For Collingwood Park in Queensland, see Collingwood Park, Queensland

Collingwood Park, Queensland

For Collingwood Park in Albany, Western Australia, see Collingwood Park, Western Australia.Collingwood Park is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.-General:...

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Collingwood Park is a north-eastern suburb of Albany

Albany, Western Australia

Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

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, just west of the Emu Point

Emu Point, Western Australia

Emu Point is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, located north east of Albany's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany...

 holiday resort along King George Sound on the west bank of Oyster Harbour. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

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 is the City of Albany

City of Albany

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The suburb's name was gazetted in 1979.

Geography

Collingwood Park is bounded by Collingwood Road to the northwest and Middleton Bay to the southeast, lying between Emu Point

Emu Point, Western Australia

Emu Point is a north-eastern suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia, located north east of Albany's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Albany...

 and Seppings. Most of the suburb consists of natural bushland, with a couple of small residential pockets.

Facilities

Collingwood Park is home to the Albany Golf Course, an 18-hole links course

Links (golf)

A links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland. The word "links" comes from the Scots language and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes and sometimes to open parkland. It also retains this more general meaning in the Scottish English dialect...

 first developed in 1898, with a new clubhouse that was built in 2000. One source claims that Australian golfer Craig Parry

Craig Parry

Craig David Parry is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.Parry was...

 regards the course as his favourite in Australia.

Only a few scattered residential pockets exist in Collingwood Park. A sporting club on Troode Street and a coastal B&B

Bed and breakfast

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 are also located in the suburb.

Collingwood Park also hosts Albany's largest sporting facility, Collingwood Park. The ground is home to North Albany Football and Sporting Club

North Albany Football Club

North Albany Football Club or North Albany Football and Sporting Club, the Kangas, is an Australian rules football club located in Albany, Western Australia playing in the Great Southern Football League.The home ground is called Collingwood Park...

 and has hosted several large events such as Crusty Demons

Crusty Demons

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's West Coast Carnage Tour and in 2008 will host an AFL

Australian Football League

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 NAB Challenge Cup

Australian Football League pre-season competition

The Australian Football League pre-season competition, which is known at present as the NAB Cup, is a competition held before the beginning of the Australian Football League premiership season...

 match between West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 and Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

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External links

• Albany Golf Course - home page, includes information and photos.
• B&B By The Sea - home page