Mount Melville, Western Australia

Mount Melville
Kardarup (Nyungar)[1]
AlbanyWestern Australia
Mount Melville from Anzac Park
Mount Melville is located in Western Australia
Mount Melville
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Coordinates35°01′21″S 117°52′16″E / 35.0225°S 117.8712°E / -35.0225; 117.8712
Population1,007 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode(s)6330
Area2.9 km2 (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[3] 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.[4]

  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.