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King George Sound

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King George Sound

Inlet of the Indian Ocean, southern coast of Western Australia. It has an area of 35 sq mi (91 sq km). Its harbours are Oyster Harbor and Princess Royal Harbor (the site of the port for the city of Albany). It was charted in 1791 by Capt. George Vancouver and was first used as a whaling base.



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March 1831 39th and convicts withdrawn from King George Sound to allow free settlers from Swan River settlement to take up land.
 
 
 
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