Port Albert | |
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 Port Albert jetty | |
| Nickname: Albertland | |
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| Coordinates: 36°16′29″S 174°25′48″E / 36.2747°S 174.4301°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland Region |
| Ward | Rodney ward |
| Community board | Rodney Local Board |
| Subdivision | Wellsford subdivision |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Auckland Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 130 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Port Albert is situated on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour, approximately 8 kilometres west of Wellsford, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.[3] Originally called Albertland, it was the last of the major organised British settlements in New Zealand.[4][5]
The area has become known for its well draining soil, which has made it good agricultural land.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ McClure, Margaret (5 August 2016). "Port Albert". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Brett, Sir Henry; Hook, Henry (1979). The Albertlanders: Brave Pioneers of the 'Sixties'. Christchurch: Capper Press.
- ^ Herd, Louisa (2004). "The promised land". New Zealand Geographic.
- ^ "Railway Earnings - A Ministerial Thunderbolt". Poverty Bay Herald. 10 June 1910. Retrieved 14 January 2011.