Anna Bay is the name of a suburb, a town and a bay in the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][4][5][9] The suburb and town are immediately adjacent to the north-eastern end of Stockton Beach and provide one of the major entry points to the beach at Birubi Point.[10] Both were named after the bay of the same name which is located in the adjacent suburb of One Mile. According to legend to it was originally called Hannah Bay after an alleged shipwreck in 1851 but the vessel has never been identified.[11] The name was changed by post service on 15 May 1896 as many locals were already referring to it as Anna Bay.[11]
| Anna Bay New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 North-eastern end of Stockton Beach at Anna Bay | |||||||||||||||
  Anna Bay | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°46′S 152°05′E / 32.767°S 152.083°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,221 (2021 census)[2][Note 1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 182.73/km2 (473.3/sq mi) [Note 2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2316 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 23.1 km2 (8.9 sq mi)[Note 3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Port Stephens Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Gloucester[4][5] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Tomaree[4][5] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Stephens[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Paterson[7] | ||||||||||||||
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The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.[12]
During World War II Stockton Beach was heavily fortified against a possible amphibious assault by Imperial Japanese forces and a line of tank traps was installed to prevent entry to the local area through the town. Many of the tank traps were removed after the war and now feature significantly around the car parking areas at Birubi Point. From here many tourists partake in organised beach tours and camel rides.
Gallery
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Tank trap at the northern end of Stockton Beach -
Part of tank trap at the northern end of Stockton Beach showing the World War II date stamp -
Tank traps along the roadway between the upper and lower car parks at the northern end of Stockton Beach -
World War II tank traps surrounding lower car park at the northern end of Stockton Beach
Notes
edit- ^ ABS Quickstats are not available for the geographically recognised suburb of Anna Bay or for just the township itself. The population figure stated in this article is for much of Anna Bay but includes some residents from adjacent Bobs Farm.
- ^ The population density provided here is for much of Anna Bay but includes some residents from adjacent Bobs Farm. See Note 1 above for more information.
- ^ The area calculation is based on NSW GNB maps for the whole suburb of Anna Bay. The area of Anna Bay and adjacent parts of Bobs Farm that was used to calculate the population density (see Notes 1 & 2 for further information) is 18.2 square kilometres (7.0 sq mi).[3] Most of Anna Bay consists of unpopulated beaches and wetlands and sparsely populated rural areas. However, there are also some other residential areas, mainly on Nelson Bay Road, for which data is not available. For this reason the population density provided cannot be assumed to be representative of the whole suburb.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens". NSW Office of Local Government. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Anna Bay (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "2011 Community Profiles: Anna Bay (State Suburb)". 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ a b c "Anna Bay (suburb)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ a b c "Anna Bay (town)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Port Stephens". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Paterson". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ a b c "Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ "Anna Bay (bay)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- ^ "Anna Bay". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Anna Bay". Port Stephens Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Port Stephens Council. 8 September 2020.
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