Albany, in Western Australia, is on King George's Sound, 254 miles SSE. of Perth (352 by rail). The harbour is one of the best in Australia, and is a port of call for the great Australian liners; and it is to be made a naval coaling station, and fortified. Pop. (1891) 2665.
Albany
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 123
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