Alluring Albany

1913 edition cover

Albany Town Hall in all editions of "Alluring Albany", and the 1927 centenary book

Cover of the 1912 edition

The 1901 royal train at Albany railway station

Caption for the royal visit at Albany railway station

American sailors returning along Stirling Terrace to ships from the American Fleet visiting in 1908

"Alluring Albany" was a book published between 1910 and 1913[a] by the Albany Advertiser about the town and port of Albany, Western Australia. The printing company, a part of the Advertiser operation, had been founded by William Frear Forster – the founding editor of the Advertiser, who however by the time of publication had moved to work on The Mercury in Hobart, Tasmania.[3]

There were four editions, each edition having differences in content, format and style.

It was circulated throughout Australia and received positive reviews.[4][5][6]

It had photographs from the 1901 royal visit, when RMS Ophir brought the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) to Albany.

There were advertisements for hotels that have survived as heritage properties to today such as the White Star Hotel. The photographs include Stirling Terrace and York Street as well as many of the public buildings of the time.

1927 centenary book

Material and photographs were utilised in the "Centenary of Western Australia Albany 1827–1927" book, published to commemorate Albany's centenary.[7]

The centenary was two years before that of the state's capital city Perth,[8][9] which was celebrated in 1929 as the Centenary of Western Australia.

Notes

1. As well as a 1996 facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition.[1] The 1910 edition is available online;[2] the online copy has different pages to the original due to library binding.

References

1. 1912 edition - Alluring Albany : handbook for the port and back country and guide to the chief West Australian health resort.
2. "Alluring Albany : Handbook for the port and back country and guide to the chief West Australian health resort (1910) : Slwa_b1352921_2".
3. Wendy Birman, 'Forster, William Frear (1857–1932)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 10 February 2017.
4. "Alluring Albany". The Sun. No. 808. New South Wales, Australia. 28 January 1913. p. 2 (Final extra). Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Alluring Albany". Narrogin Observer and Williams District Representative. Vol. 6, no. 291. Western Australia. 29 October 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Alluring Albany". Truth. No. 497. Perth. 4 January 1913. p. 9 (City edition). Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
7. Albany Centenary Committee; W.F. Forster & Co (1927), Centenary of Western Australia : Albany, 1827-1927 : 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, W.F. Forster, retrieved 2 February 2017
8. "Albany's centenary". The West Australian. Vol. XLIII, no. 7, 691. 25 January 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Albany's centenary". The Observer. Vol. LXXXIV, no. 7, 053. South Australia. 29 January 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 2 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.