Israelite Bay
Western Australia
Israelite Bay is located in Western Australia
Israelite Bay
Israelite Bay
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Coordinates33°36′36″S 123°52′34″E / 33.61°S 123.876°E / -33.61; 123.876
Population0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)6452
Area2,098.5 km2 (810.2 sq mi)
LGA(s)Shire of Esperance

Israelite Bay is a bay and locality on the south coast of Western Australia.

Situated in the Shire of Esperance local government area, it lies east of Esperance and the Cape Arid National Park, within the Nuytsland Nature Reserve and the Great Australian Bight.[3] Point Malcolm is about 25 km (16 mi) west of Israelite Bay,[4] and there is a long sandy beach there.[5]

Climate data was recorded at Israelite Bay from 1885 to 1927, and it is frequently mentioned in Bureau of Meteorology weather reports as a geographical marker.[6]

It was the site of a significant telegraph station in the early 1900s.[7][8] It was also a location serviced by the W.A. Government State Steamship Service, the South Coast Service, in the early 1900s.[9]

The Eastern Group, the eastern-most islands of the Recherche Archipelago, identified by Matthew Flinders in January 1802,[10] is offshore of Israelite Bay.[11]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Israelite Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Israelite Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Israelite Bay/Nuytsland Nature Reserve" (PDF). Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Israelite Bay". Explore Parks WA. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. ^ "SLSA Beachsafe". SLSA Beachsafe. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Site name: Israelite Bay". Climate Data Sites. Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. ^ Campbell, R. McK. (1995). Israelite Bay Post Office and Telegraph Station. Perth, W.A.: National Trust.
  8. ^ Considine & Griffiths Architects (September 2004). "Israelite Bay Post and Telegraph Station : a ruin stabilised". Trust News. National Trust of Australia (W.A.): 10–12.
  9. ^ Garratt, Dena; Western Australian Museum. Department of Maritime Archaeology; Western Australian Maritime Museum (1994), Israelite Bay Jetty : maritime heritage site inspection report, W.A. Maritime Museum, retrieved 24 July 2018
  10. ^ Morgan, Kenneth (2016). Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia. London: Bloomsbury. p. 81. ISBN 9781441149107. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Archipelago of the Recherche" (PDF). Environmental Defenders Office Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008.

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