Talk:Albury

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Suggested Heading	Topic	Present in Albury article?	Comment
History	History	Yes
Geography	Geography	Yes
Geography	Transportation	yes
Geography	Climate	no
Geography	Bodies of water	in passing
Geography	Suburbs and Neighborhoods	not really
Geography	Street layout	no
Governance	Government	Not as at Apr 06
Economy	Economy	started
Demographics	Demographics	no
Education	Schools	Not as at Apr 06
Education	Colleges	Not as at Apr 06
Education	Universities	yes
Infrastructure	Utilities	Not as at Apr 06
Infrastructure	Medicine	Not as at Apr 06
Culture/Media	Newspapers	yes
Culture/Media	Radio	yes
Culture/Media	TV	yes
Culture	Sports	yes
Culture	Museums, etc.	no
Culture	Music	Not as at Apr 06
Culture	Libraries	Not as at Apr 06
Crime		Only sensational aspects as at Apr 06
Notable natives		section started
Parks		Not as at Apr 06
Sister cities		yes
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• LatAndLong = 36|03|S|146|57|E|region:AU-NSW
• firstexplored = 1824
• firstsurveyed = 1839
• proclaimedtown = 1839
• proclaimedmunicipality = 1859
• proclaimedcity = 1946
• pophistoric = 5,862 (1911), 35,072 (1981)
• highway = Hume Highway, Riverina Highway
• river = Murray River
• railway = 1881 from Sydney; 1883 from Melbourne

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Surrey or Kent?

As to which Albury Albury is named after, I recall reading almost 60 years ago a book on surnames that stated there were at one time more than a dozen villages named 'Albury' in England. (Unfortunately, I could not find that book when I looked for it later.) However, most seemed to have slipped into obscurity, as we have WP articles about only four of them. In any case, the present lack of evidence for an 'Albury' in Kent does not prove that there never was one. - Donald Albury 23:18, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

It is very possible is named after Albury, Kent, or a Mr John Albury from Kent who lived in the area.

A 1924 Albury Banner letter to the editor mentions this contested history [1], as well as the Albury historic society [2]. 2403:5809:8C3D:0:458B:35B:CBAC:1207 (talk) 11:28, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

The Albury historic society certainly didn't think much of the Albury from Kent theory. FWIW, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, C.W.E. Bardsley, (1983), pp. 43-44, 589, mentions parishes named "Albury", "Aldborough", or "Aldbury" in Norfolk, Suffolk, York (East and West Ridings), Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Somersetshire. Adding the Alburys in Oxfordshire, and Surrey, and the Aldborough in North Yorkshire, that have WP articles, that gives at least ten 11 different places in England after which the city of Albury may have been named, but nothing from Kent. I think we need better sources than have been presented so far to say anything about the source of the name. Donald Albury 19:09, 25 December 2024 (UTC) - Edited Donald Albury 19:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

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Drains, Waites Park

This piece struck me as worthy of publication if anyone can find an appropriate spot. Doug butler (talk) 00:52, 8 February 2023 (UTC)