D'Estrees Bay, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated bay, see D'Estrees Bay.

D'Estrees Bay
South Australia
D'Estrees Bay is located in South Australia
D'Estrees Bay
D'Estrees Bay
Coordinates35°56′55″S 137°34′45″E / 35.94866°S 137.57916°E / -35.94866; 137.57916
Population560 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Nepean Bay”) (2011 census)[2][a]
Established2002[1]
Postcode(s)5223[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council[1]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
CountyCarnarvon[1]
State electorate(s)Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)Mayo[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.0 °C
70 °F		 8.9 °C
48 °F		 444.0 mm
17.5 in
Suburbs around D'Estrees Bay:
MacGillivray Haines D'Estrees Bay (water body)
MacGillivray D'Estrees Bay D'Estrees Bay (water body)
Ocean Ocean Ocean
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
Locations[3][1]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[1]

D’Estrees Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight.[8][9] It is located about 145 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 32 kilometres (20 miles) south of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1][3]

Its boundaries which include the Point Tinline Shack Site were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from the bay on its eastern coastline.[1]

D’Estrees Bay consists of land which adjoins the southern half of the coastline with D'Estrees Bay and extends to the south coast of the island.[1] The land use within the locality is divided between agriculture, conservation and residential use. Land zoned for conservation consists parts of the following protected areas - the Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park at the south end of the bay and Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area to the west of the conservation park, and the land adjoining the coastline of the bay to the north of the conservation park. The residential area which is located on the coastline adjoining the bay consists of “single detached dwellings and recreation facilities for holiday makers and permanent residents.”[10]

There was a shore-based bay whaling site in operation here by 1843.[11] In that year the operation consisted of 13 men, two boats and was supervised by a Mr Thompson. The owners of the operation are named as Messrs Bennett and McEllen. There is reference to a whaling station at Flour Cask Bay in operation in the area by 1844, and that it was owned by Messrs Hagan and Hart. However it is likely this was a different name for the same location. A jetty at American River, named Hart’s Jetty, was used by Hart & Co to ship their whale oil to the mainland.[12]

The locality includes the following historic places which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - the D'Estrees Bay Whaling Site and the Threshing Floor, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park.[13][14]

D’Estrees Bay is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Search result for "D'Estrees Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0085624) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Vivonne Bay". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Postcode for D'Estrees Bay, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114, 125–127, 135, 152 and 329–333. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. ^ Kostoglou, Parry; McCarthy, Justin (1991). Whaling and Sealing Sites in South Australia (First ed.). Fremantle, WA: Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. pp. 30–5.
  12. ^ Kostoglou & McCarthy, p.32.
  13. ^ "D'Estrees Bay Whaling Site, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park (sic)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Threshing Floor, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.


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