Israelite Bay is a bay and locality on the south coast of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
Situated in the
Shire of Esperance
The Shire of Esperance is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about south of the town of Kalgoorlie and about east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat ...
local government area, it lies east of
Esperance and the
Cape Arid National Park, within the
Nuytsland Nature Reserve
Nuytsland Nature Reserve is a protected area of Western Australia in the south-eastern part of the state, on the south coast.
Geography
Nominally located at 32° 18' S 125° 52' E, it has an area of 6,253.44 km², and takes in over 500&nbs ...
and the
Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
Extent
Two definitions of the extent are in use – one used by the International Hydrog ...
. Point Malcolm is about west of Israelite Bay, and there is a long sandy beach there.
Climate data was recorded at Israelite Bay from 1885 to 1927, and it is frequently mentioned in
Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together ...
weather reports as a geographical marker.
It was the site of a significant
telegraph station
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas p ...
in the early 1900s. It was also a location serviced by the W.A. Government
State Steamship Service, the South Coast Service, in the early 1900s.
The Eastern Group, the eastern-most islands of the
Recherche Archipelago
The Archipelago of the Recherche, known locally as the Bay of Isles, is a group of 105 islands, and over 1200 "obstacles to shipping", off the south coast of Western Australia. The islands stretch from east to west and to off-shore encom ...
, identified by
Matthew Flinders in January 1802, is offshore of Israelite Bay.
References
Further reading
* Esperance Council (1984) ''Israelite Bay management plan''. Esperance, W.A : Esperance Shire Council
External links
- Geoscience Australia
Shire of Esperance
Bays of Western Australia
South coast of Western Australia
Great Australian Bight
Nuytsland Nature Reserve
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