Frenchman Bay (location)

Frenchman Bay
Cheyne Beach
State :  Australia State : Western Australia
Coordinates : 35 ° 6 ′  S , 117 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 6 ′  S , 117 ° 57 ′  E
Residents : 461
Telephone code : (+61) AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6330 LGA : City of Albany
Frenchman Bay

Frenchman Bay is a place in the Australian state of Western Australia . It is about 9.1 kilometers from Albany on the opposite side of the bay.

geography

Frenchman Bay is located on the Torndirrup Peninsula , north of Torndirrup National Park , which occupies the south coast of the peninsula. To the east of the town is Torndirrup and to the west is Goode Beach .

In the north, Frenchman Bay has about 2.2 kilometers of coastline on King George Sound , a bay on the Great Australian Bight , which is called Frenchman Bay here . The coast consists mainly of sandy beaches. The two beaches in town are called Whalers Beach and Cheyne Beach . They are separated by the headland of Waterbay Point .

history

The place is located in the traditional settlement area of ​​the Aboriginal tribe of the Mineng .

Frenchman Bay, first named in 1887, was a significant location in the recent history of the entire region. George Vancouver , the first European explorer of the King George Sound, went ashore here in 1791. As a result, a water source on Whalers Beach was repeatedly sought out by seafarers. The water supply later enabled the establishment of whaling stations and was a destination for day trippers and tourists. A little north at what is now Goode Beach, a settler first settled on the peninsula. Later a hostel and a campsite were built.

Originally the name Frenchman Bay referred to a larger area that also included Goode Beach and the Vancouver Peninsula to the north . In 2000, Frenchman Bay was split up.

tourism

To the east of Cheyne Beach includes the Discovery Bay with Albany's Historic Whaling Station on. The former whaling station now serves as a museum, a tourist attraction. The Maritime Museum is a wildlife park with koalas , wombats , possums , bats connected, snakes and lizards and a wild flower garden.

Web links

Commons : Frenchman Bay, Western Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Discovery Bay - Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frenchman Bay onthehouse.com (English). Last accessed on June 23, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Recent History. In: Frenchman Bay Association. July 19, 2013, accessed July 19, 2019 . 
3. ^ Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Frenchman Bay Whaling Station (ruin). (PDF) Heritage Council of Western Australia, 2008, accessed July 19, 2019 .