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WESTERN AUSTRALIA - ALBANY 1827-1927 CENTENARY BOOKLET

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1827

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Pink cardboard cover, with red lettering. Town logo on left and sketch of residency on cover. Albany Centenary Booklet (To commemorate the First Settlement of Western Australia by Major Lockyer, H.M. 57th Regiment, who hoisted the British Flag at Albany on 21st January, 1827). Issued by the Albany Centenary Committee. 24 pages of text, 34 black & white photos. Frontis: Major Edmund Lockyer, H.M. 57th Regiment (He is wearing the uniform of the N.S.W. First Australian Volunteer Regiment). Fold out photo at front of book a panoramic view of Albany viewed from Mount Clarence presume circa 1927.

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History - Western Australia

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Albany Centenary

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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