Coffin Bay, South Australia
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Coffin Bay ([1], postcode 5607) is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, which is a wheat growing area of South Australia.
The town is situated on the western side of the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula about 46 km from Port Lincoln. The town has a permanent population of about 430 people, but swells during holiday seasons to more than 2,000 people due to its proximity to the Coffin Bay National Park.
It is an ideal location for boating, sailing, swimming, water-skiing, skindiving and wind-surfing, as well as fishing (rock, surf, angling and boat).
Oyster farming is conducted in the quiet waters of Coffin Bay.
Coffin Bay is in the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula local government area, the state electoral district of Flinders and the federal Division of Grey.
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[edit] History
The Parnkalla people occupied the area prior to white settlement in the 1830s.
British naval explorer Matthew Flinders named the bay on 16 February 1802 in honour of his friend Sir Isaac Coffin, who was Resident Naval Commissioner at Sheerness, where the Investigator was fitted out.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Coffin Bay. Place names search. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved on 2006-05-06.
- ^ Place names of South Australia. The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved on 2006-05-06.
