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44-467: The first report on 26 December 1971 was by professional kangaroo shooters from Eucla in Western Australia , near the border with South Australia . They claimed to have seen a blonde , white woman amongst some kangaroos, and backed their story with grainy amateur film showing a woman wearing kangaroo skins and holding a kangaroo by the tail. After further sightings were claimed, the story

88-563: A district newsroom covering Albany and surrounding areas based in the city. Below is a table showing the full suite of digital television services available in Albany. These services are broadcast from Mount Clarence and cover the majority of the geographic area with some areas requiring a signal to be received from the Southern Agricultural site at Mount Barker. Both these transmission sites employ vertical polarity. Furthermore,

132-461: A half-naked blonde girl who had gone wild and lived and ran with the kangaroos, who came to be known as the " Nullarbor Nymph ". The story subsequently turned out to be a hoax created by the residents of the tiny settlement. Eucla has a semi-arid climate ( BSk ) with Mediterranean climate ( Csb ) tendencies. Summers are warm and dry, although mild by Australian outback standards. However, very hot days can occur, caused by hot northerly winds from

176-658: A low-budget movie titled The Nullarbor Nymph was produced out of Ceduna, South Australia and written and directed by Mathew J. Wilkinson. The mockumentary depicts the Nymph as tormenting men who travel across the Nullarbor. The film premiered in Ceduna on 3 March 2012 and then across Australia in following months. The film received much hype thanks to radio announcer Merrick Watts of Triple M 's Merrick and The Highway Patrol show which aired across Australia. A Sydney premiere

220-583: A number of historical sites including the Museum, Albany Convict Gaol , The Princess Royal Fortress (commonly known as The Forts) and Patrick Taylor Cottage, one of the oldest dwellings in Western Australia, c.  1832 . Albany has a great deal of historical significance to Western Australia. Natural sights along the rugged coastline include the 'Natural Bridge' and the 'Gap'. The beaches have pristine white sand. The destroyer HMAS  Perth

264-825: A number of residents rely on receiving these services via satellite using the Viewer Access Satellite Television system. Local newspapers are the Albany Advertiser (established 1888) and The Extra (owned by Seven West Media Limited , publishers of The West Australian ). Local radio stations GOLD MX and Fly FM are owned by local independent broadcaster BARRICADES MEDIA. Two of Albany's major sports facilities are Collingwood Park Stadium in Collingwood Park and Centennial Oval in Centennial Park . Collingwood Park

308-702: A population of 53. It is the only Western Australian location on the Eyre Highway that has a direct view of the Great Australian Bight due to its elevated position immediately next to the Eucla Pass – where the highway moves out and above the basin known as Roe Plains that occurs between the Madura and Eucla passes. The name Eucla is believed to originate from an Aboriginal word Yinculyer which one (uncited) source gives as referring to

352-648: A week between Perth and Albany Airport using 34-passenger turboprop Saab 340 aircraft. Albany was served by the Albany Progress passenger train from Perth until 1978. The railway station reopened as a tourist information centre in 1994. Albany radio stations include locally owned broadcaster GOLD MX and FLY FM as well as national broadcasters 783 Triple M (formerly 6VA and RadioWest ), Vision FM , HitFM (formerly HOT FM ), ABC Great Southern , ABC News , ABC Radio National , ABC Classic FM , Triple J , Racing Radio & Great Southern FM. Below

396-525: Is February with a mean of 22.9 mm (0.90 in). Albany received a record amount of rain on 20 November 2008 when violent storms swept across the Great Southern region. The town was flooded after 113.8 mm (4.48 in) of rain fell in a 24-hour period, the highest amount recorded since rainfall records began in 1877. The wettest month on record was June 1920 when 292.8 mm (11.5 in) fell, while February 1877 and February 1879 remain

440-549: Is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia , 418 kilometres (260 mi) southeast of Perth , the state capital. The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbour , which is a part of King George Sound . The central business district is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west. The city is in the local government area of

