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Coffin Bay
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| Population: | 584 (2006 Census)[1] |
| Established: | 1830s |
| Postcode: | 5607 |
| Location: | 46 km (29 mi) from Port Lincoln |
| LGA: | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula |
| State District: | Flinders |
| Federal Division: | Grey |
Coffin Bay ([2],) is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, which is a wheat growing area of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Coffin Bay had a population of 584.[1]
The town is situated on the western side of the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula about 46 km from Port Lincoln. The population swells during holiday seasons to more than 2,000 people due to its proximity to the Coffin Bay National Park.
It is a popular 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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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.[3]
In 1966, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited established a private railway between Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln to convey lime sands[4]. It was closed in the early 1970s.
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