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{{Other uses|Stenhouse (disambiguation){{!}} Stenhouse}}
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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| type = other
| name = Stenhouse Bay
| name = Stenhouse Bay
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|coord_ref = <ref name=PLB-stenhouse>{{cite web|title=Search result for "STENHOUSE BAY (LOCU)" (Record no SA0032098) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#|work=Property Location Browser|publisher= Government of South Australia |accessdate=30 April 2017}}</ref>
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| lga = District Council of Yorke Peninsula
| lga = Yorke Peninsula Council
| postcode = 5575<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title=Stenhouse Bay, South Australia|url=http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/stenhouse+bay |publisher=Postcodes Australia|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref>
| postcode =
| est = 1920
| est = 1920
| pop = 5
| elevation = 5.2
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| maxtemp = 20.4
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Goyder|Goyder]]
| mintemp = 13
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| rainfall = 443
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| fedgov = [[Division of Grey|Grey]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=24 July 2015}}</ref>
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The township of '''Stenhouse Bay''' is at the western tip of [[Yorke Peninsula]] in [[South Australia]]. It was named after [[Andrew Stenhouse]], who in the 1920s had a business called the [[Permascite Manufacturing Company]]. He helped start the [[gypsum]] industry in this location.
'''Stenhouse Bay''' is a place in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] near the south-west extremity of the [[Yorke Peninsula]] located in the gazetted locality of [[Inneston, South Australia|Inneston]] about {{convert|156|km}} west of the state capital of [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]].<ref name=postcode/>


==Naming==
The [[Waratah Gypsum Company]] had works here for the [[quarrying]] and exporting of rock gypsum. Gypsum after being washed, roasted and ground, was used in the manufacturing of [[plaster of paris]] and [[cement]]. The quality of the gypsum in this area was exceptionally high class and most of Australia's needs were supplied from here.
Stenhouse Bay was named after Andrew Stenhouse who was a principal of the Permasite Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd which held "leases for the harvesting of gypsum north of [[Cape Spencer (South Australia)|Cape Spencer]].”<ref name =manning>{{cite web | url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/s/s6.htm#stenhouseB | title=Place Names of South Australia – S | publisher=State Library of South Australia | work=The Manning Index of South Australian History | accessdate=30 April 2017}}</ref>

Since 1999, it has been located within the locality of Inneston.<ref name=PLB>{{cite web|title=Search result for "INNESTON (LOCB)" (Record no SA0032098) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Development Plan Layers", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Hundreds"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#|work=Property Location Browser|publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref>
Its official status as of 2013 is that of a 'locality unbounded' which is listed on the South Australian place name gazetteer with the advice that it is "not to be used as an address".<ref name=PLB-stenhouse/>

==History==
===Gypsum works===
The Waratah Gypsum Company had works here for the [[quarrying]] and exporting of rock gypsum. Gypsum after being washed, roasted and ground, was used in the manufacturing of [[plaster of paris]] and [[cement]]. The quality of the gypsum in this area was exceptionally high class and most of Australia's needs were supplied from here.


The Waratah Gypsum Company closed its works and the town was sold to the [[South Australian Government]] which demolished the town except for the few houses required for the rangers of the National Parks and Wildlife Organization who look after [[Innes National Park]].
The Waratah Gypsum Company closed its works and the town was sold to the [[South Australian Government]] which demolished the town except for the few houses required for the rangers of the National Parks and Wildlife Organization who look after [[Innes National Park]].

===National park===

===Weather station===
Stenhouse Bay has been the site of an automatic weather station since 20 November 1995.<ref name="WeatherStation">{{cite web|title=Basic Climatological Station Metadata for Stenhouse Bay (station 022049)|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/clim_data/cdio/metadata/pdf/siteinfo/IDCJMD0040.022049.SiteInfo.pdf|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.|accessdate=28 February 2018|date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

