| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
FOWLERS BAY |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Land Not Within a Council Area (Eyre) |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Whale Bone Area and the Point Fowler Structure, Fowlers Bay Conservation Reserve [Designated as places of archaeological significance] |
| Registered Name |
Whale Bone Area and the Point Fowler Structure |
| Significance |
The collection of whale bones at the western end of Fowlers Bay is clearly the result of the actions of European whalers during the early 1840s. The look-out at the eastern end of Point Fowler may well have been connected with these activities. The sites are therefore not only indicative of the whaling industry - one of the first successful export industries to be established in South Australia - but also potentially represent the earliest known physical evidence of European activity in the Fowlers Bay area. |
| Subject Index |
Maritime industry - Whaling Station; Landscape area - Archaeological Site |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
09-OCT-1997 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Unincorporated SA |
| State Heritage ID |
16226 |
| Heritage Number |
26 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CR 5772/806 D35535 A101 |