Place Names Register Extract

Shoal Bay

Extract date: 15/03/2025

Name	Shoal Bay
Type Designation	Bay
Place Id	18353
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 17' S (Decimal degrees -12.2881)
	Longitude: 130° 56' E (Decimal degrees 130.9411)
Locality / Suburb
	Beagle Gulf
Local Government Area

History/Origin	Named by Stokes on 8 September 1839. Stokes in his Discoveries in Australia writes following the description and naming of Hope Inlet: Setember 8 (1839)- ....From the south point of Clarence Strait it is distant eleven miles, and the bay in which it lies, from the shallow water at the head of it, was called Shoal Bay."

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

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