==Climate==
<div style="width:75%;">
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Stenhouse Bay, [[Inneston, South Australia]]
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 44.0
|Feb record high C = 44.0
|Mar record high C = 41.2
|Apr record high C = 36.2
|May record high C = 29.8
|Jun record high C = 25.8
|Jul record high C = 21.8
|Aug record high C = 27.0
|Sep record high C = 30.7
|Oct record high C = 35.2
|Nov record high C = 39.9
|Dec record high C = 41.3
|year record high C = 44.0
|Jan high C = 25.1
|Feb high C = 24.9
|Mar high C = 23.3
|Apr high C = 21.0
|May high C = 18.7
|Jun high C = 16.3
|Jul high C = 15.5
|Aug high C = 16.3
|Sep high C = 18.2
|Oct high C = 20.0
|Nov high C = 22.0
|Dec high C = 23.1
|year high C = 20.4
|Jan low C = 16.7
|Feb low C = 17.1
|Mar low C = 16.0
|Apr low C = 14.1
|May low C = 12.1
|Jun low C = 10.2
|Jul low C = 9.2
|Aug low C = 9.4
|Sep low C = 10.5
|Oct low C = 11.7
|Nov low C = 13.7
|Dec low C = 15.0
|year low C = 13.0
|Jan record low C = 11.2
|Feb record low C = 11.1
|Mar record low C = 10.1
|Apr record low C = 6.8
|May record low C = 4.8
|Jun record low C = 3.5
|Jul record low C = 3.4
|Aug record low C = 2.9
|Sep record low C = 4.2
|Oct record low C = 5.0
|Nov record low C = 8.1
|Dec record low C = 8.6
|year record low C = 2.9
|Jan rain mm = 12.8
|Feb rain mm = 16.5
|Mar rain mm = 22.2
|Apr rain mm = 27.8
|May rain mm = 52.7
|Jun rain mm = 73.4
|Jul rain mm = 68.2
|Aug rain mm = 57.9
|Sep rain mm = 43.9
|Oct rain mm = 29.2
|Nov rain mm = 21.3
|Dec rain mm = 17.1
|year rain mm = 447.7
|Jan rain days = 4.3
|Feb rain days = 3.6
|Mar rain days = 6.2
|Apr rain days = 9.3
|May rain days = 15.4
|Jun rain days = 18.4
|Jul rain days = 19.4
|Aug rain days = 19.0
|Sep rain days = 14.9
|Oct rain days = 9.7
|Nov rain days = 7.3
|Dec rain days = 6.6
|year rain days = 136.7
|unit rain days =
|source 1 = [[Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)|Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref name=BoM>{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref= cw_022049_All |site_name= Stenhouse Bay |accessdate=21 January 2018|date= January 2018}}</ref>
|date=January 2018}}
</div>

==Innes Park Trading Post and Rhino's Tavern==
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2017}}
After almost 60 years, the shop at Stenhouse Bay, trading in recent years as Innes Park Trading Post and Rhino's Tavern, was demolished before Christmas in 2013.

The iconic trading post and tavern was closed and fenced off just before the peak Christmas period. Park visitors must now travel 5 km out of the park back to Marion Bay for fuel, camping goods and a restaurant meal. The closure meant the department lost between $30,000 and $50,000 in annual lease revenue.


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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Hougoumont (ship)]]
*[[Hougomont (barque)]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Commons category}}
{{Yorke Peninsula}}
{{Yorke Peninsula}}
{{Bays of South Australia |state=autocollapse}}


[[Category:Towns in South Australia]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in South Australia]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in South Australia]]
[[Category:Bays of South Australia]]
[[Category:Investigator Strait]]




Latest revision as of 15:12, 29 July 2023

For other uses, see Stenhouse.

Stenhouse Bay
South Australia
Stenhouse Bay is located in South Australia
Stenhouse Bay
Stenhouse Bay
Coordinates35°17′0″S 136°56′0″E / 35.28333°S 136.93333°E / -35.28333; 136.93333[1]
Established1920
Postcode(s)5575[2]
Elevation5.2 m (17 ft)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Standort156 km (97 mi) from Adelaide city centre[2]
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s)Goyder[3]
Federal division(s)Grey[4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.4 °C
69 °F		 13 °C
55 °F		 443 mm
17.4 in

Stenhouse Bay is a place in the Australian state of South Australia near the south-west extremity of the Yorke Peninsula located in the gazetted locality of Inneston about 156 kilometres (97 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide.[2]

