Collingwood Park is a north-eastern suburb of
Albany,
Western Australia
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, just west of the
Emu Point holiday resort along King George Sound on the west bank of Oyster Harbour. Its
local government area
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is the
City of Albany
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.
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
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The word "links" comes via the Scots langu ...
first developed in 1898, with a new clubhouse that was built in 2000. One source claims that Australian golfer
Craig Parry
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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. The ground is home to
North Albany Football and Sporting Club, Albany Football Club and Collingwood Park Cricket Club and has hosted several large events such as
Crusty Demons's West Coast Carnage Tour and in 2008 hosted an
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Education
* Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity
* Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi''
* Assessment for learning
Military
* ...
NAB Challenge Cup match between
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and first competed in 1987 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known ...
and
Collingwood.
References
External links
Albany Golf Course- home page, includes information and photos
{{Towns Great Southern WA
Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia