post Office, Albany, 1870.
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Panorama of Albany, ca. 1880.
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'Dog Rock' Albany, 1880s.
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Mount Clarence from town jetty, 1880s.
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Mt Melville from town jetty, 1880s.
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St John's Church York Street, 1880s.
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Albany from hillside, 1880s.
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View from Mt Clarence, 1880s.
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C Shenton with group of men, 1880s.
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Albany Town Hall under construction, ca. 1888.
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Houses at the water's edge at the base of a hill, possibly in Albany, ca. 1880.
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Steam Trains and Aeroplanes
Views of Albany townsite and Mount Melville from Mount Melville, ca. 1900.
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View of Albany townsite, Albany Jetty and Princess Royal Harbour from Mount Melville, ca. 1900.
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Sailing ship in Albany Harbour, ca. 1900.
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Sailing ship, Albany, ca. 1900. Taken by J. J. Dwyer.
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Lower Spencer Street and town jetty, Albany, 1900.
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Men working constructing a railway, near Albany, ca. 1900.
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View over Albany town-site toward Mount Clarence, from Mount Melville, ca. 1900.
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St. Joseph's Church, Albany, Western Australia, ca.1900.
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Home of J. Norman, Brunswick Road, Albany, approximately 1900.
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Central Coffee Palace, Albany, destroyed by fire 28 October 1902.
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Princess Royal Harbour, Albany, Western Australia, ca. 1900.
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Opening and dedication of Wesley Manse, Albany, 6 October 1903.
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Methodist church and manse, Albany, after 1903.
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Group climbing granite rock formation on the coast near Albany, ca. 1905.
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Children on rocks at the seaside near Albany, ca. 1905.
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Group on the a granite rock formation on the coast near Albany, ca. 1905.
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Albany Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, approximately 1905.
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Walking on Albany Jetty, 1905-1910.
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Circus elephant and bear at Albany, 1907?
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Military parade, Albany, 1908.
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Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1908.
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Military parade, Albany, 1908.
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Welcome banner for the U.S. White Fleet's visit to Albany, 1908.
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Sailors on parade, Albany, 1908?
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Military parade, Albany, 1908?
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A military band leads a procession. The leading man and the men behind the band wear masonic aprons and carry a banner with the motto "Help in time of need", 1908?
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Military parade, Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1908.
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Military parade, Albany, 1908.
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Two ships moored at Albany Jetty, ca. 1908.
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Esplanade Hotel, Albany, ca. 1908.
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Albany Post Office, ca. 1908.
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York Street, Albany down to the harbour, ca. 1908.
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A steam train passes through the Albany Railway Yards, ca. 1908.
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A group of children on Middleton Beach, Albany, ca. 1908.
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Albany coastline, ca. 1910.
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Town of Albany from the harbour, ca. 1910?
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A crowd on the jetty with Albany in the background, ca. 1910.
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York Street, Albany. The Albany Town Hall at left, ca. 1910.
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Steam vessel Premier tied up at Albany, ca. 1910.
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Albany Harbour, ca. 1910.
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Steamer Persic arriving at Albany, ca. 1910.
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Merchants' buildings and ships at the Albany Jetty, and King George Sound, ca. 1910.
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York Street, Albany, ca. 1910.
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From Albany out to the harbour, ca. 1910.
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Albany Town Hall, York Street, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Middleton Beach, with a ferry and sailboats moored to the Jetty, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Children in uniform on and around Dog Rock, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Two young men by a river bank, possibly Kalgan River, near Albany, ca. 1910.
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Group of ladies, Middleton Beach, Albany, January 1910.
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Methodist Tennis Club busy bee, Albany, approximately 1910.
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View from Mount Clarence across roof tops and railway lines to the jetty and Mount Melville, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Matthew Cull, Verger of St. John's Anglican Church, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Freemasons Hotel, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Drew Robinson & Co. building, Stirling Terrace, Albany, ca. 1910.
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Two steamships at the Albany jetty in Princess Royal Harbour, ca. 1910.
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Family at the edge of the Kalgan River with the bridge in the background, near Albany, ca. 1910.
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Stirling Terrace, Albany with Mount Clarence in the background, ca. 1910
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Early aeroplane, possibly in Albany, ca. 1910.
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Early aeroplane, possibly in Albany, ca. 1910.
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Dog Rock, Albany, 1913?
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Steamships and Soldiers
Albany Jetty. The steamship Persic tied up at left, ca. 1914
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Unidentified steamship, ca. 1914
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Unidentified ship at Albany Jetty, ca. 1914
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Albany Harbour, ca. 1914.
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Ships tied up at the jetty, Albany, ca. 1914.
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Troopships off Albany, 1914.
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A first war effort in Albany, 1914.
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Help in the time of need, parade float in support of the War Fund, Albany, 1914.
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Nurses and visitors at the No.8 Red Cross Hospital, Albany Branch, 1915.
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Working bee at the No.8 Red Cross Hospital, Albany, 26 September 1915.
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Working bee at the No.8 Red Cross Hospital, Albany, 26 September 1915.
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Stirling Terrace, Albany, ca. 1916. Sands Photographic Studio third from right.
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Methodist Ladies Guild, Albany, 1916.
