Talk:Albany, Western Australia

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Contents 1 City status 2 Albany historical society web page 3 Roundabouts 4 Population 5 pronunciation

[edit] City status

Has the City merged with the other LGA by the same name? If it hasnt someone needs to make a distinction in the art SatuSuro 13:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes - the Town of Albany amalgamated with the Shire of Albany to form the City of Albany - not certain when though - there definetely should be some information in the article about the Council and its history.Dan arndt 05:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Albany historical society web page

I was listen to 6PR tonight and they gave a new just started web page for Albany historical Society. This site may have some useful information to expand this article and others on the region. --Gnangarra 13:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• http://www.historicalbany.com.au/

== Some mention should be made regarding the uniqueness of the pronunciation of "Albany" in this context - Is Albany W.A. the only place that pronounces its name with the first "a" as in "cat", rather than the long "a" that is common for other placenames with the same spelling? Neenish Tart 08:05, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roundabouts

Surely there should be a mention of Albany being the largest town / city in WA (or even Australia?) without traffic lights, instead having hundreds of roundabouts, including the big one with Albany Hwy / Chester Pass Rd etc. I might do it tomorrow / later...

Bird of paradox 21:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population

I updated the population and removed various conflicting numbers. Not sure what the difference between the city and the LGA is. I also updated the population on the LGA articles using the ABS statistics. If anyone can do this better please do so. I didn't see population figures online that were not from the LGA.... SeanMack 03:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] pronunciation

is the pronunciation al-BUN-ee correct? kwami 04:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

No. It's "AL-bun-ee". But it's AL as in Sally, not AL as in Wall. Hesperian 04:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll fix it to show that. kwami 06:10, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Hesperian 06:28, 22 October 2007 (UTC)