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

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Torndirrup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  4. ^ "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 ...
  5. ^ "Cheynes Beach Whaling Station". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Air Warning Radar Station Number 35". monumentaustralia.org.au. Monument Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Stony Hill Air Warning Radar Station Number 35 Plaque". vwma.org.au. Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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