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'''Jervis Bay''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɜːr|v|ᵻ|s|,_|ˈ|dʒ|ɑːr|-}})<ref>{{cite book |title=Macquarie Dictionary|edition=Fourth|year=2005|location=Melbourne|publisher=The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd|isbn=1-876429-14-3|title-link=Macquarie Dictionary}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author1=The Australian Broadcasting Commission Standing Committee on Spoken English |author2=Mitchell, AG |author3-link=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |author3=Australian Broadcasting Commission |year=1957 |title=A guide to the pronunciation of Australian place names |place=Sydney |publisher=[[Angus & Robertson]] |url= http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21291924 |page=61 |accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/1813411/you-say-jervis-i-say-jarvis/|title = You say Jervis, I say Jarvis…|date = 2 October 2013}}</ref> is a {{convert|102|km2|adj=on}}{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=1}} oceanic [[bay]] and village in the [[Jervis Bay Territory]] and on the [[South Coast (New South Wales)|South Coast]] of New South Wales, Australia.<ref name=parks>{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://parksaustralia.gov.au/booderee/discover/history/ |website=Booderee National Park |publisher=Parks Australia |access-date=2024-04-30}}</ref>

A {{convert|70|km2|adj=on}} area of land around the southern headland of the bay, known as the [[Jervis Bay Territory]], is not a part of the [[Australian Capital Territory]] (though some [[Jervis_Bay_Territory#Administration |services are shared]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory/governance-administration |title=Jervis Bay Territory governance and administration |publisher=[[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]], Australian Government |date=11 November 2023}}</ref> The Territory includes the settlements of [[Jervis Bay Village]] and [[Wreck Bay Village]]. The [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) base, {{HMAS|Creswell}}, is in the Jervis Bay Territory between [[Jervis Bay Village]] and [[Greenpatch Point]].

==History==
Archaeological finds at [[Burrill Lake, New South Wales|Burrill Lake]], 55 kilometres south of Jervis Bay, provide evidence of Aboriginal occupation dating back 20,000 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aboriginal culture and history |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/national-parks/booderee-national-park/culture-and-history/aboriginal-culture-and-history |publisher=Department of Environment, Government of Australia |access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>  In the [[Dhurga language]], spoken by local [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] inhabitants, the bay was known as "Booderee", meaning "bay of plenty".<ref name=parks />

Jervis Bay was sighted by [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] [[James Cook]] aboard {{HMS|Endeavour}} on 25 April 1770, two days after [[Saint George's Day]], and he named the southern headland Cape St George.<ref name=Reed>{{harvnb|Reed|1973|p=}}{{page needed|date=February 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=4}}

In August 1791, Lieutenant [[Richard Bowen (Royal Navy)|Richard Bowen]], aboard the convict transport ship [[Atlantic (1783 ship)|''Atlantic'']], part of the [[Third Fleet (Australia)|Third Fleet]], sailed into the bay and named it in honour of [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent|Admiral John Jervis]], under whom he had served.<ref name=Reed/>{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=5}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Settlement in the South : a record of the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the Shoalhaven River Basin, 1803-1982|first=Robert G.|last=Antill|date=1982|publisher=[publisher not identified]|others=Weston)|isbn=0-9593149-0-3|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=10696671}}</ref> In November 1791 Master Matthew Weatherhead entered the bay aboard {{ship||Matilda|1790 ship|2}}, which had also been part of the Third Fleet, in order to undertake repairs to the ship.{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=5}}

In mid 1797, survivors of the wreck of {{ship||Sydney Cove|1796 ship|2}} passed through the area on foot, while undertaking an arduous trek of 600 kilometres in an attempt to get to [[Port Jackson]] (Sydney) – only three of them completed the journey.{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sydney Cove |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1736 |website=www.parks.tas.gov.au/ |publisher=[[Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=31 August 2014 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308112548/http://parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspX?base=1736 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Explorer [[George Bass]] entered the bay on 10 December 1797 and named [[Bowen Island (Jervis Bay)|Bowen Island]].{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=6}}

