Laura Bay is a locality in the Australian state of

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located on the west coast of the

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overlooking the

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about north-west of the

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and about south east of the town centre of

Ceduna Ceduna may refer to: *Ceduna, South Australia, a town and locality *Ceduna Airport Ceduna Airport is a public airport in Ceduna, South Australia. The airport, which is owned by the District Council of Ceduna is located adjacent to the Eyre ...

. The boundaries of the locality were created in 1999 for the “long established name.” 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 Decres Bay is a sheltered natural harbor south-east of Ceduna in South Australia. It was used for the export of wheat via transshipping Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate d ...

, the promontory known as Cape D’Estrees and part of the north coast of

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including the inlet known as Laura Bay. The Flinders Highway passes through the locality close to the coastline in a north-west alignment. 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. As of 2012, land use within the locality consists of land zoned for both

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and

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

purposes including the

Laura Bay Conservation Park Laura Bay Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula adjoining the headland of Laura Bay Point in the gazetted locality of Laura Bay about south east of the town ...

. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Laura Bay had a population of 14 people. Laura Bay is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state

electoral district of Flinders Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 58,901 km² coastal rural elector ...

and the local government area of the

District Council of Ceduna The District Council of Ceduna is a local government area located on the far west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000 tourists passing through every year. The ...

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{{Wikivoyage, Ceduna Towns in South Australia Eyre Peninsula

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