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Israelite Bay is a bay and locality on the south coast of Western Australia, frequently mentioned in Bureau of Meteorology weather reports as a geographical marker. Climate data was recorded from 1885 to 1927.[3]

Israelite Bay
Western Australia
Israelite Bay
Coordinates33.61°S 123.876°E / -33.61; 123.876
Population0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)6452
LGA(s)Shire of Esperance

Situated in the Shire of Esperance local government area, it lies east of Esperance and the Cape Arid National Park, within the Nuytsland Nature Reserve and the Great Australian Bight.[4]

It was the site of a significant telegraph station in the early 1900s.[5][6] It was also a location serviced by the W.A. Government State Steamship Service South Coast Service in the early 1900s.[7]

The Eastern Group, the eastern-most islands of the Recherche Archipelago, first identified by Matthew Flinders in January 1802,[8] is offshore of Israelite Bay.[9]


References


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Israelite Bay (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Israelite Bay (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. "Site name: Israelite Bay". Climate Data Sites. Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. "Israelite Bay/Nuytsland Nature Reserve" (PDF). Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. Campbell, R. McK. (1995). Israelite Bay Post Office and Telegraph Station. Perth, W.A.: National Trust.
  6. Considine & Griffiths Architects (September 2004). "Israelite Bay Post and Telegraph Station : a ruin stabilised". Trust News. National Trust of Australia (W.A.): 10–12.
  7. Garratt, Dena; Western Australian Museum. Department of Maritime Archaeology; Western Australian Maritime Museum (1994), Israelite Bay Jetty : maritime heritage site inspection report, W.A. Maritime Museum, retrieved 24 July 2018
  8. Morgan, Kenneth (2016). Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia. London: Bloomsbury. p. 81. ISBN 9781441149107. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  9. "Archipelago of the Recherche" (PDF). Environmental Defenders Office Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008.

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