[[File:Point Perpendicular Lighthouse and Keeper's quarters c1899.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Point Perpendicular Light]]house in 1899 ]]

[[Alexander Berry]]'s takeover of land{{clarify-inline|date=May 2025}}<!-- from whom did he take it over?  His article makes it sound as if he bought it directly from the Crown --> in [[City of Shoalhaven|Shoalhaven]] displaced the Aboriginal inhabitants, who were moved to [[Wreck Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory|Wreck Bay]] in 1822. [[Smallpox]] and [[syphilis]] significantly reduced their population.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jervis Bay Territory History|url=http://regional.gov.au/territories/jervis_bay/history.aspx |publisher=Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Government of Australia |access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> A separate population of Aboriginal people, whom settlers called "the Jervis Bay tribe" — the [[Wandandian]] people<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=uowbooks|title=Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770-1850|last=Organ|first=Michael|date=1990|publisher=Aboriginal Education Unit Wollongong University|page=401|isbn=0-86418-112-4}}</ref> — remained on their traditional lands on the bank of Currambene Creek, near [[Huskisson, New South Wales|Huskisson]], and around St Georges Basin, until well into the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16445028|title=ABORIGINAL QUEEN DIES NEAR NOWRA MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD.|date=1928-02-27|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|access-date=2019-02-26|pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214036529|title=An Interesting Character.|date=1927-05-06|work=Nowra Leader (NSW : 1909 - 1939)|access-date=2019-02-26|pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/5718805/aboriginal-king-of-jervis-bay-believed-to-be-buried-at-husky-church/|title=Aboriginal 'King of Jervis Bay' believed to be buried at Husky Church|last=Crittenden|first=Madeline|date=2018-10-24|website=South Coast Register|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153090999|title=Photograph: King of Jervis Bay and his wife Mary, Nowra, New South Wales, approximately 1905.|website=nla.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

In 1841, the private township of South Huskisson on Jervis Bay was founded as a seaport and terminus of [[The Wool Road (New South Wales)|The Wool Road]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Georges Basin Heritage|url=http://stgeorgesbasin.info/level2/heritage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316034907/http://www.stgeorgesbasin.info/level2/heritage.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 March 2011 |access-date=2021-01-09 |website=stgeorgesbasin.info}}</ref> It was renamed [[Vincentia, New South Wales|Vincentia]] in 1952.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shoalhaven Family Local and Cultural History Fair NSW|url=http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/historyfair/history.html|access-date=2014-08-16|archive-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716023546/http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/historyfair/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The bay was a base for whaling in 1912 and 1913. The vessels involved were the factory ship ''Loch Tay'' and her two catchers ''Campbell'' and ''Sorrell''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Colwell |first1=Max |title=Whaling around Australia |date=1969 |publisher=Rigby |location=Adelaide |pages=125–6 |edition=First}}</ref>

In 1915, the land now comprising the Jervis Bay Territory was surrendered to the Commonwealth Government by the state of [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|jbtaa1915323|Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Seat of Government Surrender Act (NSW) Act 9 of 1915 |url= http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-126.html |work=This document, assented to by the Governor-General in 1915, provided for the transfer of 28 square miles of land at Jervis Bay to the Commonwealth, in addition to the areas surrendered under the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909. |publisher=[[Old Parliament House, Canberra#Museum of Australian Democracy|Museum of Australian Democracy]] |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> It was proposed that it would become a seaport for the new federal capital under construction at [[Canberra]], which would be Australia's only inland capital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Map Showing Jervis Bay and the Most Suitable Area for Commonwealth Purposes |url= http://foundingdocs.gov.au/enlargement-eid-105-pid-95.html# |website=Documenting a Democracy |publisher=Museum of Australian Democracy |access-date=2014-07-07}}</ref>

