Gledhow is a town and western suburb of
Albany in southern
Western Australia
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. Its
local government area
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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 the ...
.
The suburb has a median age of 38.
The townsite of Gledhow was originally established as a private town in 1891 by the company constructing the
Great Southern Railway, the W.A. Land Company Ltd. The railway and the townsite of Gledhow were purchased by the state government in 1896 and the townsite was gazetted in 1898. it is most likely named after
Gledhow
Gledhow is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, east of Chapel Allerton and west of Roundhay. It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency.
Etymology
The name ''Gledhow' ...
in
Yorkshire
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.
References
{{Towns Great Southern WA
Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia