City of Albany

City of Albany
Western Australia

Location in Western Australia

Population

37,233 (2015 est)

• Density

8.63414/km² (22.3623/sq mi)

Established

1998

Area

4,312.3 km² (1,665.0 sq mi)

Mayor

Dennis Wellington

Council seat

Website

LGAs around City of Albany:
Plantagenet	Gnowangerup	Jerramungup
Denmark	City of Albany	Southern Ocean
Southern Ocean	Southern Ocean	Southern Ocean

The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 410 kilometres (255 mi) south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It covers an area of 4,312.3 square kilometres (1,665 sq mi), including the Greater Albany metropolitan area and the Port of Albany, as well as the surrounding agricultural district and some national parks. The City of Albany had a population of 33,650 at the 2011 census.

The first church was built here in 1848; Reverend John Wollaston was its first clergyman, and in October he was visited by Bishop Augustus Short and Archdeacon Matthew Hale of the new diocese of Adelaide. The first school Camfield House was started in 1852, and by 1856 Henry and Anne Camfield had a purpose built building.

In 1871, the Albany Municipal Council was gazetted, and in 1896 the Albany Road Board followed.

William Finlay was the first mayor of Albany when he was elected in 1885.William Grills Knight was elected in 1886 and was succeeded by Lancel Victor de Hamel in 1889.

John Moir was elected after De Hamel left to enter state politics later the same year and served until 1890.Robert Andrew Muir was elected in 1891 and retired at the end of his year's term due to ill health. Moir was reelected from 1894 to 1897.

On 1 July 1961, they became respectively the Town and Shire Councils following changes to the Local Government Act.

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