The Albany Club also known as the Aberdeen House is a heritage listed building located on Aberdeen Street in
Albany in the
Great Southern region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
In Western Australia, only the
Weld Club
The Weld Club is a private male-only social club in Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 1871 as a gentlemen's club, it is named after Frederick Weld, the chronologically first patron of the club and the Governor of Western Australia at the tim ...
in Perth is older than the Albany gentlemen's club, which was established in 1894. No private club outside the metropolitan area has occupied the same building for so long.
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John Moir, who served as the mayor of Albany for four terms, built a new residence on Aberdeen Street in 1886; his wife died shortly before the residence was completed. Moir, who was also a founding member of the Albany Club, let it be used as a club facility from 1895 until 1939 when the club acquired the building. The Albany Club building later became ]heritage
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listed.
The building has two storeys and is constructed of stuccoed brick and with a
corrugated iron roof, designed in the Victorian Style with Italianate elements.
In 2005 the building received interim heritage listing.Albert Young Hassell
Albert Young Hassell (15 November 184120 September 1918) was a prominent Australian pastoralist and politician.
Born in Albany, on 15 November 1841, Albert was the second son of pastoralist John Hassell who had pioneered the area around Ken ...
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See also
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References
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1894 establishments in Australia
Heritage places in Albany, Western Australia
Gentlemen's clubs in Australia
State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Albany