ALBURY  , a

town in Goulburn county, New South Wales, Australia, 386 m. by rail W.S.W. of Sydney . Pop . (1901) 5§2I . It stands near the border of Victoria, on the right bank of the Murray river, here crossed by two bridges, one built of wood carrying a road, the other of iron bearing the railway . The Murray is navigable for small steamers from this town to its mouth, a distance of 1800 miles . Albury is the centre of a sheep-rearing and agricultural district; grapes, cereals and tobacco are largely grown, and the wine produced here is held in high repute throughout Australia . The tree under which the first explorers encamped here in November 1824 is still standing in an enclosed space . Albury became a municipality in 1859 .