Naming

[edit]

Stenhouse Bay was named after Andrew Stenhouse who was a principal of the Permasite Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd which held "leases for the harvesting of gypsum north of Cape Spencer.”[5]

Since 1999, it has been located within the locality of Inneston.[6] Its official status as of 2013 is that of a 'locality unbounded' which is listed on the South Australian place name gazetteer with the advice that it is "not to be used as an address".[1]

History

[edit]

Gypsum works

[edit]

The Waratah Gypsum Company had works here for the quarrying and exporting of rock gypsum. Gypsum after being washed, roasted and ground, was used in the manufacturing of plaster of paris and cement. The quality of the gypsum in this area was exceptionally high class and most of Australia's needs were supplied from here.

The Waratah Gypsum Company closed its works and the town was sold to the South Australian Government which demolished the town except for the few houses required for the rangers of the National Parks and Wildlife Organization who look after Innes National Park.

National park

[edit]

Weather station

[edit]

Stenhouse Bay has been the site of an automatic weather station since 20 November 1995.[7]

Climate

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Climate data for Stenhouse Bay, Inneston, South Australia
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 44.0
(111.2) 		44.0
(111.2) 		41.2
(106.2) 		36.2
(97.2) 		29.8
(85.6) 		25.8
(78.4) 		21.8
(71.2) 		27.0
(80.6) 		30.7
(87.3) 		35.2
(95.4) 		39.9
(103.8) 		41.3
(106.3) 		44.0
(111.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 25.1
(77.2) 		24.9
(76.8) 		23.3
(73.9) 		21.0
(69.8) 		18.7
(65.7) 		16.3
(61.3) 		15.5
(59.9) 		16.3
(61.3) 		18.2
(64.8) 		20.0
(68.0) 		22.0
(71.6) 		23.1
(73.6) 		20.4
(68.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.7
(62.1) 		17.1
(62.8) 		16.0
(60.8) 		14.1
(57.4) 		12.1
(53.8) 		10.2
(50.4) 		9.2
(48.6) 		9.4
(48.9) 		10.5
(50.9) 		11.7
(53.1) 		13.7
(56.7) 		15.0
(59.0) 		13.0
(55.4)
Record low °C (°F) 11.2
(52.2) 		11.1
(52.0) 		10.1
(50.2) 		6.8
(44.2) 		4.8
(40.6) 		3.5
(38.3) 		3.4
(38.1) 		2.9
(37.2) 		4.2
(39.6) 		5.0
(41.0) 		8.1
(46.6) 		8.6
(47.5) 		2.9
(37.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 12.8
(0.50) 		16.5
(0.65) 		22.2
(0.87) 		27.8
(1.09) 		52.7
(2.07) 		73.4
(2.89) 		68.2
(2.69) 		57.9
(2.28) 		43.9
(1.73) 		29.2
(1.15) 		21.3
(0.84) 		17.1
(0.67) 		447.7
(17.63)
Average rainy days 4.3 3.6 6.2 9.3 15.4 18.4 19.4 19.0 14.9 9.7 7.3 6.6 136.7
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[8]

Innes Park Trading Post and Rhino's Tavern

[edit]

After almost 60 years, the shop at Stenhouse Bay, trading in recent years as Innes Park Trading Post and Rhino's Tavern, was demolished before Christmas in 2013.

The iconic trading post and tavern was closed and fenced off just before the peak Christmas period. Park visitors must now travel 5 km out of the park back to Marion Bay for fuel, camping goods and a restaurant meal. The closure meant the department lost between $30,000 and $50,000 in annual lease revenue.

  • Rhino Head at the eastern end of Stenhouse Bay
    Rhino Head at the eastern end of Stenhouse Bay

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Search result for "STENHOUSE BAY (LOCU)" (Record no SA0032098) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Stenhouse Bay, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Place Names of South Australia – S". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Search result for "INNESTON (LOCB)" (Record no SA0032098) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Development Plan Layers", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Basic Climatological Station Metadata for Stenhouse Bay (station 022049)" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Stenhouse Bay". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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