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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 491 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALBANY , a municipal

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TOWN

town in the

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COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

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PLANTAGENET

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AUSTRALIA

Australia, on Princess Royal

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HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

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BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

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Sound, 352 M. by

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RAIL

rail and 254 M. directly S.S.E. of

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Perth . Pop . (19o1) 365o . It is the

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CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

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HEALTH

health resort of the

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state, and its

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CLIMATE

climate is one of the finest in Australia; it has a mean

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ANNUAL

annual temperature of 58.6° F., and the summer

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HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat is never excessive . One of the features of the town is the Marine Drive, some 51 M. in

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CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit around the hills overlooking the harbour . Albany has several flourishing

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INDUSTRIES

industries, of which the chief are

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BREWING

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COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

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BUILDING

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PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing and tanning . In addition it has the finest harbour in West Australia . A

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PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier extends for 1700 ft. into the

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sea, giving safe

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ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation to the large steamers which

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CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call at the

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PORT

port . The

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GREAT

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SOUTHERN

Southern railway has a

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LINE

line to the seaward end of the pier, and affords

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DIRECT

direct communication with the interior of the

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COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony . The harbour is protected by forts and there is a

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garrison in the town . King George Sound, of which Albany is the township, was first occupied in 1826 and a penal

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settlement was established . No

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ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made to colonize the locality until after this settlement was given up in 1831 .

Albany became a

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MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1871 .

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