Please be advised: this website contains the names, images and voices of people who are now deceased.

Collections WA has a responsibility to preserve and make accessible the history and culture of Western Australia in all its various forms. The intention of Collections WA is to support research, and to reveal actions of the past that have impacted upon communities, families, and individuals.

In doing so, Collections WA acknowledges the need to respond sensitively and appropriately in cases when accessing this material may be confronting to Aboriginal visitors and clients.

Please also note: Some historical materials within this portal may include language or opinions that today are considered inappropriate or even offensive. Collections WA does not endorse this language and apologises for any distress caused.

Continue

Continue showing cultural advice

Stop showing cultural advice

Collections WA brings together collections from libraries, galleries, museums, archives, historical societies, cultural organisations, community groups and other collecting organisations across Western Australia.

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Albany Freedom of Entry Agreement 2008

« Prev Item Next Item »

City of Albany

2008

Overview

Wooden framed Freedom of Entry to the City of Albany agreement under glass, signed by Mayor Milton Evans and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Hammond 21 June 2008, featuring the crests of the City of Albany and HMAS Albany.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2008.12.1

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

202 mm

Height or length

289 mm

Weight

525 g

Inscriptions and markings

“We, the Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of the City of / Albany, in appreciation and recognition of your association / with this Municipality, do confer upon / The Commanding Officer, Officers and Sailors of / Her Majesty’s Australian Ship / Albany / Freedom of Entry to the City of Albany / And thereby the right, privilege, honour and distinction of / marching through the streets of Albany with swords drawn, / bayonets fixed, drums beating, bands playing and colours / flying in full regalia. / In witness whereof we have caused our common seal to be / hereunto affixed this 21st Day of June, two thousand and eight / in pursuance of a resolution unanimously passed by the City of / Albany on the 17th Day of June, two thousand and eight.”

Contextual Information

Named after the City of Albany, Western Australia, HMAS Albany (ACPB 86) was commissioned on 15 July 2006.

Keywords

Freedom of Entry Agreement

Hmas Albany (1)

Royal Australian Navy

Year

Statement of significance

Freedom of Entry to HMAS Albany following a City of Albany resolution on 17 June 2008, granted on 21 June 2008

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

Open in Google Maps

Nearest geotagged records:

View all geotagged records »

Links to additional resources

H\Royal Australian Navy: History and specifications of HMAS Albany

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Organisation Details
View Collection
Item Feedback

Other items from Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

HMAS Albany Freedom of Entry Agreement

Media Reuse | View Full Size | Item Feedback

Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->

Full size unavailable (you're already seeing this image in its highest resolution available on Collections WA)

Loading...