The final design for the Welcome Walls in Albany was unanimously endorsed at the City of Albany’s full council meeting on Tuesday 20 July.

Heritage Council approval of the final design is the last stage of the process and the Western Australian Museum will submit a heritage impact statement to the council this week now that the City of Albany has given its approval.

The design, created by local Albany firm Howard and Heaver Architects, incorporates a boardwalk stretching from the Museum’s Residency Building over the water of the Amity Precinct and references the original water line and location of Lockyer’s first landing place at Point Frederick. The completed Welcome Walls will overlook Princess Royal Harbour, the Amity Precinct and the Albany Port and will link with the Kinjarling Trail.

The design is symbolic of the journey many migrants made when they disembarked in Albany with the boardwalk including timbers from the original Town Jetty, the same jetty the migrants would have walked along as they made their way onto Australian soil.

Coloured banding on the top of each wall will provide a link to the funnel colours of the passenger steamship lines that were prevalent during the peak period of immigration through the Albany port.

The Albany Welcome Walls project is on track to be completed by the end of this year.

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