TOWNSCAPE, EARLY ALBANY, 1858

Black and white image take from an early glass plate negative. Albany after 26 years of settlement seen from a high point standing on rocks just to the north west of the intersection of modern Parade and Festing Streets.This central area view of early Albany shows Stirling Terrace curving south east with three two storey buildings at the east end. A lone figure is discernible standing just short of the Stirling Terrace and York Street intersection. In the right foreground of the photo is the original 1852 section of the Albany Gaol, which was built purely as a Convict Hiring Depot. The windmill in the centre background is on the lower western slopes of Mt Clarence.