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Yamba is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia at the mouth of the Clarence River. The first European to visit the area was Matthew Flinders, who stopped by in Yamba Bay for six days in July 1799. The town economy is strongly based on fishing and tourism, but has a diverse range of influences, due to the 'Sea Change' phenomena and the large number of baby boomers who are starting to retire to the warmer climates.〔 At the , Yamba had a population of 5,514, but as a popular tourist destination, it can triple its population in the holiday period. In 2009 Yamba was voted the number 1 town in Australia by Australian Traveller Magazine.〔Lee Atkinson, Fleur Bainger, Ken Boundy, Matt Cleary, Kerry van der Jagt, Sally Obermeder, Peter Robinson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Inger Vandyke, Justin Wastnage, Allan Whiting, The MyPOWER Team,(100 Best Towns in Australia - Australian Traveller Magazine ), 25 March 2009.〕 Yamba is known to have experienced the natural phenomenon known as Sea foam.〔Samantha Williams, (Yamba hit by foam lather ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 27 August 2007. Accessed 5 November 2010〕〔Richard Shears, (Cappuccino Coast: The day the Pacific was whipped up into an ocean of froth ), ''Mail Online'', 28 August 2007. Accessed 5 November 2010〕〔Eric Shackle, (Australia Foams at the Mouth ), ''OhmyNews'', 26 January 2008. Accessed 5 November 2010〕〔Brett M.Christensen, (Whipped Ocean – Beach Foam at Yamba New South Wales ), ''Hoax-Slayer.com'', August 2008. Accessed 5 November 2010〕〔Ana Vlastaras, (BBC films in Yamba - DailyExaminer ), 18 July 2011.〕 ==History== In 1799 Matthew Flinders landed on the present southern headland at Yamba. He’d been despatched from Sydney to find a new Eden, but from his vantage point atop a craggy promontory, now Pilot Head, he dismissed the turbulent estuary as dangerous and unworthy of further examination, before sailing away. In 1830’s, timber harvesting commenced. in 1861, the Townsite was surveyed, and by October 1862 construction of the breakwater ''Clarence River Heads'' Post Office was completed. Originally named Shoal Bay and later in 1885, to be renamed ''Yamba'' with a population of approx 340. In 1908 the Yamba Surf Lifesaving Club was formed, guesthouses and hotels arose, the region's fishing industry began to expand and sugar cane became an established crop. Riverboats and steamers that plied between Grafton and Sydney were gradually replaced by rail and better road connections and from the 1970s Yamba's appeal as a holiday resort started to impact on the people of both New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 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「Yamba, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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