484-436: Is a table showing the broadcast frequencies on which these services can be received. Localised television stations available in Albany include GWN7 (now Seven Regional), WIN Television Western Australia , West Digital Television , SBS and ABC Television Western Australia . Seven (formerly GWN7) broadcasts a half-hour news program for regional WA, Seven News Regional WA (formerly GWN7 News ), at 5:30pm on weeknights with

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528-506: Is frequently visited by other warships. Albany has a city bus service run by Swan Transit under the TransAlbany brand with five town routes. Albany is connected to Perth with road-coach services via Walpole and Bunbury ; via Katanning and Northam ; via Kojonup and Williams . Transwa coaches also serve Jerramungup , Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun . Rex Airlines , a national independent regional airline, provides 23 services

572-557: Is home to North Albany Football Club while Centennial Oval is home to Royals Football Club . Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre is the home of Albany Basketball Association. The Rainbow Coast Raiders of the State Basketball League played at the Albany Sports Centre (33 Barker Road) between 1989 and 1999. 33 Barker Road is now the home of Albany Indoor Beach Volleyball. Albany Sea Dragons are

616-440: Is situated on what is promoted as the "Rainbow Coast", an appropriate title given the frequency of days with both sun and drizzle or showers. Albany has 44.8 clear days annually, just slightly lower than Melbourne 's 48.6 days. July is the wettest month, with a long-term average of 144 mm (5.67 in). Rain in excess of 0.2 mm (0.01 in) occurs on two days out of every three during an average winter. The driest month

660-700: Is the southern terminus for tourism in the region , and the state's south west, which is known for its natural environment and preservation of its heritage. The town has a role in the ANZAC legend , being the last port of call for troopships departing Australia in the First World War. On 1 November 2014, the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers opened the National Anzac Centre in Mount Clarence, Albany, to commemorate 100 years since

704-539: The City of Albany . While it is the oldest colonial, although not European, settlement in Western Australia — predating Perth and Fremantle by over two years — it was a semi-exclave of New South Wales for over four years until it was made part of the Swan River Colony . The settlement was founded on 26 December 1826 as a military outpost of New South Wales for the purpose of forestalling French ambitions in

748-537: The Great Victoria Desert . Winters are mild to cool with a rainfall peak. For a semi-desert climate the humidity is rather high all-year round, due to the moisture from the nearby ocean. Despite its close proximity to the desert, the locality only gets 94.4 clear days annually, which is lower than the humid subtropical cities like Sydney and Newcastle on the east coast. With summers being right around 22 °C (72 °F) means, temperatures are near

792-485: The 1890s a rabbit plague passed through the area and ate much of the Delisser Sandhills ' dune vegetation, thus destabilising the dune system and causing large sand drifts to encroach on the townsite. The original town was abandoned, and a new townsite established about 4 km (2.5 mi) to the north and higher up on the escarpment. The ruins of the original telegraph station which still stand amongst

836-590: The 19th century, the town served as a gateway to the Eastern Goldfields . For many years, it was the colony's only deep-water port, having a place of eminence on shipping services between Britain and its Australian colonies. The opening of the Fremantle Inner Harbour in 1897, however, saw its importance as a port decline, after which the town's industries turned primarily to agriculture, timber and later, whaling . Contemporary Albany

880-547: The British exploration was undertaken to survey the land and sea to assess the profitability of resources. The explorers occasionally noted encounters with Noongars. Native treatment laws and programs have affected the tribes since settlement . There are a number of heritage buildings in Albany; see List of heritage places in the City of Albany and Category:Heritage places in Albany, Western Australia . These include: Some of

924-638: The Central Western Time Zone of UTC+8:45 . Although it has no official sanction, it is universally observed in this area, stopping just to the east of Caiguna . Eucla is a major stop-off point along the Eyre Highway . In October 2005, Greyhound Australia announced the closure of their Nullarbor service due to rising fuel prices and declining passenger numbers. Albany, Western Australia Albany ( / ˈ æ l b ən i / AL -bən-ee ; Nyungar : Kinjarling )

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968-650: The City of Albany began, as part of an official dual-naming project, to give prominence to Kinjarling as the city's Aboriginal name. Kinjarling was home to Menang Noongar tribes during the summer season. Early British explorers recorded evidence of fish traps located on Emu Point and on the French, now the Kalgan , River. Vancouver made attempts to find the inhabitants of the area but only found bark dwellings that were unoccupied. Later explorers made contact and were told to leave, but were accepted when they did not. Most of

