Princess Royal Harbour#History
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Princess Royal Harbour is a part of King George Sound on the South coast of Western Australia, and harbour to Albany. On its northern shore is the Port of Albany. The name Princess Royal also appears in Albany in Princess Royal Fortress and Princess Royal Drive.
History
The first European to explore the waters was George Vancouver in HMS Discovery in September 1791; he named the harbour after Princess Charlotte Augusta Matilda, the first daughter and fourth child of King George III.
The harbour was surveyed by Matthew Flinders in 1802, Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1826, John Lort Stokes in 1848, and Henry Mangles Denham in 1858.{{Citation | author1=Great Britain. Hydrographic Department | author2=Denham, Henry Mangles, Sir, 1800-1887 | author3=Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842 | author4=Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 | author5=Stokes, J. Lort (John Lort), 1811-1885 | author6=Potter, J. D. (John D.) | author7=J. & C. Walker | title=Western Australia, King George Sound and Princess Royal Harbour | date=1859 | publisher=Published at the Admiralty, 24th Sepr. 1858 under the superintendence of Captn. Washington, R.N. F.R.S. hydrographer : Sold by J.D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty charts, 31 Poultry and 11 King St., Tower Hill | edition=Additions to 1859 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32577991 | accessdate=1 May 2016 }}
The harbour was less than two metres deep until it was dredged in 1901,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25079197 |title=Country |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=19 January 1904 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and its entrance was dredged in 1952.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49017249 |title=Dredges Work Long Hours At Albany. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=26 February 1952 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
The Princess Royal Harbour was the departure location for a large convoy of Australian troops in November 1914.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11059093 |title=Drama of... the convoys |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=24 April 1937 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |page=30 Supplement: Week–End Magazine |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17454285 |title=Services Tattoo |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 April 1938 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |page=23 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
The entrance to the harbour was named Ataturk Channel in 1985 (for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk);{{cite web|url=http://anzacalbany.com.au/discover-ww1-albany/padre-white/|title=Atatürk Channel|accessdate=13 June 2016|publisher=Anzac Albany}} it is also known as Atatürk Entrance.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122102631 |title=PM salutes Turks for generosity to Anzacs |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=64 |issue=20,100 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 April 1990 |accessdate=13 June 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192053794?q=%22Ataturk+Entrance%22&c=picture&versionId=209919542|title=Quaranup and Ataturk Entrance from King Point|year=1994|accessdate=13 June 2016|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|url=http://www.visitalbany.com.au/cgi-bin/deck.pl?id=-65&vid=|title=Ataturk Entrance|accessdate=13 June 2016|publisher=visitalbany.com}} Monument Australia Plaque details
{{Citation | title=Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | publication-date=1985-04-25 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/251345421 | access-date=29 October 2022}}
Ecology
Water quality has been tested and monitored over time.{{Citation | author1=Platell, N. E. (Noel Edward) | author2=Western Australia. Government Chemical Laboratories | title=Water quality monitoring survey of Princess Royal Harbour, Albany | date=1978 | publisher=Govt. Chemical Laboratories | isbn=978-0-7244-7912-2 }}{{Citation | author1=Atkins, R. P., 1951- | author2=Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Environment | author3=Western Australia | author4=Atkins, R | title=A Technical report on the water quality of Princess Royal Harbour, Albany | date=1980 | publisher=Dept. of Conservation and Environment | isbn=978-0-7244-8453-9 }}{{Citation | title=Princess Royal Harbour : summary of technical report on the water quality of Princess Royal Harbour, Albany | date=1980 | publisher=Dept. of Conservation & Environment | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/28156620 | accessdate=1 May 2016 }} The harbour is the location of a seagrass meadow of Posidonia.{{Citation | author1=Gordon, David Mackintosh | author2=Western Australia. Department of Environmental Protection | title=Changes to the structure and productivity of a Posidonia sinuosa seagrass meadow in Princess Royal Harbour, Western Australia, during and after imposed shading | date=1994 | publisher=Dept. of Environmental Protection | isbn=978-0-7309-4685-4 }}
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