This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated bay, see
Laura Bay .
Suburb of District Council of Ceduna, South Australia
Laura Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Great Australian Bight about 533 kilometres (331 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 19 kilometres (12 miles) south east of the town centre of Ceduna .[3] [1]
The boundaries of the locality were created in 1999 for the “long established name.”[1]
Laura Bay consists of land associated with a section of coastline that includes, from west to east, part of the east coast of Decres Bay , the promontory known as Cape D’Estrees and part of the north coast of Smoky Bay including the inlet known as Laura Bay.[1] The Flinders Highway passes through the locality close to the coastline in a north-west alignment.[1]
The inlet known as Laura Bay was used as a port from at least 1894 to about 1937 mainly for the shipping of grain by farmers in the immediate hinterland. A jetty was in use from 1911 until its demolition in 1937. A school operated from 1927 to 1937.[7] [8]
As of 2012, land use within the locality consists of land zoned for both agricultural and conservation purposes including the Laura Bay Conservation Park .[9]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Laura Bay had a population of 14 people.[10]
Laura Bay is located within the federal Division of Grey , the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Ceduna .[1] [5] [4]
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g h i "Search result for "Laura Bay (LOCB)" (Record no SA0038893) 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 21 July 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Laura Bay (suburb and locality)" . Australian Census 2021 QuickStats . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
^ a b c d e "Laura Bay, South Australia (postcode)" . Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2016 .
^ a b "District of Flinders Background Profile" . Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015 .
^ a b "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF) . Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015 .
^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CEDUNA AMO (nearest weather station)" . Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 21 July 2016 .
^ Collins, Neville C (2005), The jetties of South Australia : past and present , Neville Collins, p. 39, ISBN 978-0-9580482-2-4
^ "Laura Bay, Nomenclature" . Placenames of South Australia . State Library of South Australia.
^ "Development Plan - Ceduna (DC) Consolidated – 18 October 2012" (PDF) . Government of South Australia. pp. 117, 153, 209 and 244–247. Retrieved 21 July 2016 .
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Laura Bay" . 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 4 June 2018 .
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for
Ceduna .