
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Here lived Captain Sir Richard Spencer RN government resident and pioneer farmer at Albany (1833-1839), the first British settlement in Australia
Captain Sir Richard Spencer was a Royal Navy officer who served as the government resident and pioneered farming at Albany, the first British settlement in Western Australia, significantly contributing to early colonial administration and agricultural development in the region.
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