Robinson is a western suburb of Albany in southern

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, west of Albany's

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. Its

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is the

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. The suburb has a median age of 43.

Frenchman Bay Road Frenchman Bay Road (also found as Frenchmans Bay Road) is a road that runs south from Albany, Western Australia. Commencing at an intersection with Princess Royal Drive at Mount Elphinstone, Western Australia, Mount Elphinstone it passes around ...

passes through the suburb to Little Grove and then on to

Torndirrup National Park Torndirrup National Park is a national park in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth and via Frenchman Bay Road is south of Albany. Torndirrup National Park has many impressive rock formations on the coast. Thes ...

and Frenchman Bay. In March 2010, the area was evacuated as a result of a catastrophic

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. The fire started after a

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accident and quickly spread through the surrounding bushland. Fire fighters battled flames as high as using two

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and a helicopter. The fire was eventually contained following overnight rain.

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{{Towns Great Southern WA Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia