Stirling Terrace, Albany

Jubilee Bandstand on Stirling Terrace at night

Stirling Terrace, Albany is a street in the centre of Albany, Western Australia adjoining York Street.

As a historic street and part of a historic precinct^[1][2] it has a number of listed heritage buildings that look out over the Albany Harbour.^[3][4]

Stirling Terrace has appeared on maps of the town since 1834 and is named after James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia.^[5]

View of corner of York Street and Stirling Terrace

During the 1870s and 1880s alot of the frontage along Stirling Terrace to the east of York Street was filled with John Moir building a store, the Argyll buildings erected, followed by the Royal George Hotel and then the White Star Hotel.^[6]

To the west of the intersection with York Street is the Albany Courthouse. To the east of the intersection, there are a number of heritage properties including the Jubilee Bandstand and Albany Post Office on the southern side of the terrace and the White Star Hotel on the northern side.

Like York Street, it was frequently photographed as streetscape representative of the prosperity of the town.^[7][8][9]

Notes

1. State Heritage Stirling Terrace Precinct listing
2. Considine and Griffiths Architects; Bizzaca, Kristy; Heritage Council of Western Australia (2001), Stirling Terrace, Albany : conservation plan, distributed by the Heritage Council of W.A.], retrieved 3 May 2016
3. Donaldson Smith Architects & Urban Designers; Royal Australian Institute of Architects; RAIA Architects Advisory Service (1983), Evaluation for restoration : historical precinct, Stirling Terrace and Lower York Street, Albany, Western Australia, The Architects, retrieved 3 May 2016
4. Places on the heritage list include Argyle House as an example
5. Toyah Shakespeare (15 April 2014). "Terrace takes place on history's map". Albany Advertiser. Yahoo7. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
6. "Captain Sale's Memories part 3: The town and its residents". Albany Gateway. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
7. "Stirling Terrace, Albany.". Western Mail. XXVII, (1,400) (Western Australia). 25 October 1912. p. 24. Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Lower Stirling Terrace, Albany.". Western Mail. XXIV, (1,231) (Western Australia). 31 July 1909. p. 25. Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Stirling Terrace, Albany - looking east.". Albany Advertiser 8, (940) (Western Australia). 11 November 1935. p. 46 (Holiday Number). Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Coordinates: 35°01′38″S 117°53′15″E / 35.0273°S 117.8875°E