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The Brig Amity Replica
Albany, Western Australia.
 The
Brig Amity is an exact replica of original vessel which brought
the first white settlers to Albany. Built in 1975, the Amity is
placed a few hundred metres from where Major Edmund Lockyer and
the party of forty-five arrived in the Princess Royal Harbour on
Christmas Day 1826.
Open to the public, for a gold coin donation you can roam above
decks and explore below deck to see how the crew members lived during
their journey from Sydney.
An adventure for all ages. Located on the Princess Royal Drive
in Albany.
The Sign Reads:
"This is a full size replica
of the Brig Amity, the ship which carried the party which established
the first British settlement in Western Australia. This party,
under the command of Major Edmund Lockyer, landed near this spot
on December 26th 1826.
The original Amity was completed
in New Brunswick, Canada in 1816. After some years as a trader
she sailed to Hobart and in 1824 was bought by the colonial government
in Sydney to assist in supply and exploration. She was important
in the establishment of settlements at Moreton Bay, Queensland
and King George Sound, Western Australia. The AMity was wrecked
of Flinders Island on June 18th, 1845."
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The Brig Amity Replica
Climbing around the inside of this vessel brought
home what the voyagers must have experienced bobbing about on the
sea.
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