Spencer Park, Western Australia
Spencer Park is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia north-northeast of Albany's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Albany The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and th ..., and the suburb was gazetted in 1954. Geography The suburb, named after Albany's first Government Resident Sir Richard Spencer RN and gazetted in 1954, is bounded by Ulster Road to the west and north, Collingwood Road to the southeast and North Road to the south. There are two housing estates in Spencer Park. Woodrise And Breaksea Estate. Woodrise is located in the southwest corner and Breaksea Estate is located in the northeast corner Facilities Spencer Park contains a shopping centre, fuel station, a retirement home and the Albany Regional Hospit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albany, Western Australia
Albany ( ; nys, Kinjarling) is a port city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... 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 exclave, 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 Dece ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Electoral District Of Albany
Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been elected in the inaugural 1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly. It is regarded as a swinging seat, and has been held by the Labor Party since the 2001 election, at which Peter Watson was first elected. Watson announced his retirement prior to the 2021 election and was succeeded in the seat by Labor Party colleague, Rebecca Stephens. Geography As at the 2015 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany contains the entirety of two local government areas: the City of Albany, and the Shire of Jerramungup. At the 2007 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany had the same boundaries as the City of Albany The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Wes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Division Of O'Connor
The Division of O'Connor is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It is one of Western Australia's three rural seats, and one of the largest electoral constituencies in the world. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was named after Charles Yelverton O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia most famously known for designing the Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Pipeline. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 28 February 1980, and was first contested at the 1980 federal election. It has always been a country seat. For its first ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Collingwood Heights, Western Australia
Collingwood Heights is a north-eastern suburb of Albany, Western Australia, between the Albany city centre and Emu Point within the local government area of the City of Albany. It was gazetted in 1981, prior to which it was known as Collingwood. Geography Collingwood Heights is bounded by the Yakamia Creek Diversion to the north, Martin and Ulster Roads to the west and Collingwood Road to the southeast. Most of the suburb's population of 684 persons are concentrated around a small residential estate at Breaksea Park. The suburb was gazetted in 1981. Facilities Collingwood Heights is a small residential suburb located within a wider open area in the creek's catchment area. A B&B and an information bay are located in the suburb. Collingwood Heights contains a private school, Southlands Christian College, which was established in 1999 and teaches the ACE curriculum. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Collingwood Park, Western Australia
Collingwood Park is a north-eastern suburb of Albany, Western Australia, just west of the Emu Point holiday resort along King George Sound on the west bank of Oyster Harbour. Its local government area is the City of Albany. It was gazetted in 1979. Geography Collingwood Park is bounded by Collingwood Road to the northwest and Middleton Bay to the southeast, lying between Emu Point and Seppings. Most of the suburb consists of natural bushland, with a couple of small residential pockets. Facilities Collingwood Park is home to the Albany Golf Course, an 18-hole links course first developed in 1898, with a new clubhouse that was built in 2000. One source claims that Australian golfer Craig Parry regards the course as his favourite in Australia. Only a few scattered residential pockets exist in Collingwood Park. A sporting club on Troode Street and a coastal B&B are also located in the suburb. Collingwood Park also hosts Albany's largest sporting facility, Collingwood Park ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yakamia, Western Australia
Yakamia is an inner suburb of Albany. The suburb was created in the 1970s, and was gazetted in 1979. The name is believed to be a Noongar word meaning "sister to a small creek". Geography Yakamia is bounded by North Road to the south, Chester Pass Road to the west, Hudson and Bond Roads to the north and Ulster Road to the southeast. Yakamia Creek runs through the suburb. Facilities Yakamia is a residential suburb, and used to consist primarily of bushland, however, this has slowly disappeared with the bush making way for new housing developments. The suburb contains Yakamia Primary School, which opened in 1970 and now has around 620 students. There is also a small shopping centre on North Road. The City of Albany The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of , including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and th ...'s council ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Centennial Park, Western Australia
Centennial Park is an inner suburb of Albany, Western Australia, immediately north of the CBD within the local government area of the City of Albany. It contains a light industrial area and numerous sporting facilities which serve the entire Albany catchment area. It was gazetted as a suburb in 1979. Geography Centennial Park is bounded by North Road to the north, Symers Street to the east, Middleton Road to the southeast and Albany Highway to the west and southwest. The lone residential area is nearest to Middleton Road and is only a few blocks in size, and contains some of Albany's oldest homes. Facilities Centennial Park is primarily a service suburb, with a light industrial area in the centre of the suburb, and the Albany Regional Sporting Complex, Royals Football Club home ground Centennial Oval and Tigerland which hosts the Railways Football Club in the Great Southern Football League. Centennial Park Tigers Backyard Cricket Club are another sporting team in Centenni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mira Mar, Western Australia
Mira Mar is a northeastern suburb of Albany, Western Australia, between the Albany city centre and Spencer Park in the local government area of the City of Albany. Mira Mar was gazetted as a suburb in 1979. Geography Mira Mar is bounded by North and Collingwood Roads to the north, Drew Street to the east, Symers Street to the west and Middleton Road to the south. The suburb has a population of 1,682 persons., up from 1,539 at the 2006 election. Strawberry Hill (62 m) and Craggy Bluff dominate the local landscape. Facilities Mira Mar contains the Old Farm at Strawberry Hill, which was first a vegetable farm on Plantagenet Location 44 for the military settlement of King George Sound, and then served as the residence of Albany's first Government Resident, Sir Richard Spencer RN, from 1832 until 1839. Spencer's grave is located on the site. Also in Mira Mar is the simple Victorian Georgian house built in 1872 by Matthew Cull, who was the long-time verger A verger (or virge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Central Business District
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the " city centre" or " downtown". However, these concepts are not necessarily synonymous: many cities have a central ''business'' district located away from its commercial and or cultural centre and or downtown/city centre, and there may be multiple CBDs within a single urban area. The CBD will often be characterised by a high degree of accessibility as well as a large variety and concentration of specialised goods and services compared to other parts of the city. For instance, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, is the largest central business district in the city and in the United States. London's city centre is usually regarded as encompassing the historic City of London and the medieval City of Westminster, while the City of London and the trans ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Local Government Areas Of Western Australia
There are 137 local government areas of Western Australia (LGAs), which are areas, towns and districts in Western Australia that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the '' Local Government Act 1995''. The ''Local Government Act 1995'' also makes provision for regional local governments (referred to as "regional councils", established by two or more local governments for a particular purpose. There are three classifications of local government in Western Australia: * City predominantly urban, some larger regional centres * Town predominantly inner urban, plus Port Hedland * Shire predominantly rural or outer suburban areas The Shire of Christmas Island and the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Federal external territories and covered by the ''Indian Ocean Territories Administration of Laws Act'', which allows the Western Australian ''Local Government Act'' to apply "on-island" as though it were a Commonwealth act. Nonetheless, Christmas Island and the Coc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |