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Mount Melville, Western Australia
Mount Melville is a south-western suburb of Albany, Western Australia, Albany in southern Western Australia, west of Albany's central business district. Its Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area is the City of Albany. Mount Melville is named after the natural granite massif that the suburb is nestled around. The mount forms the western flank to the Albany, Western Australia, Albany CBD, with Mount Clarence, Western Australia, Mount Clarence located to the eastern side. The Mount was named after Viscount Melville, the first Lord of the Admiralty, in 1791 by Captain George Vancouver. Mount Melville was gazetted as a suburb in 1979. Geography The suburb is bounded by Albany Highway to the north and east, by Hanrahan Road to the west and by Princess Royal Harbour to the south. It is set within native bush with walk trails and a sealed road to the top. A distinctive observation tower is situated at the peak that offers panoramic views as far as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, Western Australia
Albany ( ; nys, Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, the state capital. The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbour, which is a part of King George Sound. The central business district is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west. The city is in the local government area of the City of Albany. While it is the oldest colonial, although not European, settlement in Western Australia - predating Perth and Fremantle by over two years - it was a semi-exclave of New South Wales for over four years until it was made part of the Swan River Colony. The settlement was founded on 26 December 1826 as a military outpost of New South Wales for the purpose of forestalling French ambitions in the region. To that end, on 21 January 1827, the commander of the outpost, Major Edmund Lockyer, formally took possession for the British Crown of the portion of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
