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Mount Melville
Kardarup (Nyungar)AlbanyWestern Australia
Mount Melville from Anzac Park
Mount Melville is located in Western AustraliaMount MelvilleMount Melville
Coordinates35°01′21″S 117°52′16″E / 35.0225°S 117.8712°E / -35.0225; 117.8712
Population1,007 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)6330
Area2.9 km (1.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)City of Albany
State electorate(s)Albany
Federal division(s)O'Connor
Suburbs around Mount Melville:
Lockyer Orana Centennial Park
Mount Elphinstone Mount Melville Albany
Princess Royal Harbour Princess Royal Harbour Princess Royal Harbour

Kardarup/Mount Melville is a south-western suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, west of Albany's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Albany.

Mount Melville is named after the natural granite massif that the suburb is nestled around. The mount forms the western flank to the Albany CBD, with Mount Clarence located to the eastern side.

The Mount was named after Viscount Melville, the first Lord of the Admiralty, in 1791 by Captain George Vancouver.

Mount Melville was gazetted as a suburb in 1979.

Geography

The suburb is bounded by Albany Highway to the north and east, by Hanrahan Road to the west and by Princess Royal Harbour to the south.

It is set within native bush with walk trails and a sealed road to the top. A distinctive observation tower is situated at the peak that offers panoramic views as far as the Stirling Range to the north.

The mount has an elevation of 152 metres (499 ft).

The western side of Mount Melville is the site of the town's main waste management facility.

References

  1. "Lookout for new Dual Naming signage". City of Albany. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Melville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. "News Story - Lookout for new Dual Naming signage » City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. "Naming of Localities - Town of Albany (per 3773/57 V4)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 8 June 1979. p. 1979:1501.
  5. "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Mount Melville, WA". 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

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Cities, shires, towns and localities in the Great Southern region of Western Australia
City of Albany
Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup
Shire of Cranbrook
Shire of Denmark
Shire of Gnowangerup
Shire of Jerramungup
Shire of Katanning
Shire of Kent
Shire of Kojonup
Shire of Plantagenet
Shire of Woodanilling
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