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FASHIONABLE BUILDINGS IN ALBURY'S PAST & PRESENT
One of the older style houses still standing.The first homes were tents, sent from England via Sydney. Next, were slab huts with wood walls and bark roofs. Stone houses and shingled roofs were next. Then, brick or stone work with iron lattice became popular. 
Newer Style House built in 2000.
St. Mathews ChurchSt. Mathews Church was built in 1857, with extentions in 1867 to 1873, after the fire which destroyed it. It was made of granite. Churches are important community structures.
LINK to information on the Burning Down of St. Matthews Church
St Mathews Church (now)
Albury Public School (Castle)Albury Public School is the oldest school structure in the Albury District. Thurgoona Public School is the most modern school building, although it was originally opened in 1861. 
Thurgoona Public School
Slab Hut
Similar to the one built by Robert Brown, Albury's First White Settler.The first building was a slab hut, that Robert Brown built, in 1839. It was located at Noreiul Park, near the Hume and Hovel tree. Next, he built an Inn and opened an Accomodation House.
LINK to information on Robert Brown - Albury's first White Settler
The Electicity Building
(Most modern building in Albury)
Kia Ora
Copy of the first Bank of N.S.W.
Country Comfort Motel
(8 stories high)
Comunity Centre (in Lavington)
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Changing Retail Fashions in Albury
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