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York Street is the main street in the centre of
York Street is the main street in the centre of 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 ...
. It runs south from a junction with Albany Highway
Albany Highway links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany, on the state's south coast. The highway travels through the southern Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions, and is designated State Route ...
, Lockyer Avenue and Middleton Road downhill towards Princess Royal Drive and the Anzac Peace Park
ANZAC Peace Park is a park in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located at the foot of the hill where York Street meets Princess Royal Drive.
The park opened in 2010, and it is designated to commemorate the dep ...
at the foot of the hill adjacent to Princess Royal Harbour
Princess Royal Harbour is a part of King George Sound on the South coast of Western Australia, and harbour to Albany. On its northern shore is the Port of Albany. The name ''Princess Royal'' also appears in Albany in Princess Royal Fortress an ...
.
As a historic street, with streetscape and precinct into adjoining Stirling Terrace, it has the Albany Town Hall, opened in 1888, and other buildings of significance.
In the 1880s, an issue of the lower portion of the street was over restrictive fencing; the issue was resolved by the construction of a gate.
The Premier Hotel was built opposite the Town Hall in 1891.
Alison Hartman Gardens is situated next to the Town Square along York Street close to the centre of Albany. The park contains numerous sculptures including the statue of Mokare
Mokare (c. 1800 - 26 June 1831) was a Noongar Aboriginal man from the south-west corner of Australia, who was pivotal in aiding European exploration of the area.
Life
Mokare was from the Minang clan of Noongar people. He had at least two ...
.
The Albany Advertiser
The ''Albany Advertiser'', also published as the ''Australian Advertiser'' and the ''Albany Advertiser and Plantagenet and Denmark Post'', is a biweekly English language newspaper published for Albany, Western Australia, Albany and the Great So ...
has its office in lower York Street.
Many photographs have been taken over the last hundred years of the street.
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