Champion Bay
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Champion Bay is a bay facing the port and the northern part of the city of Geraldton, Western Australia
, between Point Moore and Bluff Point
.
Champion Bay was named by Captain Stokes of The Beagle who led an expedition to the area in December 1841. He named it after the colonial schooner Champion, in which George Fletcher Moore
had travelled to the region in the preceding year.
Prior to the establishment of the town of Geraldton (and Geraldine prior to that), the land district surrounding was referred to as Champion Bay.
Geraldton, Western Australia
Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958...
, between Point Moore and Bluff Point
Bluff Point, Western Australia
Bluff Point is a northern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geraldton.The suburb was gazetted in 1972.-Geography:...
.
Champion Bay was named by Captain Stokes of The Beagle who led an expedition to the area in December 1841. He named it after the colonial schooner Champion, in which George Fletcher Moore
George Fletcher Moore
George Fletcher Moore was a prominent early settler in colonial Western Australia, and "one [of] the key figures in early Western Australia's ruling elite"...
had travelled to the region in the preceding year.
Prior to the establishment of the town of Geraldton (and Geraldine prior to that), the land district surrounding was referred to as Champion Bay.