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LOCATION
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Address COFFIN BAY
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Lower Eyre Peninsula Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Former Coffin Bay Whaling Site, Coffin Bay National Park [Designated as a place of archaeological significance]
Registered Name Former Coffin Bay Whaling Site, Coffin Bay National Park
Significance The site of the Coffin Bay Whaling Station at Point Sir Isaac provides evidence of one of the Colony's first export industries, of which little is known or documented. It is one of a very small number of whaling station sites which have been located in South Australia and may yield information about the whaling industry and the living and working conditions of the whalers engaged in it. (HSA Assessment Report, 8/1999)
Subject Index Maritime industry - Whaling Station; Landscape area - Archaeological Site
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 09-SEP-1999
REFERENCE
LGA Lower Eyre Peninsula
State Heritage ID 16216
Heritage Number 16608
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CR 5685/168 H510500 S665,674

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