Torndirrup, Western Australia
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Remnants of RAAF Air Warning Radar Station on Stony Hill, with Eclipse Island in the background | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Torndirrup | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°06′02″S 117°52′51″E / 35.10067°S 117.88080°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 50.5 km2 (19.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 395 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6330 | ||||||||||||
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Torndirrup is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Torndirrup is on a peninsula of the same name and surrounded on three sides by water, with the Southern Ocean in the south and east and the King George Sound in the north-east. It also borders Princess Royal Harbour in the north-west. The entirety of Torndirrup National Park is located within Torndirrup and only small sections of the locality are not part of the national park.[3][4]
Torndirrup is on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.[5]
The state registered Cheyne Beach Whaling Station is located on Frenchman Bay, King George Sound, in the locality of Torndirrup.[6]
During World War II, from 1943 to 1945, Stony Hill was the site of the Royal Australian Air Force Air Warning Radar Station Number 35.[7][8]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Torndirrup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Torndirrup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
- ^ "Cheynes Beach Whaling Station". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Air Warning Radar Station Number 35". monumentaustralia.org.au. Monument Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Stony Hill Air Warning Radar Station Number 35 Plaque". vwma.org.au. Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.