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Glasgow House
Glasgow House is a heritage listed building located on Stirling Terrace, Albany, Stirling Terrace overlooking Princess Royal Harbour in Albany, Western Australia, Albany in the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region of Western Australia. Glasgow House is situated between the Royal George Hotel, Albany, Royal George Hotel and Edinburgh House. It was built for Alexander Moir (settler), Alexander Moir, along with Edinburgh House, in 1882. Before these buildings were constructed a row of single storey cottages had occupied the site. The cottages housed a bootmaker, baker and tailor as well as other tradespeople. Alexander Moir's son, John Moir (politician), John Moir, took over the family business and after his father died in 1893 Glasgow house became the headquarters of the Moir merchant business. Neighboring Edinburgh House and Glasgow House both housed Shipping agency, shipping agents for a time while Stirling Terrace was the main street in Albany. The two st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |