Bayonet Head

Bayonet Head
Map of Albany with Bayonet Head marked
State :  Australia State : Western Australia
Coordinates : 34 ° 58 ′  S , 117 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′  S , 117 ° 56 ′  E
Residents : 2,960 (2016)
Telephone code : (+61) AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6330 LGA : City of Albany
Bayonet Head

Bayonet Head is a district of the city of Albany in the Australian state of Western Australia .

The name of the place, which is named after the headland of the same name , goes back to the discoverer Philip Parker King , who named it. He didn't say why "Bayonet Head" though.

geography

Bayonet Head is located northeast of Albany on Oyster Harbor , a side bay of King George Sound . To the south, the district is bordered by Collingwood Heights and Emu Point , to the west by the suburb of Walmsley and to the north by the Lower King district .

On the banks of Oyster Harbor, a small piece of forest is protected as The Wesley Maley Reserve .

Infrastructure

Bayonet Head has its own elementary school, Flinders Park Primary School . There are three urban parks: McGonnell Park , Kees Autovermietung Park , and Lange Park .

Bayonet Head is served by the 804 bus route.

population

Bayonet Head had a population of 2,960 in 2016, of which 49.1% male and 50.9% female. 2.9% of the residents (85 people) are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islanders

The average age at Bayonet Head is 39 years, one year above the Australian average of 38 years.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Bayonet Head ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Accessed July 24, 2019.
2. ^ How Places of Interest were named The Albany Advertiser February 19, 1929 (English). Retrieved July 27, 2019.