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Boydtown is a village on 
Boyd imported sandstone from Sydney to construct a lighthouse on south head. He also commissioned inns and churches, housing and store rooms, wharves and stock-yards.
When Boyd's finances collapsed, the town was abandoned from the 1840s until the first renovation of the Seahorse Inn in the 1930s.
In modern times, Boydtown is the smaller of the two towns in the bay, consisting mainly of housing, tourist caravan parks and the more recently (2006) refurbished Seahorse Inn.
The Seahorse Inn
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Twofold Bay
Twofold Bay is an open oceanic embayment that is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
The bay was named by George Bass, for its shape of two bights. The northern bight is called Calle Calle Bay; while the southern ...
near Eden, on the far south coast of New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It was the original settlement in the bay, founded by Benjamin Boyd
Benjamin Boyd (21 August 180115 October 1851) was a Scottish entrepreneur who became a major shipowner, banker, grazier, politician and slaver, exploiting South Sea Islander labour in the British colony of New South Wales.
Boyd became one ...
in 1843 to service his properties on the Monaro plains. The remains of whaling stations and the local landmark Boyd's Tower, a stone spotting tower used to look for whales, are all nearby.
Boyd imported sandstone from Sydney to construct a lighthouse on south head. He also commissioned inns and churches, housing and store rooms, wharves and stock-yards.
When Boyd's finances collapsed, the town was abandoned from the 1840s until the first renovation of the Seahorse Inn in the 1930s.
In modern times, Boydtown is the smaller of the two towns in the bay, consisting mainly of housing, tourist caravan parks and the more recently (2006) refurbished Seahorse Inn.
See also
*Beowa National Park
Beowa National Park, formerly Ben Boyd National Park, is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney.
History
The park was established in 1971 covering 8,900 hectares (35 sq. mi.) and was originally named after Benjamin Boyd ...
References
External links
The Seahorse Inn
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