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Glasgow House is a heritage listed building located on Stirling Terrace overlooking Princess Royal Harbour in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
The coastline of the Albany area was observed by Europeans for the first time in 1627 by the Dutchman François Thijssen, captain of the ship 't Gulden Zeepaert, who sailed to the east as far as Ceduna in South Australia and back. Captain Thijssen had discovered the south coast of Australia and charted about 1,768 kilometres (1,099 mi) of it between Cape Leeuwin and the Nuyts Archipelago.
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- ↑ "$2.4million footbridge contract marks start of Albany Waterfront project". Government of Western Australia. 11 July 2006. Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ "Shuttle Bus Information" (PDF). Southern Ports Authority. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ↑ "Albany Waterways Resource Book: People and the waterways". South Coast rivercare. Retrieved 19 February 2017.