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New Zealand soldiers marching in Albany, 1916.
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New Zealand officers in uniform at Albany, 1917.
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A navy parade through Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1918?
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A navy parade through York Street, Albany, 1918?
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A navy parade through Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1918?
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From the Caves to Strawberry Hill Farm
On the way to the caves, Albany, 1919.
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On the way to the caves, Albany, 1919.
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On the way to the caves, Albany, 1919.
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An Albany beach, 1919.
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View over Middleton Beach, Albany, 1919.
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Bridge over King River, Albany, 1919.
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Albany street decorations for the visit of Admiral Lord Jellicoe celebrating victory in the Great War, May 1919.
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Waiting for the parade to pass, Albany, ca. 1919.
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Parade, Stirling Terrace, Albany, ca. 1919.
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The water chute at the Municipal Baths, Albany, February 1919.
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Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1919.
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House beside Dog Rock, Middleton Road, Albany, ca. 1920.
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Aeroplane crashed in a field near Albany, ca. 1920.
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Opening of two new courts, Albany Methodist Tennis Club, 11 November 1922.
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Opening of two new courts, Albany Methodist Tennis Club, 11 November 1922.
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On the way to Denmark from Albany, ca. 1925.
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Albany Basketball Association premiers 1926.
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Strawberry Hill Farm, Albany, 1927.
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Strawberry Hill Farm, Albany, 1927.
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Strawberry Hill Farm, Albany, 1927.
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Small delivery van belonging to Hill & Co. Butchers, Albany, 1928?
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Elephants and Avro Ansons
Albany Methodist Girls' Guild and Albany Methodist Young Men's Club, 1930.
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Eva Mason laying foundation stone of the New Methodist Young People's Building at Albany 5 July 1930.
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Barnesby Motors, corner of York Street, Albany, 1937.
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R. Bell & Co., Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1937.
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Cuddihy's Service Station, York Street, Albany, 1937.
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Elephants pulling loaded wagons, with Mount Melville, Albany, in the background, ca. 1937.
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Payne Drapers, Stirling Terrace, Albany, 1937.
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Avro Ansons at Albany, 1939.
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From the Rectory to Giant Trees
Thompson's Motor Garage, Albany, ca. 1940.
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Methodist Church congreagation, Albany, 1951.
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St. John's Rectory, Albany, 30 November 1956.
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Speed limit sign outside Albany, W.A., 1958.
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Views from Albany, 1965.
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Car in tinglewood tree, Valley of the Giants, Nornalup.
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Albany Public Library, November 1968.
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Former Albany Mechanics' Institute, corner of Collie and Vancouver Streets, ca. 1969.
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Natural Bridges and Frozen Peas
York Street, Albany, December 1970.
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Packaging frozen peas at Hunts Canning Co., Albany, December 1970.
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Natural Bridge, Albany, December 1970.
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Sailing a yacht in King George Sound, Albany, December 1970.
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From the Court House to Lime Kilns
Wesley Church, Albany, October 1986.
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Wesley Church, Albany, October 1986.
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Frederickstown Traders, Albany Curtain Centre and Cineplex Centre Downtown Cinema, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986.
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Albany Court House, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986.
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Empire Buildings and Boans department store, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986.
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Albany House, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986. The London Hotel in the background.
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Stirling Terrace, Albany with the old Nesbitt's Cash Store at right, October 1986.
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London Hotel, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986.
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Glasgow House, Edinburgh House and Argyle Buildings, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986.
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Penny Post Restaurant, Stirling Terrace, Albany, October 1986.
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Citizens Advice Bureau, Stirling Terrace (corner of York Street), Albany, October 1986.
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Wesley manse, Albany, October 1986.
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Albany Woollen Mills, c1986.
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Albany Shire offices, 221 York Street, Albany, October 1986
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Royal George Bottle Shop, Albany, October 1986.
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Old convent in Albany, c1989.
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The brig Amity, Albany, January 1994.
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Remains of lime kilns near Pagoda Pt, Albany, January 1994.
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The Farmers Market to Mokare
Loading a Skywest aircraft at Albany Airport, 2006.
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Albany Wind Farm, 2006.
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Albany Farmers Market, 2006.
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Albany Farmers Market, 2006.
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Albany Farmers Market, 2006.
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Cars race past the Albany War Memorial during the Albany Classic, 2006.
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View over Albany to Mt Melville, 7 January 2006.
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Playground at Whale World, Albany, 7 January 2006.
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Lower section of York Street, Albany looking towards Princess Royal Harbour, 7 January 2006.
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Mural on the wall of Albany Backpackers hostel corner of Stirling Terrace and Spencer Street, 7 January 2006.
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Pygmy blue whale skeleton at Whale World, Albany, 7 January 2006.
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Circus Joseph Ashton at Albany, 2006.
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Aerial photographs of McKail, Albany.
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Attwell Park Speedway, Albany, 2008.
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Aerial photographs of McKail, Albany.
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Aerial photographs of McKail, Albany.
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York Street south from intersection with Grey Street, Albany, 31 March 2012.
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Albany, 21 January 2012.
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View from railway, Albany, 2012.
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Statue of Mokare, Albany, 31 March 2012.
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