Padre White Lookout
Highlights
- Reflect on history at Padre White Lookout, a significant site for remembrance in Albany.
- Walk the paths of Albany Heritage Park, where stories of sacrifice and honour unfold.
- Gaze over breathtaking views from the lookout, connecting with the region's poignant past.
- Experience the serenity of dawn services, commemorating local heroes with a sense of peace.
Padre White is a revered character in Albany’s history. From 1916 to 1918, he served as an army chaplain with the 44th Battalion and, upon his return to Australia, delivered sermons in remembrance of locals who died in the First World War.
In 1932, at dawn on 25 April, he led parishioners from St John’s Church to the summit of Mount Clarence, the very site where so many gathered to watch the convoys depart in 1914. He also arranged a wreath to be cast into the sea to coincide with the ceremony.
Today the Padre White Lookout is the region’s most visited lookout and serves as an enduring place of reflection: a lasting monument to Ernest White and Australia’s first dawn service.
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- WA – Australia's South West
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