Denial Bay

Denial Bay
South Australia
Denial Bay is located in South Australia
Denial Bay
Denial Bay
Coordinates32°06′06″S 133°34′32″E / 32.101679°S 133.57556°E / -32.101679; 133.57556[1]
Population153 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established1889 (settlement)
1910 (town)
1999 (locality)[1][3][4]
Postcode(s)5690[5]
Elevation1 m (3 ft)[citation needed]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)District Council of Ceduna
RegionEyre and Western[1]
CountyWay[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[7]
Federal division(s)Grey[8]
Mean max temp[9] Mean min temp[9] Annual rainfall[9]
23.5 °C
74 °F
10.4 °C
51 °F
294.8 mm
11.6 in
Localities around Denial Bay:
Ceduna Ceduna Ceduna
Nadia Denial Bay Murat Bay (water body)
Tourville Bay (water body) Denial Bay (water body) Denial Bay (water body)
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1][6]

Denial Bay (formerly McKenzie) is a town and an associated locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's west coast about 562 kilometres (349 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the municipal seat of Ceduna.[6][5][1] The town which is located on the western side of Murat Bay has extensive European history, first built on in 1889, and now hosts a large expanse of oyster farms, one of the largest on the Eyre Peninsula.[according to whom?]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search results for 'Denial Bay, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'Government Towns', 'SA Government Regions', and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Denial Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Wallis, F.S. (16 June 1910). "TOWN OF McKENZIE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1910. Government of South Australia: 1087. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ Kentish, P. M. (28 January 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1999. Government of South Australia: 610. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Denial Bay, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 223, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
  7. ^ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CEDUNA AMO (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 March 2016.