1012-870: The Nullarbor Nymph , which was cast into bronze, was exhibited in front of the South Australian Museum for three months, was selected in the 2004 Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, and is now on display in front of the Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide. In 1994 an installation at the Australian National Gallery referred to the myth. The issue is raised as an urban myth periodically. In 2012

1056-537: The Victorian alphabet) while Western Australia used the international Morse code that is familiar today. A jetty and tram line were constructed for offloading supplies brought in by sea. The town was proclaimed a township and gazetted in 1885, and reached its peak in the 1920s, prior to the construction of a new telegraph line further north alongside the Trans-Australian Railway in 1929. In

1100-546: The above information is derived from the State Heritage Register where these places are registered. The assessment criteria contain more details. As of the 2021 census , the urban population of Albany was 35,053 making it the state's sixth-largest population centre. The city centre of Albany is located between the hills of Mount Melville and Mount Clarence, which look down into Princess Royal Harbour. Many beaches surround Albany, with Middleton Beach being

1144-696: The border between maritime and subtropical climates , although Eucla is highly variable due to the combined cool-ocean and hot-desert influences. Average maximum temperatures vary from 25 to 27 °C (77 to 81 °F) from December to March, to 18 °C (64 °F) in July. The average annual rainfall of 320.1 millimetres (12.60 in) is evenly spread through the year, with monthly totals ranging from 14.9 millimetres (0.59 in) in January to 35.0 millimetres (1.38 in) in December. The highest temperature

1188-448: The boxes of what the typical beachgoer is looking for — uncrowded, crystal-white sand, turquoise waters and a very dramatic granite backdrop". Other beaches include: Albany has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ) with dry, warm summers, mild, wet winters, and pleasant springs and autumns. Summers have short spells of very hot weather, but cool ocean breeze brings relief, especially during evenings and nights. The city

1232-435: The closest to the town centre. Other popular beaches include Frenchman Bay and Muttonbird Island. Albany is 418 km (260 mi) SSE of the state capital, Perth , to which it is linked by Albany Highway . Albany is a sub-region of the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Albany coastline is notorious for deaths due to king waves washing people off rocks. The Torndirrup National Park features some of

1276-442: The dunes are a local tourist attraction. Many of the pioneer farmers and telegraph operators were buried at Eucla, but as the sand dunes encroached onto their graves, some of the headstones and plaques were removed and can now be seen at the museum at Eucla. In 1898, the population of the town was 96 (82 males and 14 females). In 1971, worldwide media publicity came to the town after reports (and indistinct photographs) emerged of

1320-629: The first ANZAC troops departed from King George Sound. Approximately 40,000 people attended the commemoration events held between 30 October and 2 November 2014. An auxiliary submarine base for the US Navy's 7th Fleet was developed during the Second World War in the event the submarine base at Fremantle was lost. Also in the harbour was a Royal Australian Navy naval installation which provided for refuelling from four 5,100-tonne (5,000-long-ton) fuel tanks. Upon its establishment in 1826,

1364-582: The major activities in the locality. There is a Travellers Cross that, despite its name, commemorates locals who have died. The South Australian settlement of Border Village is located 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Eucla. Primarily established as a quarantine checkpoint for agricultural produce, this small settlement also comprises a licensed roadhouse and caravan park. Eucla and the surrounding area, notably Mundrabilla and Madura in Western Australia and Border Village in South Australia, use

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1408-675: The media to disseminate the hoax was Geneice Brooker, the partner of Laurie Scott, one of the kangaroo-shooter hoaxers. Scott admitted to Murray Nicoll of The News that the hoax was created by a publicist Geoff Pearce, of Melbourne, who happened to be in the Eucla Hotel and had contacts within the media. Nullarbor Nymph sculptures by Dora Dallwitz were shown in 1994 at an exhibition held for students graduating from their Master of Visual Arts degree in Sculpture, and in 2000 and 2004 at Top Floor Gallery in Adelaide. Her main sculpture After

