"Alluring Albany" was a book published between 1910 and 1913Шаблон:Efn by the Albany Advertiser about the town and port of Albany, Western Australia. The printing company, a part of the Advertiser operation, had been founded by William Frear Forster – the founding editor of the Advertiser, who however by the time of publication had moved to work on The Mercury in Hobart, Tasmania.[1]
There were four editions, each edition having differences in content, format and style.
It was circulated throughout Australia and received positive reviews.[2][3][4]
There were advertisements for hotels that have survived as heritage properties to today such as the White Star Hotel. The photographs include Stirling Terrace and York Street as well as many of the public buildings of the time.
1927 centenary book
Material and photographs were utilised in the "Centenary of Western Australia Albany 1827–1927" book, published to commemorate Albany's centenary.[5]
↑Wendy Birman, 'Forster, William Frear (1857–1932)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 10 February 2017.
