Emu Bay, South Australia

For other uses, see Emu Bay.

Suburb of Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia

Emu Bay
South Australia

View of Emu Bay and jetty from the picnic area.

Emu Bay

Coordinates| 35°35′26″S 137°30′13″E﻿ / ﻿35.59067069°S 137.50374797°E﻿ / -35.59067069; 137.50374797
Population| 2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”) (2011 census)[2][a]
Established| 1882[1]
Postcode(s)| 5223 [3]
Time zone| ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)| ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location|

* 124 km (77 mi) south-west of Adelaide
* 13 km (8 mi) west of Kingscote

LGA(s)| Kangaroo Island Council[1]
Region| Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
County| Carnarvon[1]
State electorate(s)| Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)| Mayo[6]
| Mean max temp | Mean min temp | Annual rainfall

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19.81 °C
68 °F | 11.6 °C
53 °F | 488.9 mm
19.2 in
| Suburbs around Emu Bay:

Investigator Strait | Investigator Strait | Investigator Strait
Wisanger | Emu Bay | North Cape
Wisanger | Wisanger | Bay of Shoals
Footnotes| Coordinates[1]
Locations[3]
Climate[7]
Adjoining localities[1]

Emu Bay (known as Maxwell from 1882 to 1941) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia on the north coast of Kangaroo Island located about 124 kilometres (77 mi) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1]

It is a small town of 97 allotments[citation needed] with an even mix of permanent and holiday homes. The town has no shops or mains water supply. Emu Bay is known as a popular swimming beach, and is one of few on Kangaroo Island where vehicles are permitted.[citation needed]

A small jetty dates to 1918. Originally 109 metres (358 ft) long, it allowed ketches such as Karatta to tie up to load cargoes, while a nearby fresh water well serviced horses which pulled wagons down to the bay.[8] Until the 1930s, grain, stock and merchandise were taken to and from Kangaroo Island from this jetty.[9]

Emu Bay is also the location of an unusual geological formation named Emu Bay shale.[citation needed]

The coastline from Cape D'Estaing at the west end of the bay known as Emu Bay to Point Marsden in the locality of North Cape in the east is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register as a site of “geological and outstanding palaeontological significance".[10]

Emu 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.[6][5][1]

## References

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Notes

1. ^ For the 2011 census, the “State Suburb of Kingscote” consisted of the localities of Bay of Shoals, Emu Bay, Kingscote, North Cape and Wisanger.

Citations

1. ^ a b c d e f g "Search result for "Emu Bay(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0022502) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kingscote". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
3. ^ a b "Postcode for Emu Bay, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 22 April 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 (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
8. ^ State Library of South Australia. "Emu Bay Jetty". Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
9. ^ SA Central. "Kangaroo Island Beaches". Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2007.
10. ^ "Cape d'Estaing to Emu Bay (west) and Emu Bay (east) to Boxing Bay Coastline (designated place of palaeontological significance)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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Emu Bay from the jetty, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

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Kangaroo Island

Major townships|

* American River
* Kingscote
* Parndana
* Penneshaw

Beaches|

* American Beach
* Baudin Beach
* Brown Beach
* D'Estrees Bay
* Emu Bay
* Island Beach
* Nepean Bay
* Vivonne Bay

Coastal features|

| Western end of island|

* Cape Borda
* Cape du Couedic
* Cape Gantheaume
* D'Estrees Bay
* Fides Bluff
* Maupertuis Bay
* Nepean Bay
* Pelican Lagoon
* Point Marsden
* Ravine des Casoars
* Stokes Bay
* Vivonne Bay

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Dudley Peninsula|

* Cape St Albans
* Cape Willoughby
* Kangaroo Head
* Moncrieff Bay
* Pink Bay

Protected areas|

| National parks|

* Flinders Chase

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Conservation parks|

* Baudin
* Beatrice Islet
* Beyeria
* Busby Islet
* Cape Gantheaume
* Cape Willoughby
* Cygnet Estuary
* Dudley
* Kelly Hill
* Lashmar
* Lathami
* Lesueur
* Mount Taylor
* Nepean Bay
* Parndana
* Pelican Lagoon
* Seal Bay
* Seddon
* Simpson
* Vivonne Bay

Marine parks|

* Encounter
* Western Kangaroo Island
* Southern Kangaroo Island

Wilderness Protection Areas|

* Cape Bouguer
* Cape Gantheaume
* Cape Torrens
* Ravine des Casoars
* Western River

Islands adjacent to Kangaroo Island coast|

* Beatrice Islets
* Busby Islet
* Casuarina Islets
* Douglas Rock
* Nobby Islet
* Paisley Islet
* Pelican Lagoon Islets
* Pelorus Islet

Related and uncategorised|

* 2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires
* County of Carnarvon
* Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island
* Hundred of Dudley
* Kangaroo Island Council
* Kangaroo Island wine region
* Kingscote Airport
* Middle River Reservoir

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* Commons

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Suburbs and localities of the Kangaroo Island Council

* American Beach
* American River
* Antechamber Bay
* Ballast Head
* Baudin Beach
* Bay of Shoals
* Birchmore
* Brown Beach
* Brownlow KI
* Cape Borda
* Cassini
* Cuttlefish Bay
* Cygnet River
* De Mole River
* D'Estrees Bay
* Dudley East
* Dudley West
* Duncan
* Emu Bay
* Flinders Chase
* Gosse
* Haines
* Island Beach
* Ironstone
* Kangaroo Head
* Karatta
* Kingscote
* Kohinoor
* MacGillivray
* Menzies
* Middle River
* Muston
* Nepean Bay
* Newland
* North Cape
* Parndana
* Pelican Lagoon
* Penneshaw
* Porky Flat
* Sapphiretown
* Seal Bay
* Seddon
* Stokes Bay
* Stun'Sail Boom
* Vivonne Bay
* Western River
* Willoughby
* Willson River
* Wisanger

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Coastal bays and inlets of South Australia

West coast|

* Anxious
* Baird
* Coffin
* Denial
* Fowlers
* Head of the Bight
* Laura
* Murat
* Sceale
* Sleaford
* Fishery
* Smoky
* Streaky
* Tourville
* Venus

Spencer Gulf|

* Arno
* Blanche Harbor
* False
* Germein
* Hardwicke
* Lipson Cove
* Louth
* Lucky
* Memory
* Moonta
* Pondalowie
* Tumby
* Wallaroo

Investigator Strait|

* Emu
* Marion
* Nepean
* Pelican Lagoon
* Bay of Shoals
* Eastern Cove
* Western Cove
* Smith
* Stenhouse
* Stokes

Kangaroo Island south and west coasts|

* D'Estrees
* Maupertuis
* Moncrieff
* Pink
* Seal
* Vivonne

Gulf St Vincent|

* Aldinga
* Barker Inlet
* Holdfast
* Rapid
* Wool

Backstairs Passage|

* Antechamber
* Cuttlefish

South east coast|

* Discovery (part)
* Racecourse
* Encounter
* Guichen
* Lacepede
* Nora Creina
* Rivoli

Mainland|

| Murray River|

* Loveday

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