1452-498: The more rugged coastline in the area. However, there are many beaches that are safe and usable. Betty's Beach was named after Betty Jones, who used to go camping there with her family, and was initially called Betty's Bay. Frenchman Bay Beach is adjacent to the Torndirrup National Park, and was originally called Quarantine Bay, owing to the quarantine station set up by the British in 1826 on Mistaken Island at

1496-400: The northern end of Goode Beach Misery Beach, located 20 km (12 mi) south of Albany, was so named owing to the location of the whaling station at Albany that operated until 1978, causing offal to be washed ashore at Misery Beach and its sand and waters to be stained red. However, the beach was named Tourism Australia Best Beach 2022 by Tourism Australia , described a "[ticking] all

1540-446: The only rainless months. Albany's main industries are tourism, fishing, timber (wood chips) and agriculture. From 1952 to 1978 whaling was a major source of income and employment for the local population. The Whaling Station, which closed operations in 1978 following a major conservation campaign, has been converted to a museum of whaling and features one of the 'Cheynes' whale chasers that were used for whaling in Albany. The station

1584-414: The present townsite, and work commenced on a telegraph line from Albany to Adelaide . Land was set aside at Eucla for the establishment of a manual repeater station, and when the telegraph line opened in 1877, Eucla was one of the most important telegraph stations on the line. The station was important as a conversion point because South Australia and Victoria used American Morse code (locally known as

1628-522: The region. To that end, on 21 January 1827, the commander of the outpost, Major Edmund Lockyer , formally took possession for the British Crown of the portion of New Holland not yet claimed by the Crown; that is, the portion west of the 129th meridian east , with the portion east already being claimed collectively by the Crown as New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land . During the last decade of

1672-465: The rising of the planet Venus . It was first used by Europeans for the area at some point before 1867. In 1841, Eyre and Baxter became the first European explorers to visit the area. In 1867, the president of the Marine Board of South Australia declared a port at Eucla, and in 1870, John Forrest camped at the location for nearly two weeks. In 1873, land was taken up at Moopina Station near

1716-523: The settlement was named Frederick Town in honour of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany . In 1831, the settlement was transferred to the control of the Swan River Colony and renamed Albany by Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling . The name of the area in the Nyungar language of the Menang people is Kinjarling , which has been said to mean "place of plenty" and "place of rain". In 2020,

1760-512: Was 49.8 °C (122 °F) on 19 December 2019, while the lowest was −2.2 °C (28 °F) on 20 June 1936. Eucla is the largest stopping point between Norseman and Penong for travellers along the Eyre Highway . It has a hotel and restaurant, a police station, a golf club (7 km (4 mi) to the north), a museum dedicated to the Old Telegraph Station, and a meteorological station. These, together with fishing, are

1804-541: Was held on 22 May 2012 and the film received positive reviews given its $ 25,000 budget. Eucla, Western Australia Eucla is the easternmost locality in Western Australia , located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Eyre Highway , approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of the South Australian border. At the 2016 Australian census , Eucla had

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1848-421: Was reported around the world, and journalists descended upon the town of Eucla which had a population of 8 people at the time. The incident was eventually revealed as a hoax, initiated as a publicity stunt . The girl on the film turned out to be a 17-year-old model named Janice Beeby. She did appear in a photograph taken later, as an evidence of the Nullarbor Nymph, but the woman in the original photograph used by

1892-838: Was sunk in King George Sound in 2001 as a dive wreck . Albany is also close to two low mountain ranges, the Porongurups and Stirling Ranges . Albany is the southern terminus of the Bibbulmun Track walking trail. Albany is the southern terminus of the Munda Biddi Trail off-road cycling trail. Albany is home to HMAS Albany (based in Darwin) and the adopted home port of the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS  Anzac . Albany

1936-475: Was the last operating land based whaling station in the southern hemisphere and the English-speaking world at the time of closure. The Western Power Wind Farm is located at Sand Patch, to the west of Albany. The wind farm, originally commissioned in 2001 with 12 turbines, now has 18 turbines, driven by strong southerly winds, and can generate up to 80% of the city's electricity usage. Albany has

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