Albert is a town in the Central West region of

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, Australia. The town is in the

Lachlan Shire Lachlan Shire is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Lachlan River, the Lachlan Valley Way and the Broken Hill railway line. The largest town and council sea ...

local government area, west north west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Albert had a population of 81, though Albert once had a population of 900. Copper had been discovered in the area by 1900. In the early 20th century, there were several copper mines nearby, the most significant of which was the Iron Duke Mine, which operated from around 1909 until the early 1920s. Around the time that mining commenced, the area was known as 'Albert Water Holes'. Its post office was originally called 'The Alberts' but became Albert in 1916; it closed in 1982. A school—known as 'Albertia', until it was renamed Albert in January 1920—opened there in January 1899 and closed in June 1972. The date of the opening of the school, the name of one of its streets, Federation Street, and the timing of the discovery of copper suggests that the village itself dates from around the time of

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. Albert is on the

Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line The Bogan Gate-to-Tottenham railway line is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It starts at the Bogan Gate junction on the transcontinental railway line and terminates at the town of Tottenham, New South Wales, near the geographic ...

. There was a station at Albert and a short branch from Albert to the nearby Iron Duke Mine. The branch line was known officially as the Albert Siding to Iron Duke Mine Railway. The branch line to the mine closed in June 1926.

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File:Albert - Signs.jpg, Edge of Albert village. File:AlbertRabbitTrapHotel.JPG, Rabbit Trap Hotel opposite Albert railway station.

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Towns in New South Wales Towns in the Central West (New South Wales) Lachlan Shire Mining towns in New South Wales {{CentralWestNSW-geo-stub

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