In the late 1960s, Australia's [[Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant|first nuclear power plant]] was proposed for the area, and a site was prepared, but the project did not proceed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nuclear reactor and steelworks plan once considered for pristine beaches of Jervis Bay |newspaper= ABC News|date= 11 August 2019|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-12/jervis-bay-once-site-for-nuclear-proposal/11371296|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>  This was in part because the local trade union peak body, South Coast Trades and Labour Council, stated that its members would not take part in the project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schoolmeester |first=Kelly |date=2021-09-30 |title=Australians Campaign against Nuclear Power and Uranium Mining, 1974-1988 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/australians-campaign-against-nuclear-power-and-uranium-mining-1974-1988/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 1995, Jervis Bay National Park and Botanic Gardens were handed back to the Wreck Bay Aboriginal community. In 1997, the community, who jointly manage the park with the Commonwealth Government, decided to rename it [[Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aboriginal name for Jervis Bay National Park |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FZTA30%22;src1=sm1 |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=2024-04-30}}</ref>

==Geography==
===Geology===
[[File:Booderee National Park and Botanical Gardens - Cliffs.JPG|thumb|Cliff faces and vegetation at the [[Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens|Booderee National Park]]]]

Jervis Bay is a [[drowned river valley]] and formed 15,000 years ago, at the end of the [[last glacial period|last ice age]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkGeology.aspx?id=N0090 |title=Jervis Bay Landscape and Geology |publisher=NSW National Parks and Wildlife}}</ref> The bay took on its present appearance around 4000 BC after the sea levels had risen {{convert|120|m}}, and as sand dune barriers created the southern peninsula.<ref name=wbaccgeo>[http://wbacc.gov.au/content/geology-and-geomorphology Geology and Geomorphology] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130219172926/http://wbacc.gov.au/content/geology-and-geomorphology |date=19 February 2013 }}, Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council.</ref> Much of the rock in Jervis Bay is part of the [[Sydney Basin]] sandstone formation, which is 280–225 million years old, although lower areas are overlain with [[Tertiary period|Tertiary]]-era sediments.<ref name=wbaccgeo/>

Several features at Jervis Bay have been used as evidence that the Australian coast experienced many giant [[tsunami]]s prior to European colonisation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bryant |first1=Edward A |last2=Young |first2=RW |last3=Price |first3=DM |last4=Wheeler |first4=DJ |last5=Pease |first5=MI |year=1997 |title=The impact of tsunami on the coastline of Jervis Bay, Southeastern Australia |journal=Physical Geography |volume=18 |issue=5 |url= http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=scipapers |pages=440–459|doi=10.1080/02723646.1997.10642629 |bibcode=1997PhGeo..18..440B }}</ref>

===Description===
In the Jervis Bay Territory on the southern side of the bay are the settlements of [[Greenpatch Point|Greenpatch]], [[Hyams Beach, New South Wales|Hyams Beach]], and [[Bowen Island (Jervis Bay)|Bowen Island]]. From north to south on the New South Wales shore of the bay are [[Callala Beach, New South Wales|Callala Beach]], [[Callala Bay, New South Wales|Callala Bay]], [[Huskisson, New South Wales|Huskisson]] and [[Vincentia, New South Wales|Vincentia]]. [[Beecroft Peninsula]], on the northern side of the bay, has been used as a [[bombing range]] by the RAN.{{sfn|Crabb|2007|p=53}} [[Point Perpendicular]] forms the southern end of the peninsula. Jervis Bay is approximately a three-hour drive south of [[Sydney]]. A door-to-door shuttle service is available between [[Sydney Airport]] and the [[South Coast (New South Wales)|South Coast]] every day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.australia.com/en-us/places/sydney-and-surrounds/guide-to-jervis-bay.html|title=Guide to Jervis Bay, New South Wales - Tourism Australia|last=Australia|first=Tourism|date=2017-12-13|website=www.australia.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref>

==Environment and protected areas==
[[File:Hyams Beach, Jervis Bay, Australia.jpg|thumb|[[Hyams Beach]], a white sandy beach]]
Significant areas of the Jervis Bay natural environment have been established as [[protected area]]s, including [[Booderee National Park]], [[Jervis Bay National Park|Jervis Bay National Park (NSW)]] and the [[Jervis Bay Marine Park]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Some {{convert|158|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} of the land on both sides of the bay have been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) because the coastal [[heath]]land supports the largest sub-population of the [[endangered]] [[eastern bristlebird]], isolated from other sub-populations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Jervis Bay |access-date=13 July 2011 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date= 6 July 2011 }}</ref>

