Port Davey

Port Davey
(Poynduc)
Celery Top Islands
Port Davey (Poynduc) is located in Tasmania
Port Davey (Poynduc)
Port Davey
(Poynduc)
Location on the south west coast of Tasmania
LocationSouth Western Tasmania
Coordinates43°19′48″S 145°54′36″E / 43.33000°S 145.91000°E / -43.33000; 145.91000
EtymologyThomas Davey, a former Governor of Tasmania[1]
River sourcesDavey River
Ocean/sea sourcesSouthern Ocean
Basin countriesAustralia

Port Davey is an oceanic inlet located in the south west region of Tasmania, Australia.

Port Davey was named in honour of Thomas Davey, a former Governor of Tasmania.[1] Port Davey is contained within the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve,[2] the Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area[3] and the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Toogee name of the port is Poynduc.[4]

With the support of the then Premier of Tasmania, Robert Cosgrove (in office from 1939), Australian journalist Critchley Parker proposed a Jewish settlement at Port Davey in 1941.[5]

  1. ^ a b "The romance of Australian place names". The Australian Women's Weekly. 27 May 1964. p. 59. Retrieved 14 October 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve". Sea Fishing & Aquaculture: Area Restrictions: Marine Reserves. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "IBA: Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. ^ Milligan, Joseph (1858). "On the dialects and languages of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their manners and customs" (PDF). Papers of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 270.
  5. ^ Duffy, Conor (18 January 2010). "The plan for a Jewish homeland in Tasmania". The 7.30 Report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2010.