Great Bay is a rural locality on

Bruny Island Bruny Island is a coastal island of Tasmania, Australia, located at the mouths of the Derwent River and Huon River estuaries on Storm Bay on the Tasman Sea, south of Hobart. The island is separated from the mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux C ...

in the local government area of

Kingborough Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ...

in the

Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...

region of

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

. It is located about north-east of the town of Alonnah, the largest town on the island. The 2016 census determined a population of 57 for the state suburb of Great Bay. The Bruny Island Airport is located within the suburb of Great Bay.

History

Great Bay is a confirmed suburb/locality. In 1829 the Protector of Aborigines,

George Augustus Robinson George Augustus Robinson (22 March 1791 – 18 October 1866) was an English born builder and self-trained preacher who was employed by the British colonial authorities to conciliate the Indigenous Australians of Van Diemen's Land and the Po ...

, set up an Aboriginal settlement near Great Bay (the body of water) on Bruny Island. It was here that

Truganini Truganini ( 1812 – 8 May 1876), also known as Lalla Rookh and Lydgugee, was widely described as the last of the "full-blooded" Aboriginal Tasmanians after British colonisation and one of the last speakers of the Tasmanian languages. As a t ...

first met Robinson.

Geography

The

D'Entrecasteaux Channel The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of the mainland of Tasmania, Australia. The channel is the mouth for the estuaries of the Derwent and the Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman ...

forms the western boundary. This includes the southern half of Great Bay (the body of water).

Road infrastructure

The B66 route (Bruny Island Main Road) enters from the north and runs through to the south before exiting.

References

Localities of Kingborough Council Towns in Tasmania Bruny Island Bays of Tasmania {{Kingborough-geo-stub