Jervis Bay has been recorded as having the whitest sand in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gazing onto the world's whitest sands |url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/new-south-wales/gazing-onto-the-worlds-whitest-sands/2005/12/31/1135915721025.html |access-date=8 July 2011 |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=1 January 2006}}</ref>

==Recreation==
[[File:The Boats at Huskisson on Jervis Bay, South Coast NSW (6754290297).jpg|thumb|Recreational boats at Huskisson]]

Jervis Bay is known for recreational fishing, [[kayaking]], [[paddleboarding]], [[sailing]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/south-coast/jervis-bay-and-shoalhaven/jervis-bay|title=Jervis Bay|access-date=2018-03-14|language=en-AU}}</ref> and [[scuba diving]], with tour operators departing from Huskisson and amateurs using boat ramps at bayside towns and camp sites. Popular diving sites include The Labyrinths, Gorgonian Wall, [[Point Perpendicular]], a submerged [[Fairey Firefly]] aeroplane, [[scallop]] beds, Middle Ground, Ten Fathom Reef, and Bowen Island.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/south-coast/jervis-bay-and-shoalhaven/jervis-bay |title=Jervis Bay |publisher=VisitNSW.com |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref>

==Tourism==
Tourism in Jervis Bay is one of the most important avenues of income for many of the local residents, with many businesses orienting themselves towards it. The Jervis Bay Visitors Information Centre is at Huskisson, and is part of the Lady Denman Maritime Museum and Gallery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ladydenman.asn.au/ |title=Lady Denman Heritage Complex |publisher=Lady Denman Heritage Complex |access-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124221228/http://www.ladydenman.asn.au/ |archive-date=24 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Local council-managed visitor information centres are at [[Nowra]] and [[Ulladulla]].

==Aquaculture==
The first commercial [[aquaculture]] licence for an area in the bay was granted in 2015, for an enterprise which started growing [[blue mussel]]s.  They also found abundant [[Angasi oyster]]s and [[scallop]]s growing on the lines which they dropped at first, but the industry focus is on the blue mussels, which have a high ratio of meat to shell. The first full-scale commercial harvest of blue mussels was scheduled for November 2020. The potential of growing [[seaweed]]s for commercial use is also being explored, and [[Shoalhaven City Council]] is investing {{AUD|2.3 million}} to develop a wharf, boat maintenance facility and other infrastructure needed to service the industry. It is hoped that the industry will create up to 1,000 jobs.<ref>{{cite web | last=Murphy | first=Sean | title=Jervis Bay mussels in on key seafood markets with conservation-friendly farm  | website=ABC News ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]) | date=11 October 2020 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-11/jervis-bay-aquaculture-mussels-in-on-market/12740506 | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

== Climate ==
{{single source | section |date=May 2025}}

Jervis Bay experiences an [[oceanic climate]] (Köppen climate classification: ''Cfb''), with average maximum temperatures varying from 16&nbsp;°C in winter to 25&nbsp;°C in summer tempered by sea breezes. Since 2001, the highest recorded temperature is 42.1&nbsp;°C on 1 January 2006, and the lowest 4.7&nbsp;°C on 13 August 2005. Hot summer evenings are often relieved by a front of rapidly moving cool air known as a [[southerly buster]].

Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the seasons, with a bias to the first half of the year, due to prevailing easterlies. Short high intensity rainfall events may happen at any time of the year and can lead to local flooding. Jervis Bay also experiences thunderstorms during the warmer months bringing lightning, heavy rain and occasionally hail. With an annual rainfall around 1,200&nbsp;mm, it is wetter than other areas in the [[South Coast (New South Wales)|South Coast]] due to its exposed eastward location on a [[peninsula]] facing the [[Tasman Sea]], thus making it more susceptible to moist easterly flows. Yearly rainfall is influenced by the [[El Niño-Southern Oscillation]].

