Loveday Bay (South Australia)

Loveday Bay
Loveday Bay
	Loveday Bay Location in South Australia
Location	Lake Alexandrina, South Australia
Coordinates	35°35′06″S 139°05′22″E / 35.585077°S 139.08937°E
Type	Bay
Primary inflows	Lake Alexandrina
Basin countries	Australia

Loveday Bay is an inlet in the Australian state of South Australia located at the south-eastern end of Lake Alexandrina on the west coast of the Narrung Peninsula.^[2]

It is located within the locality of Narrung.^[1] The bay has a subsidiary inlet on its south coast which is known as Salt Lagoon which includes the protected area, the Salt Lagoon Islands Conservation Park.^[3]

It was named after early South Australian government surveyor Richard John Loveday.^[4] The indigenous name for the head of Loveday Bay was Ngiakkung.^[5] The southern end of the bay was traditionally used as a meeting place for intertribal trade.^[6]

A jetty was built in Loveday Bay in 1923 and was demolished in 1949.^[7]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Search results for 'Loveday Bay' with following datasets selected -'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ "Barker (Geological Survey of South Australia)" (PDF). Mapping - PIRSA. Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ "Search results for 'Salt Lagoon' with following datasets selected -'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ Cockburn, Rodney (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name? (Third ed.). Axiom Publishing. p. 131.
^ "Save the Murray: Restore the Estuary" (PDF). Australian Environment Foundation. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Place Names of South Australia" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ Khan, Amer. "Pier Reviewed: A Study of Port-related Structures in South Australia" (PDF). Flinders University. Retrieved 26 February 2017.