Albany Museum and historic centre
The Eclipse building houses the Marine Discovery Centre and the prism from the former Eclipse Island
lighthouse is a centrepiece of the
Lighthouse exhibition. The Residency (Circa 1850) contains displays of Indigenous and local history as
well as temporary exhibitions in the gallery. Also close by are the Brig Amity and Mouchemore’s Cottage, the Mount Barker Cooperative building, the old Torbay one teacher school, and the Old Goal.
Further development of the town of
AlbanyIn 1885 a rail link was constructed between
Perth and
Albany. During the 1890s gold rush in the
Coolgardie Kalgoorlie region many would be fortune seekers disembarked at
Albany to take the long trek to the goldfields. The
Holland Track http://www.australiasomuchtosee.com/2007index.htm was opened up in 1893 to expedite this journey.
At that time
Albany was
home to the only deep-water port in Western Australia at Princess Royal Harbour until the opening of the Port of
Fremantle in 1900.
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Where is the Holland Track
![Follow in the wheel tracks of Pioneers on the Holland Track]()
Follow in the wheel tracks of Pioneers on the Holland Track
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The making of the Holland Track
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Albany Port today
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