{{Weather box
|location = Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular Lighthouse); 2001–2023, record lows; 1907–present
|name = Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular) Weatherbox
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 42.1
|Feb record high C = 38.3
|Mar record high C = 37.4
|Apr record high C = 32.3
|May record high C = 26.1
|Jun record high C = 23.2
|Jul record high C = 25.4
|Aug record high C = 25.7
|Sep record high C = 32.6
|Oct record high C = 35.7
|Nov record high C = 38.9
|Dec record high C = 36.1
|year record high C = 42.1
|Jan high C = 25.0
|Feb high C = 24.3
|Mar high C = 23.5
|Apr high C = 21.5
|May high C = 18.8
|Jun high C = 16.6
|Jul high C = 16.1
|Aug high C = 17.0
|Sep high C = 19.2
|Oct high C = 20.9
|Nov high C = 22.2
|Dec high C = 23.5
|year high C = 20.7
|Jan low C = 18.6
|Feb low C = 18.6
|Mar low C = 17.7
|Apr low C = 15.4
|May low C = 12.7
|Jun low C = 11.0
|Jul low C = 10.0
|Aug low C = 10.3
|Sep low C = 12.0
|Oct low C = 13.7
|Nov low C = 15.3
|Dec low C = 16.9
|year low C = 14.4
|Jan record low C = 9.5	
|Feb record low C = 8.0	
|Mar record low C = 7.8	
|Apr record low C = 5.6
|May record low C = 5.0	
|Jun record low C = -0.5	
|Jul record low C = 1.5	
|Aug record low C = -0.4
|Sep record low C = 1.7	
|Oct record low C = 5.0	
|Nov record low C = 2.7	
|Dec record low C = 7.8	
|year record low C = -0.5	
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 94.7
|Feb rain mm = 145.0
|Mar rain mm = 143.3
|Apr rain mm = 140.0
|May rain mm = 112.1
|Jun rain mm = 151.1
|Jul rain mm = 111.6
|Aug rain mm = 77.5
|Sep rain mm = 63.3
|Oct rain mm = 84.3
|Nov rain mm = 83.0
|Dec rain mm = 77.8
|year rain mm = 1282.2
|Jan rain days = 11.3
|Feb rain days = 12.9
|Mar rain days = 14.1
|Apr rain days = 13.7
|May rain days = 10.1
|Jun rain days = 11.5
|Jul rain days = 10.1
|Aug rain days = 9.0
|Sep rain days = 9.8
|Oct rain days = 12.1
|Nov rain days = 12.0
|Dec rain days = 12.4
|year rain days = 139.0
|source = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref>{{BoM Aust stats |site_ref = cw_068151_All |site_name = Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular) AWS |access-date = 17 November 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Bureau of Meteorology]] (record lows)<ref>{{BoM Aust stats |site_ref = cw_068034_All |site_name = Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular) AWS |access-date = 17 November 2023}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
{{portal| Australia | Geography }}
{{div col}}
* [[Australian Capital Territory]]
* [[Beecroft Peninsula]]
* [[Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens|Booderee National Park]]
* {{HMS|Jervis Bay}}
* {{HMAS|Jervis Bay (AKR 45)}}
* [[Jervis Bay National Park]]
* [[Jervis Bay Territory]]
{{end div col}}

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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{{Wikivoyage|Jervis Bay}}

* {{cite book |last=Byron |first=Tom |year=1985 |title=Scuba Divers Guide to Jervis Bay |publisher=Aqua Sports |isbn = 978-0-949490-02-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Barker |first=A |year=1996 |title=What Happened When |place=Sydney |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |isbn = 1-86373-986-6 }}{{page needed|date=February 2015}}
* {{cite book |last=Crabb |first=Peter |title = The Jervis Bay Region 1788 to 1939 an Emptied Landscape |year=2007 |place=Huskisson |publisher=Lady Denman Heritage Complex |isbn = 978-0-9586447-3-0  }}
* {{cite book |last=Reed |first=AW |author-link=Alexander Wyclif Reed |year=1973 |title=Place Names of Australia |place=Sydney |publisher=Reed Books |isbn = 978-0-589-07115-8 }}

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[[Category:Bays of Australia|Jervis Bay]]
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