Place Names Register Extract
Shoal Bay
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Shoal Bay |
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| Type Designation | Bay |
| Place Id | 18353 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 17' S (Decimal degrees -12.2881) | |
| Longitude: 130° 56' E (Decimal degrees 130.9411) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Beagle Gulf | |
| Local Government Area | |
| History/Origin | Named by Stokes on 8 September 1839. Stokes in his Discoveries in Australia writes following the description and naming of Hope Inlet: Setember 8 (1839)- ....From the south point of Clarence Strait it is distant eleven miles, and the bay in which it lies, from the shallow water at the head of it, was called Shoal Bay." |
Register & Gazettal information
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