Mount Melville Albany, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°01′21″S 117°52′16″E / 35.0225°S 117.8712°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,007 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6330 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Albany | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Albany | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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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]