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Albany, Western Australia
Early History
Founded in 1826 Albany is the oldest settlement in Western Australia, pre-datng Perth by 3 years. The Dutch ship Golden Seahorse skippered by Francois Thijssen in 1626 were the first European explorers to visit what is now Albany. Later in 1791, English explorer George Vancouver explored the south coast and naming King George Sound. Albany was the site where Vancouver took possession of New Holland for the British Crown on the 26th September 1791,. The next year, in 1792, Frenchman Bruni d'Entrecasteaux of the Recherche and L'Esperance reached Cape Leeuwin on 5 December and explored eastward along the southern coast. The expedition did not enter King George Sound due to bad weather. In 1801, Matthew Flinders entered King George Sound and stayed about a month before charting the rest of the southern Australian coastline. By 1806 he had completed the first circumnavigation of Australia. Australian born explorer Philip Parker King visited King George Sound in 1822 on the Bathurst. On 26 October 1826 Frenchman Dumont d'Urville in the Astrolabe visited King George Sound Albany before sailing along the south coast to Port Jackson.

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