Sleaford Bay

Sleaford Bay
Sleaford Bay
Danana (Banggarla); Kuya Bidni (Nauo);
	Sleaford Bay, ca 1935
	Sleaford Bay Location in South Australia
Location	Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Coordinates	34°53′54″S 135°46′02″E / 34.898337°S 135.76709°E
Type	Bay
Etymology	Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Basin countries	Australia
Designation	Marine park
Max. length	about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
Max. width	about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Max. depth	about 53 metres (174 ft)
Islands	one
Settlements	Sleaford; Lincoln National Park

Sleaford Bay is a bay located in the Australian state of South Australia on the southern coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was named by the British navigator, Matthew Flinders in 1802.

Extent & description

Sleaford Bay is located on the south coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Port Lincoln.^[2]

It lies between the headland of Cape Wiles at its western extremity and headland of Cape Tournefort at its eastern extremity. A subsidiary bay named Fishery Bay is located on its west side about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Cape Wiles.^[5]

History

The bay was named after the town of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England by the British navigator, Matthew Flinders in 1802.^[3]

The Barngarla name for Sleaford Bay is Dhanana.^[1]^: 78

The Baudin expedition who visited after Flinders gave it two names – Baudin used the name Anse des Nerlans while Peron and Freycinet revised it to Baie Lavoisier after Baudin's death.^[2]

A whaling station located on the coastline within Fishery Bay was in operation from 1839 to 1841.^[6]

Settlements and infrastructure

The coastline of Sleaford Bay is occupied by the locality of Sleaford in the west and by the locality of Lincoln National Park in the east.^[2]

As of 2005, port infrastructure within the bay consisted of a boat ramp located in Fishery Bay.^[7]

Proposed seawater desalination plant

In 2018, a proposal to construct a 3 gigalitre per year seawater desalination plant at Sleaford Bay^[where?] was announced. Land was purchased in July and the project was expected to cost $80 million to complete.^[8]^[9] The location is one of several prospects previously earmarked by SA Water in 2009.^[10] In 2020, the site in the north of the bay near Sleaford Mere Conservation Park was ruled too costly. After a second site closer to Port Lincoln was opposed by commercial fisheries in 2021, a committee was set up which chose a site between Fishery Bay and Sleaford Bay in 2022, with the capacity increased to 5.3-gigalitres.^[11]

Protected area status

The Thorny Passage Marine Park occupies the full extent of the bay while the Lincoln National Park extents to Mean Low Water Mark on its eastern side.^[12]^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Zuckermann, Ghil'ad and the Barngarla (2019), Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) Archived 26 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Barngarla Language Advisory Committee. (Barngarlidhi Manoo – Part II Archived 26 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Search result for "Sleaford Bay, BAY" with the following datasets selected – "NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries", "State Marine Park Network", "Suburbs and Localities" and "Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Manning, Geoffrey. "Place Names of South Australia - Sleaford Bay". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, p. chart 34, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
^ ^a ^b Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 175: North, West, and South Coasts of Australia (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 183.
^ Staniforth, Mark (1999), "South Australian Projects, Sleaford Bay", Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand Project, Flinders University, archived from the original on 28 February 2019, retrieved 9 September 2018
^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 215, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
^ "SA plans for $80 million desal plant". SBS News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ Cootes, Isobel (13 November 2018). "Desal plant talks". Port Lincoln Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Three sites earmarked for Eyre Peninsula desal". ABC News. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Third time's a charm as locals choose new Sleaford Bay site for Eyre Peninsula desalination plant". ABC News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Thorny Passage Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. pp. 24/31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
^ "Lincoln National Park Management Plan". Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH). 2004. p. 4. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[b-1] Zuckermann, Ghil'ad and the Barngarla (2019), Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) Archived 26 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Barngarla Language Advisory Committee. (Barngarlidhi Manoo – Part II Archived 26 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[LMV-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Search result for "Sleaford Bay, BAY" with the following datasets selected – "NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries", "State Marine Park Network", "Suburbs and Localities" and "Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[manning-3] Manning, Geoffrey. "Place Names of South Australia - Sleaford Bay". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[DMH-4] South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, p. chart 34, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2

[Pub175-5] Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 175: North, West, and South Coasts of Australia (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 183.

[AWSANZ-6] Staniforth, Mark (1999), "South Australian Projects, Sleaford Bay", Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand Project, Flinders University, archived from the original on 28 February 2019, retrieved 9 September 2018

[BIA215-7] Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 215, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6

[8] "SA plans for $80 million desal plant". SBS News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[9] Cootes, Isobel (13 November 2018). "Desal plant talks". Port Lincoln Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[10] "Three sites earmarked for Eyre Peninsula desal". ABC News. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[11] "Third time's a charm as locals choose new Sleaford Bay site for Eyre Peninsula desalination plant". ABC News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[DEWNR-TPMP-12] "Thorny Passage Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. pp. 24/31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.

[13] "Lincoln National Park Management Plan". Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH). 2004. p. 4. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

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