Orana is a north-western suburb of Albany in southern

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, northwest of Albany's

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. Its

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is the

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. It was gazetted as a suburb in 1979.

Geography

The suburb is bounded in the north by Anson Road, to the south and east by the

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and to the west by Le Grand Avenue.

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passes through the middle of the suburb.

Education

The suburb contains North Albany Senior High School and Parklands School (Albany), a

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References

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