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(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Albany is the oldest continuous settlement in Western Australia, and was founded in 1826, three years before the state capital of Perth. The King George Sound settlement was a hastily-despatched British military outpost, intended to forestall any plans by France for settlements in Western Australia. The first European explorers to visit the area around Albany were on the Dutch ship Gulden Zeepaert (Golden Seahorse) skippered by Francois Thijssen in 1626. They sailed along the south coast towards South Australia. Many years later in 1791, English explorer George Vancouver explored the south coast including entering and naming King George Sound. Albany was the site at which on the 26th September 1791, Vancouver took possession of New Holland for the British Crown. The next year, in 1792, Frenchman Bruni d'Entrecasteaux in charge 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 before sailing along the south coast to Port Jackson. Later in 1826, on Christmas Day, the British led by Major Edmund Lockyer on the Amity arrived from Port Jackson and founded the military outpost. Albany, was officially named by Governor Stirling at the beginning of 1832. It is named after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, and son of King George III.

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