Emu Bay, South Australia

{{other uses|Emu Bay (disambiguation){{!}}Emu Bay}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox Australian place

|type=town

| name = Emu Bay

| state = SA

| image = Emu bay 02.JPG

| caption = View of Emu Bay and jetty from the picnic area.

| est = 1882{{cite web |title=Search result for "Emu Bay(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0022502) with the following layers selected - “Suburbs and Localities” and “Place names (gazetteer)” |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |access-date=22 April 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}

| postcode = 5223 {{cite web|title= Postcode for Emu Bay, South Australia (Postcode) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/kangaroo+island/emu+bay |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=22 April 2016}}

| elevation =

| elevation_footnotes =

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 124

| dir1 = south-west

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 13

| dir2 = west

| location2= Kingscote

| lga = Kangaroo Island Council

| region = Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island{{cite web|title=Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region|url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=9 September 2016}}

| county = Carnarvon

| stategov = Mawson{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/mawson-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Mawson |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=2 March 2018}}

| fedgov = Mayo{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=2 August 2015}}

| maxtemp = 19.81

| mintemp = 11.6

| rainfall = 488.9

| coordinates = {{coord|35.59067069|S|137.50374797|E|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Investigator Strait

| near-ne = Investigator Strait

| near-e = North Cape

| near-se = Bay of Shoals

| near-s =Wisanger

| near-sw =Wisanger

| near-w = Wisanger

| near-nw = Investigator Strait

| footnotes = Coordinates
Locations
Climate{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022807.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=20 April 2016}}
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Emu Bay (known as Maxwell from 1882 to 1941) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia on the north coast of Kangaroo Island located about {{convert|124|km}} south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about located about {{convert|13|km}} west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

It is a small town of 97 allotments{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} with an even mix of permanent and holiday homes. The town has no shops or mains water supply. Emu Bay is known as a popular swimming beach, and is one of few on Kangaroo Island where vehicles are permitted.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

A small jetty dates to 1918. Originally {{convert|109|m}} long, it allowed ketches such as Karatta to tie up to load cargoes, while a nearby fresh water well serviced horses which pulled wagons down to the bay.{{cite web|url=http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=613&c=2591 |title=Emu Bay Jetty |author=State Library of South Australia |access-date=2007-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831060624/http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=613&c=2591 |archive-date=31 August 2007 |df=dmy }} Until the 1930s, grain, stock and merchandise were taken to and from Kangaroo Island from this jetty.{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralia.com/KangarooIslandBeaches.aspx|title=Kangaroo Island Beaches|author=SA Central|access-date=2007-07-12|archive-date=5 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905135528/http://www.southaustralia.com/KangarooIslandBeaches.aspx|url-status=dead}}

Emu Bay is also the location of an unusual geological formation named Emu Bay shale.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

The coastline from Cape D'Estaing at the west end of the bay known as Emu Bay to Point Marsden in the locality of North Cape in the east is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register as a site of “geological and outstanding palaeontological significance".{{cite web | url= http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16023 | title= Cape d'Estaing to Emu Bay (west) and Emu Bay (east) to Boxing Bay Coastline (designated place of palaeontological significance)| publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register |access-date=2 June 2016}}

Emu Bay is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.