Laura Bay, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated bay, see Laura Bay.

Laura Bay South Australia
Laura Bay
Coordinates	32°14′38″S133°49′26″E / 32.244°S 133.824°E / -32.244; 133.824 Coordinates: 32°14′38″S133°49′26″E / 32.244°S 133.824°E / -32.244; 133.824 [1]
Population	14 (2016 census) [2]
Established	1999 [1]
Postcode(s)	5680 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	533 km (331 mi) NW of Adelaide city centre [3] 19 km (12 mi) SE of Ceduna [3]
LGA(s)	District Council of Ceduna [1]
State electorate(s)	Flinders [4]
Federal Division(s)	Grey [5]
Mean max temp [6] Mean min temp [6] Annual rainfall [6] 23.5 °C 74 °F 10.4 °C 51 °F 294.6 mm 11.6 in
Suburbs around Laura Bay: Ceduna Merghiny Merghiny Ceduna Great Australian Bight Laura Bay Mudamuckla Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Smoky Bay Great Australian Bight
Footnotes	Location [3] Adjoining localities [1]

Laura Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Great Australian Bight about 533 kilometres (331 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) south east of the town centre of Ceduna. ^{[3] [1]}

The boundaries of the locality were created in 1999 for the “long established name.” ^[1]

Laura Bay consists of land associated with a section of coastline that includes, from west to east, part of the east coast of Decres Bay, the promontory known as Cape D’Estrees and part of the north coast of Smoky Bay including the inlet known as Laura Bay. ^[1] The Flinders Highway passes through the locality close to the coastline in a north-west alignment. ^[1]

The inlet known as Laura Bay was used as a port from at least 1894 to about 1937 mainly for the shipping of grain by farmers in the immediate hinterland. A jetty was in use from 1911 until its demolition in 1937. A school operated from 1927 to 1937. ^{[7] [8]}

As of 2012, land use within the locality consists of land zoned for both agricultural and conservation purposes including the Laura Bay Conservation Park. ^[9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Laura Bay had a population of 14 people. ^[2]

Laura Bay is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Ceduna. ^{[1] [5] [4]}

See also

• Laura (disambiguation)

References

1. "Search result for "Laura Bay (LOCB)" (Record no SA0038893) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Laura Bay". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
3. "Laura Bay, South Australia (postcode)". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
4. "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CEDUNA AMO (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
7. Collins, Neville C (2005), The jetties of South Australia : past and present, Neville Collins, p. 39, ISBN   978-0-9580482-2-4
8. "Laura Bay, Nomenclature". Placenames of South Australia. State Library of South Australia.
9. "Development Plan - Ceduna (DC) Consolidated – 18 October 2012" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 117, 153, 209 and 244–247. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ceduna .