Chambers Bay is a locality in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

about east of Darwin, between Cape Hotham and Stuart Point. The bay is over 50km long; a shallow shelving muddy beach peppered with

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s, running east–west for most of its extent. It has no significant rivers or towns. Chambers Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the Northern Territory electoral division of

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and the local government area of the

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History

Chambers Bay is important in Australian history as the area where

John McDouall Stuart John McDouall Stuart (7 September 18155 June 1866), often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers. Stuart led the first successful expedition to tra ...

's successful sixth expedition (crossing Australia south to north) terminated on 24 July 1862. The actual location, near Charles Creek (now named Thrings Creek, presumably for expedition member F. W. Thring), was marked by the initials "JMDS" carved into a tree, later replaced by an iron post. The bay was named for

Miss Chambers, who kindly presented me with the flag which I have planted this day

of the Chambers family, who provided most of the finance for Stuart's expeditions.

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References

{{reflist Bays of the Northern Territory History of the Northern Territory History of South Australia