Summary
34°59′37.89″S 117°56′39.81″E / 34.9938583°S 117.9443917°E
Miaritch/Oyster Harbour[1]is a permanently open estuary, north of King George Sound, which covers an area of 15.6 square kilometres (6 sq mi) near Albany, Western Australia.[2] The harbour is used to shelter a fishing fleet carrying out commercial fishing and the farming of oysters and mussels[3] via a dredged channel around Emu Point to the Emu Point Boat Pens.[4] A significant number of waterbirds use the harbour for feeding.[2] The place is currently a family tourist center.[3] Oyster Harbour is fed by the King and Kalgan Rivers and discharges into King George Sound.
A planned locality of Oyster Harbour on the Lower King Road is under construction with 2,300 home sites.[5]
At the north eastern end near the mouth of the Kalgan River mouth are the Albany Fish Traps, a site of great significance to the local Mineng peoples, constructed over 7,500 years ago.[6]
References edit
- ^ "News Story - Lookout for new Dual Naming signage » City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Oyster Harbour". Tourism Western Australia. 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "The Albany waterways and their catchments - Oyster Harbour". Albany Waterways Resource Book. South Coast Rivercare. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "oysterharbour". www.rainbowcoast.com.au. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Oyster Harbour Albany". Oyster Harbour. 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Oyster Harbour Fish Traps, Lower Kalgan". Albany Gateway. Retrieved 23 December 2015.