Editing Albury (section)

===20th-century city===
[[File:Looking down Dean Street Albury (1920s - 1930s) from Monument Hill.jpg|thumb|Overlooking Albury from Monument Hill in the 1920s|left]]

The ''Royal Commission on Sites for the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth'' report of 1903 recommended Albury (along with [[Tumut]]) as the preferred candidate for the [[capital of Australia|national capital]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=253&Itemid=247|title=History of the Capital|access-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821192642/https://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=253&Itemid=247|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> though the proposal met staunch opposition from residents.<ref name="The National Capital 1938. pg. 24">'The National Capital: Why Albury was not chosen' from The West Australian. Friday 6 May 1938. pg. 24</ref> At a public meeting, just one member of parliament voted in favour of Albury – [[Isaac Isaacs]], member for [[Division of Indi|Indi]]. The lack of support for other places ultimately led to the selection of Canberra as the preferred site.<ref name="The National Capital 1938. pg. 24"/><ref>[http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/inside-alburycity/about-albury About Albury] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421193643/http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/inside-alburycity/about-albury |date=21 April 2014 }}, [http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/ alburycity.nsw.gov.au/].</ref>
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[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een grote groep mannen trekt aan een touw het vliegtuig De Uiver uit de modder, Albury TMnr 60033431.jpg|thumb|The Uiver being pulled out of the mud after its emergency landing in Albury in 1934]]
In 1934, a [[Douglas DC-2]] airliner of [[KLM]] (the "Uiver"), a competitor in the [[MacRobertson Trophy Air Race]] (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race), made an emergency night landing at the town's racecourse after becoming lost during severe thunderstorms. After signalling by [[Morse code]] A-L-B-U-R-Y to the lost aircrew by using the entire town's public lighting system, the "Uiver" was guided in to land safely. The makeshift runway at the racecourse was illuminated by the headlights of cars belonging to local residents who had responded to a special news bulletin on ABC radio station 2CO. The next morning many local volunteers helped pull the stranded aircraft out of the mud and the aircraft was able to take off and continue to Melbourne where it won first prize in the race's handicap category and was second overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/help/uiver.htm |title=The Uiver Memorial Aircraft |access-date=16 June 2008 |work=Albury City website |publisher=Albury City |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719044652/http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/help/uiver.htm |archive-date=19 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/11/21/1793944.htm?site=goulburnmurray|title= Flight of the Uiver |date= 21 November 2006|work=ABC Goulburn Murray website |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

Albury and Wodonga played a military role in World War II with the establishment of ordnance bases at [[Bandiana]] and [[Bonegilla]]. Proclaimed a city in 1946, Albury played a role in the [[post-war immigration to Australia]] with the establishment nearby of Australia's first migrant centre, the [[Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre]] in 1947.

Albury's proximity to Wodonga has spurred several efforts to achieve some kind of municipal governmental union (see [[Albury-Wodonga]]). In 1973, Albury-Wodonga was selected as the primary focus of the [[Whitlam]] federal government's scheme to redirect the uncontrolled growth of Australia's large coastal cities (Sydney and Melbourne in particular) by encouraging decentralisation. Grand plans were made to turn Albury-Wodonga into a major inland city and large areas of the surrounding farmland were compulsorily purchased by the government. Some industries were enticed to move there, and a certain amount of population movement resulted. However, the current urban population is approximately 92,200.<ref name=ABSSUA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref>
[[File:St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Albury NSW.jpg|thumb|240x240px|St Matthew's Anglican Church]]