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Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Albany is the oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia. The city center is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbor, which is a part of King George Sound. The central business district is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west. Albany was founded on 26 December 1826 as a military outpost of New South Wales as part of a plan to forestall French ambitions in the region. To that end, on 21 January 1827 the commander of the outpost, Major Edmund Lockyer, formally took possession of the western third of the continent for the British Crown.
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Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Albany is the oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia. The city center is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbor, which is a part of King George Sound. The central business district is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west. Albany was founded on 26 December 1826 as a military outpost of New South Wales as part of a plan to forestall French ambitions in the region. To that end, on 21 January 1827 the commander of the outpost, Major Edmund Lockyer, formally took possession of the western third of the continent for the British Crown.
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