Penneshaw, South Australia
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| Population: | 265 (2006 Census)[1] |
| Postcode: | 5222 |
| Coordinates: | 35°43′06″S 137°56′25″E / 35.71833°S 137.94028°ECoordinates: 35°43′06″S 137°56′25″E / 35.71833°S 137.94028°E |
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| LGA: | District Council of Kangaroo Island |
| State District: | Finniss |
| Federal Division: | Mayo |
Penneshaw is a township on the northeast coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, and is the island's main ferry port with regular services from Cape Jervis. Penneshaw features a Maritime and Folk Museum, and evening tours to a colony of Little Penguin, the only species of penguin to breed in Australian waters. At the 2006 census, Penneshaw had a population of 265.[1]
Originally known as Hog Bay due to the pigs released by French Commander Nicholas Baudin, Penneshaw was named after a combination of the names of Dr. F.W.[2] Pennefather, private secretary to Governor Jervois, and Flora Louisa Shaw, The Times colonial editor, a visitor to Government House.[3]
South Australia's only desalination plant was established at Penneshaw in the 1990s, to supplement the town's limited dam water supply.
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[edit] Attractions
- Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Island Church of St Columba
- Christmas Cove
- Frenchman's Rock – In 1803 the French explorer Nicolas Baudin anchored in Hog Bay and one of his crew noted the arrival of the expedition by carving on a rock. The rock was later removed and is now located in the Gateway Information Centre. A replica now occupies the rock's original location on Penneshaw Beach.
- Gateway Information Centre
- Hog Bay
- Maritime and Folk Museum[4]
- The Uniting Church (formerly Methodist) built circa 1883, the first church established on Kangaroo Island.[5]
[edit] Politics
Penneshaw is in the Kangaroo Island Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Finniss and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Mayo.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Penneshaw (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL420380&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Adelaide University Prof Frederick William Pennefather LLM
- ^ Rodney Cockburn (1908) What's in a name? Nomenclature of South Australia: Fergusson Publications ISBN 0959 2519 1 X
- ^ "Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum". http://www.communitywebs.org/PenneshawMaritimeMuseum.
- ^ "Penneshaw Methodist Church". National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fimages.slsa.sa.gov.au%252Fsrg%252F4%252F108%252FSRG4_108_2_24.htm.
[edit] External links
- Penneshaw, South Australia is at coordinates 35°43′06″S 137°56′25″E / 35.718414°S 137.940369°ECoordinates: 35°43′06″S 137°56′25″E / 35.718414°S 137.940369°E
- Kangaroo Island
- Penneshaw Maritime and Folk Museum
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