Mount Albert is an inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred on Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape. By 1911, growth in the area had increased to the point where Mount Albert was declared an independent borough, which was later absorbed into Auckland. The suburb is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the southwest of the Auckland City Centre.
The town centre, dominated by New North Road
Ōwairaka / Mount Albert surrounded by the suburb in 2009
Ōwairaka / Mount Albert in an 1845 watercolour by John Guise Mitford
Ōwairaka / Mount Albert in a postcard, from around 1910.
New North Road is a street in the central and western Auckland isthmus, New Zealand, connecting Upper Symonds Street in Eden Terrace to Avondale. The road runs parallel to Great North Road, located to the north, and crosses Dominion Road, the Western Line at Morningside and runs above the Waterview Tunnel section of the Southwestern Motorway at Mount Albert.
Intersection of New North Road and Dominion Road, looking west
New North Road in 1923, seen from Mount Albert fire bell looking towards Kingsland
The New North Road underpass, underneath Dominion Road