Torndirrup, Western Australia
| Torndirrup Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Remnants of RAAF Air Warning Radar Station on Stony Hill, with Eclipse Island in the background | |||||||||||||||
  Torndirrup | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°06′02″S 117°52′51″E / 35.10067°S 117.88080°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 395 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6330 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 50.5 km2 (19.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Albany | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Albany | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Torndirrup is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Torndirrup is on a peninsula of the same name and surrounded on three sides by water, with the Southern Ocean in the south and east and the King George Sound in the north-east. It also borders Princess Royal Harbour in the north-west. The entirety of Torndirrup National Park is located within Torndirrup and only small sections of the locality are not part of the national park.[2][3]
Torndirrup is on the traditional land of the Minang people of the Noongar nation.[4]
The state registered Cheyne Beach Whaling Station is located on Frenchman Bay, King George Sound, in the locality of Torndirrup.[5]
During World War II, from 1943 to 1945, Stony Hill was the site of the RAAF Air Warning Radar Station Number 35.[6][7]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Torndirrup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
- ^ "Cheynes Beach Whaling Station". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Air Warning Radar Station Number 35". monumentaustralia.org.au. Monument Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Stony Hill Air Warning Radar Station Number 35 Plaque". vwma.org.au. Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.