Israelite Bay

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Israelite Bay
Western Australia
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Israelite Bay
Israelite Bay
Coordinates 33°36′36″S123°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
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Localities around Israelite Bay:
Buraminya Buraminya Balladonia
Cape Arid Israelite Bay Southern Ocean
Southern Ocean

Israelite Bay is a bay and locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located along the Southern Ocean. Except for a small strip in the north-west of the locality, Israelite Bay is completely taken up by the Nuytsland Nature Reserve. [3] [4]

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Israelite Bay lies east of Esperance and the Cape Arid National Park, within the Nuytsland Nature Reserve and the Great Australian Bight. [5] Point Malcolm is about 25 km (16 mi) west of Israelite Bay, [6] and there is a long sandy beach there. [7]

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. [8]

It was the site of a significant telegraph station in the early 1900s. [9] [10] It was also a location serviced by the W.A. Government State Steamship Service, the South Coast Service, in the early 1900s. [11]

The Eastern Group, the eastern-most islands of the Recherche Archipelago, identified by Matthew Flinders in January 1802, [12] is offshore of Israelite Bay. [13]

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References

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  10. Considine & Griffiths Architects (September 2004). "Israelite Bay Post and Telegraph Station : a ruin stabilised". Trust News. National Trust of Australia (W.A.): 10–12.
  11. 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
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