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Streaky Bay is a coastal town on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia just off the Flinders Highway 303 km north west of Port Lincoln and 727 km by road from Adelaide. At the , Streaky Bay had a population of 1,059. The town of Streaky Bay is the major population centre of the District Council of Streaky Bay, and the centre of an agricultural district farming cereal crops and sheep, as well as having established fishing and tourism industries. ==History== The first European to sight the area was Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts, in 1627 in the ''Golden Zeepaard''. A monument has been erected on the median strip in Bay Road. In 1802 Matthew Flinders named Streaky Bay whilst on his voyage in the ''Investigator''. In his log of 5 February 1802, he describes: :"And the water was much discoloured in Streaks... and I called it Streaky Bay" It is now known thought these streaks are caused by the release of oils by certain species of seaweed in the bay. The first European land exploration was conducted on behalf of the Secondary Towns Association by John Hill and Samuel Stephens, whose expedition arrived at Streaky Bay on 15 August 1839 using the chartered brig ''Rapid'' as a base.〔''Register'', 26 October 1839, pp.5 and 17.〕 A fortnight later, on 25 August 1839, Edward John Eyre, who had explored overland from Port Lincoln, arrived at this locality and established a small base about 3 kilometres from what is now the Streaky Bay Township which he used as a store for his overland expeditions to Point Bell. This site, known as Eyre's Waterhole, can still be seen today just off the road to Port Kenny. Pastoralists moved into the area from 1854. The town was officially proclaimed in 1872, originally called ''Flinders'', but was changed in 1940 to ''Streaky Bay'' to reflect local usage of the name. Wheat growing began in the 1880s and by 1906, 31,000 bags of wheat and 470 bales of wool had been exported from Streaky Bay by ship. By this time a telegraph office had been established and regular mail deliveries were made from Port Lincoln. In September 1918, a massive Blue Whale over 26 metres long, was cast onto rocks on Gibson's Peninsula. Its skeleton is still on display in the South Australian Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Streaky Bay, South Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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