Stenhouse Bay, South Australia

Stenhouse Bay South Australia
Population	5 (?)
Established	1920
LGA(s)	District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State electorate(s)	Goyder
Federal division(s)	Grey

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.

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.

Innes Park Trading Post and Rhino's Tavern

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 because the operator was losing money. Park visitors must now travel 5km out of the park 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.

The shop has had its fair share of special history. In the mid-1970s to the late-1980s, it was known as "Chapples Trading Post", owned and operated by husband-and-wife, Kay and John Chapple. The couple ran the shop providing ice, bait, liquor, food, fuel and tobacco. The pair and their sons were long time local residents of the area until the late 1990's.

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  Rhino Head at the eastern end of Stenhouse Bay

See also

• Hougoumont (ship)