Torndirrup, Western Australia

Torndirrup
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Remnants of RAAF Air Warning Radar Station on Stony Hill, with Eclipse Island in the background
Torndirrup
Coordinates: 35°06′02″S117°52′51″E / 35.10067°S 117.88080°E / -35.10067; 117.88080
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
LGA	City of Albany
Location	397 km (247 mi) SE of Perth 51 km (32 mi) E of Denmark 8 km (5.0 mi) S of Albany
Government
•  State electorate	Albany
•  Federal division	O'Connor
Area
• Total	50.5 km2 (19.5 sq mi)
Population
• Total	395 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	6330
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Torndirrup is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Torndirrup is on a peninsula of the same name and surrounded on three sides by water, with the Southern Ocean in the south and east and the King George Sound in the north-east. It also borders Princess Royal Harbour in the north-west. The entirety of Torndirrup National Park is located within Torndirrup and only small sections of the locality are not part of the national park. ^{[2] [3]}

Torndirrup is on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation. ^[4]

The state registered Cheyne Beach Whaling Station is located on Frenchman Bay, King George Sound, in the locality of Torndirrup. ^[5]

During World War II, from 1943 to 1945, Stony Hill was the site of the Royal Australian Air Force Air Warning Radar Station Number 35. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Torndirrup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 21 October 2024.
3. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 21 October 2024.
4. "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 18 January 2025. The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
5. "Cheynes Beach Whaling Station". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia . Retrieved 21 October 2024.
6. "Air Warning Radar Station Number 35". monumentaustralia.org.au. Monument Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
7. "Stony Hill Air Warning Radar Station Number 35 Plaque". vwma.org.au. Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

External links

• Torndirrup National Park