Fowlers Bay, South Australia

Not to be confused with Yalata, South Australia.

Fowlers Bay
South Australia
Town of Fowlers Bay
Fowlers Bay is located in South Australia
Fowlers Bay
Fowlers Bay
Coordinates31°59′25″S 132°26′09″E / 31.990142°S 132.435748°E / -31.990142; 132.435748[1]
Population51 (SAL 2016)[2]
Established10 July 1890 (town)
8 February 2001 (locality)[3][4]
Postcode(s)5690[5]
Elevation3 m (10 ft)[6]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
RegionEyre Western[7]
CountyHopetoun[1]
State electorate(s)Flinders[8]
Federal division(s)Grey[9]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.5 °C
71 °F		 12.3 °C
54 °F		 300.2 mm
11.8 in
Localities around Fowlers Bay:
Yalata Yalata Yalata
Mitchidy Moola
Coorabie Fowlers Bay Mitchidy Moola
Bookabie
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight
FootnotesLocations[1][5]
Adjoining localities[1]

Fowlers Bay, formerly known as Yalata, is a bay, town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 658 kilometres (409 mi) north-west of the state capital, Adelaide. The town is located on Port Eyre, at the western end of the larger Fowlers Bay. It was named Yalata after Yalata station, established in the 1860s and stretching from the Nullarbor Plain across to near Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, whose homestead was located on the hill nearby. The name Yalata now belongs to a small Aboriginal community further west, which was also situated on station land.

Situated on the Nullarbor Plain, Fowlers Bay was once an active port and a gateway to the western reaches of the continent, but fell into decline in the 1960s and 1970s. However a revitalised tourist industry started bringing more tourists to the town from the 1980s onwards. The southern right whales that frequent the Great Australian Bight were a target of whalers in the past, but now bring sightseers. Large sand dunes are prominent on the southern side of the town, and have been migrating to cover parts of the town over the past century.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Fowlers Bay, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fowlers Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Cockburn, John A. (10 July 1890). "untitled proclamation re the Town of Yalata" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 56. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ Lawson, Robert (8 February 2001). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 516. Retrieved 27 January 2019. ...assign the boundaries LYNDHURST, LEIGH CREEK, COPLEY, PARACHILNA, MARLA, NEPABUNNA, OODNADATTA, ANDAMOOKA, PENONG, COORABIE and FOWLERS BAY...
  5. ^ a b "Fowlers Bay, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference climate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Eyre and Western South Australian Government Region" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. ^ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.