Streaky Bay. Eyre Peninsula. EP cruises. Razor fish and a blue swimmer crab. Caught for our lunch at Cape Bauer.. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Streaky Bay. Eyre Peninsula. EP cruises. Razor fish and a blue swimmer crab. Caught for our lunch at Cape Bauer.. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Streaky Bay/Flinders. Long before white settlers moved to this region the bay here was sighted by at least three white visitors. The first was Captain Francois Thijssen, a Dutch explorer who came along this coast in 1627 in his ship the Golden Zeepard with a Dutch ambassador Pieter Nuijts. The second European to visit the western coast of Eyre Peninsula was Captain Matthew Flinders who sighted and named the bay in 1802. The water was discoloured by streaks so he named it Streaky Bay. The next white man to visit this spot was Edward John Eyre on his explorations of Eyre Peninsula in 1839. Eyre established a camp at a water hole about 2 miles from the bay. Both Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula are limestone areas with no water courses on the land surface. In 1840 Eyre began his disastrous expedition across the Nullarbor Plain from this waterhole. Eyre made contact with the Wirunga Aboriginal people on Eyre Peninsula and he was assisted in his explorations with his devoted Aboriginal tracker and friend Wylie whom Eyre had taken into his employ from Albany in WA. The party of two white men and three Aboriginal men set out from Eyre Peninsula in 1841 to cross the Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain but only Eyre and Wylie managed to survive to reach Esperance and finally Albany. By 1854 white pastoralists had taken up runs around Streaky Bay on leaseholds with Maryvale Station covering the current township area. Maryvale leasehold was taken out by John Lindsay, Main and Acraman and it covered an area of 50 square miles. One old shepherd’s hut built in 1857 on Maryvale run still exists near the Streaky Bay Hospital. Ketches called into the bay with goods and supplies and took out shiploads of wool for transfer to international ships at Port Adelaide. John MacDouall Stuart visited here in 1858 on his way back from exploring the Lake Gairdner country north of the Gawler Ranges. Some thought that Maryvale was the pick of the stations on Eyre Peninsula. The station stayed largely intact until 1888 when it was split into about a dozen smaller properties for the new farming arrivals. But because of the lack of surface water most properties were still around 20,000 to 30,000 acres. The Hundred of Ripon was gazetted in 1885 but the town of Streaky Bay predated that by several decades. It was declared as a township in 1872 but it began as an unofficial town in 1863. One local pastoralist, Thomas Gibson of Cooeyanna station created a small trading store in 1863 on the bay. His Cooeyanna run covered 69 square miles. Also in 1863 the SA government decided to build the Streaky Bay Police Station on Cooeyanna station near the store and harbour. Only the old jail cells remain from that early building. The first police officer was John Mudge who went on to stay in the town and be a district pioneer. He acquired extensive pastoral lands and built the Flinders Hotel in 1866 and an early general store 1877. In the 1870s he was the largest grain farmer in Australia with over 2,000 acres planted in wheat on his 30,000 acre farm. Mudge married Agnes in Port Lincoln (the nearest church) in 1864 a year after his appointment began in Streaky Bay and he lived in Streaky Bay until he died there in 1912. In 1872 the government resumed some of the local leasehold runs and the town of Flinders was gazetted in 1872 although it was locally known as Streaky Bay. It was not officially changed to Streak Bay until 1940. A Special Magistrate was based here to keep law and order in conjunction with the local police. To cement the foundations of the town the government established the first Post Office in a small weatherboard office in 1866. The town grew slowly before 1885 as only a limited area had been surveyed for farming and Streaky Bay existed mainly to service the wool growers of the hinterlands. Town and suburban blocks for Flinders (Streaky Bay) were sold in 1886. The District Council of Streaky Bay was formed in 1888 once the grain farmers started to take up their holdings. Among the first public buildings erected in Streaky Bay were the first primary school in 1872 (the second primary school built in 1901 is now the National Trust Museum), the Flinders Hotel in 1866 as a single storey building (now the Streaky Bay Hotel) and the first Anglican church in 1869 (replaced by the current Anglican Church which was designed by architect William Mallyon in 1912 and with its foundation stone laid by Mrs Agnes Mudge). Later buildings and structures include the neo Georgian hall built in 1934 (replacing the old 1887 Institute) and St Canute’s Catholic Church built in 1912 at the urging of local Danish priest Father Jorgensen who named the church after a Danish saint. The Methodist Church was built in 1911 and the adjoining manse was built in 1929. Beck’s General Store was built in 1890, the old Council Chambers was built in 1892 and the town jetty was built between 1891 and 1896. The old walled cemetery of Streaky Bay has burials from 1863 but most took place after 1880. The former Criterion Hotel (now an excellent coffee shop) in the main street was built in 1868. In 1905 an entirely new two storey Flinders Hotel was erected on the esplanade in place of the old single storey hotel. In 1965 the community purchased the Flinders Hotel to run it as a community hotel. They then purchased the old Criterion Hotel in 1968 and delicensed it. They then changed the name of the Flinders Hotel to the Streaky Bay Hotel in 1983. From the earliest days Streaky Bay was important as a port. The jetty was built from 1891 and was in use for the next 70 years. All the early communication with Adelaide, or Port Lincoln, was by steamer. Bishops visited Streaky Bay by steamer as did magistrates and other government officials. One steamer in service for over 30 years was the Yandra designed for this coast run. It operated from the 1920s but was withdrawn from service in 1940 when it was commandeered by the navy during World War Two. It re-entered the coastal shipping service after the War until it was washed ashore and grounded on Neptune Island in 1959. The coastal service finished at that time. The Yandra made a final farewell visit to Streaky Bay in 1966. Today the jetty is used by holiday makers. The harbour still has a fishing fleet. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-02-04 11:38:06 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/500) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.5 |