Alison Hartman Gardens

The park, located near the centre of Albany,[1] contains numerous sculptures including the statue of Mokare.

[3] The area was once the vegetable gardens behind the old state school, which is now the Albany District Education Centre.

The gardens are named after a long-serving teacher at Albany State School, Alison Edith Hartman (1906-1978).

The statue of Mokare was erected in 1977 as a memorial to the Noongar man who helped the early settlers maintain a peaceful coexistence with the traditional owners.

These include large, century-old timbers are from the original own Jetty that symbolise Jetty, ships loading cranes and other agricultural machinery to acknowledge the importance of shipping and agriculture in the early development of the town.