Penneshaw, South Australia
Encyclopedia
Penneshaw is a township on the northeast coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island
in South Australia
, and is the island's main ferry port with regular services from Cape Jervis
. Penneshaw features a Maritime and Folk Museum, and evening tours to a colony of Little Penguin
, the only species of penguin
to breed in Australian waters. At the 2006 census
, Penneshaw had a population of 265.
Originally known as Hog Bay due to the pigs released by French
Commander Nicholas Baudin, Penneshaw was named after a combination of the names of Dr. F.W. Pennefather, private secretary to Governor Jervois, and Flora Louisa Shaw
, The Times colonial editor, a visitor to Government House.
South Australia
's only desalination plant was established at Penneshaw in the 1990s, to supplement the town's limited dam water supply.
local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly
electoral district of Finniss
and the Australian House of Representatives
Division of Mayo
.
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, and is the island's main ferry port with regular services from Cape Jervis
Cape Jervis, South Australia
Cape Jervis is a town at the southwestern tip of Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, approximately 108 km south of Adelaide. The population is approximately 300 people and growing rapidly, with a new estate situated behind the main town...
. Penneshaw features a Maritime and Folk Museum, and evening tours to a colony of Little Penguin
Little Penguin
The Little Penguin is the smallest species of penguin. The penguin, which usually grows to an average of in height and in length , is found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand, with possible records from Chile.Apart from Little Penguins, they have several common names...
, the only species of penguin
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
to breed in Australian waters. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Penneshaw had a population of 265.
Originally known as Hog Bay due to the pigs released by French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
Commander Nicholas Baudin, Penneshaw was named after a combination of the names of Dr. F.W. Pennefather, private secretary to Governor Jervois, and Flora Louisa Shaw
Flora Shaw
Dame Flora Louisa Shaw, Lady Lugard, DBE , the daughter of an English father, Captain George Shaw and a French mother, Marie Desfontaines, was a British journalist and writer...
, The Times colonial editor, a visitor to Government House.
South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
's only desalination plant was established at Penneshaw in the 1990s, to supplement the town's limited dam water supply.
Attractions
- Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Island Church of St Columba
- Christmas Cove
- Frenchman's Rock – In 1803 the French explorer Nicolas BaudinNicolas BaudinNicolas-Thomas Baudin was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born a commoner in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré. At the age of fifteen he joined the merchant navy, and at twenty joined the French East India Company...
anchored in Hog Bay and one of his crew noted the arrival of the expedition by carving on a rock. The rock was later removed and is now located in the Gateway Information Centre. A replica now occupies the rock's original location on Penneshaw Beach. - Gateway Information Centre
- Hog Bay
- Maritime and Folk Museum
- The Uniting Church (formerly Methodist) built circa 1883, the first church established on Kangaroo Island.
Politics
Penneshaw is in the Kangaroo Island CouncilKangaroo Island Council
The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area of South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed in 1996 by the amalgamation of two previous councils - the District Council of Kingscote and the District Council...
local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...
electoral district of Finniss
Electoral district of Finniss
Finniss is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Boyle Finniss, the first Premier of South Australia...
and the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
Division of Mayo
Division of Mayo
The Division of Mayo is an Australian Electoral Division located in the hills, east of Adelaide, South Australia and currently includes the towns of Victor Harbor, Lobethal, Mount Barker, Strathalbyn, Woodside and Kingscote....
.