Centenary of Albany, Western Australia

The Albany community and authorities were in direct conflict with the Western Australian government about the celebration and its proximity to the state centenary of 1929 (commemorating the founding of the state capital Perth), both before the centenary[clarification needed] and after.

[3] Other regional newspapers also acknowledged Albany's founding and difference from the state centenary, not all necessarily complimentarily.

(it was followed by) a week of sports, dinners, picnics and a regattaThe local newspaper, the Albany Advertiser, providing substantial editorial promotion of the event.

[8][9] The Governor of Western Australia started the week with an unveiling of a memorial stone at the Albany Town Hall.

The booklet subtitle provides the context of the celebration: commemoration of the raising of the British flag by Edmund Lockyer on 21 January 1827 to establish Western Australia's first settlement.