Celebrate 2026 Albany
WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S FIRST BICENTENARY
Kinjarling, Western Australia
Creating the opportunity to connect with the past to celebrate the present.
Welcome to the Albany Historical Society
Creating the opportunity to connect with the past, to celebrate the present.
The Albany Historical Society (AHS) celebrates Albany 'Kinjarling', we recognise our community's diverse cultural heritage, our rich and unique history and the important role Albany played as the first British colonial and Aboriginal settlement of Western Australia. We respect and recognise the connection to country of the Menang Noognar people and the importance Kinjarling holds in their culture and in their day to day lives.
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The Albany 2026 Bicentenary is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate our development, our influential figures, their cultural links, years of hardship, triumph, perseverance and determination. We pay respect to all ancestors and celebrate who we have become.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Relocating to Albany changed John McKail’s outlook on life and maturity altered McKail into a man of his word. McKail certainly left his mark without a doubt yet his contribution to Albany must not be forgotten or over shadowed.
EARLY SETTLER
Mr. Dunn was better known as a wheelwright, pastoralist and builder. He was contracted with John McKail to build the first Albany Jetty and was also appointed Gaoler and Police Constable in 1841-1849 and a Member of the Albany Town Trust in 1860.
HISTORY MATTERS
On the 5 December 1931, Norman House (then named Edwards House) became the first Toc H Mark I for Australia. In 1931, there were 28 Marks in the world, the first in the Commonwealth by way of gift from Miss Dymes.
