Jervis Bay Territory

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The Jervis Bay Territory is a 75 square kilometer territory of the Commonwealth of Australia , which is largely on a peninsula south of Jervis Bay on the Australian east coast. In Jervis Bay Territory 2009, nearly 400 people lived.

geography

Signage at the road crossing from New South Wales to Jervis Bay Territory

The Jervis Bay Territory - surrounded by New South Wales and the Pacific - consists of large parts of the Bherwerre Peninsula , which forms the southern end of Jervis Bay, and Bowen Island at the entrance to the bay. In the southwest the area extends to the St Georges Basin lagoon and the Sussex Inlet Channel . A narrow strip of land on the Beecroft Peninsula north of the entrance to Jervis Bay around the Point Perpendicular Lighthouse is also part of the territory.

The two villages of Jervis Bay Village and Wreck Bay Village are the main settlements in the Jervis Bay Territory. Larger towns in the area are the seaside resorts of Huskisson , Vincentia and Sussex Inlet and the town of Nowra, which is around 40 kilometers away .

history

The area was bought from the state of New South Wales in 1915 by the federal government so that the new capital Canberra , which was being built at the time, could have its own access to the sea. Until 1989 the Jervis Bay Territory was the exclave of the Australian Capital Territory , which is about 160 kilometers to the west. Then it was granted self-government rights by the federal government and it was split off from the ACT.

The territory was the planned location of the only nuclear power plant in Australia, the Jervis Bay nuclear power plant , for which foundation work had already been carried out in the 1970s, but which was not subsequently built.

marine

The Royal Australian Navy , the largest employer in the territory, operates a port, training facilities and Jervis Bay Territory Airport in the Jervis Bay Territory , which is also used for civilian purposes.

tourism

Wreck Bay

Tourism is the most important industry in the region. Around 450,000 people visit the area every year.

The majority of the area of ​​the territory belongs to the Booderee National Park with the Booderee Botanic Gardens . The waters off the coast belong partly to the Booderee National Park and partly to the Jervis Bay Marine Park .

Web links

Commons : Jervis Bay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jervis Bay Territory. In: Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. Retrieved on April 22, 2015 (English): "6569 hectares of land and 887 hectares of water"
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics: 3218.0 Population Estimates by Statistical Local Area, 2001 to 2009. (XLS) March 30, 2010, p. Table 9 , accessed on January 17, 2013 .
  3. ^ HMAS Creswell. Retrieved January 17, 2013 .
  4. ^ Jervis Bay Territory Economic Development. In: Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. September 16, 2011, accessed on January 17, 2013 (English): “Tourism is the most significant economic activity in the Jervis Bay Territory. Approximately 450,000 tourists visit each year including day-trippers and campers who enjoy the facilities of the Booderee National Park. "
  5. ^ Jervis Bay Marine Park Zoning Plan. (PDF; 2.0 MB) In: Marine Parks Authority. Retrieved January 17, 2013 .

Coordinates: 35 ° 9 ′  S , 150 ° 43 ′  E