Shag Bay
Shag Bay is an inlet on the River Derwent near Geilston Bay, Tasmania, and is within the East Risdon State Reserve . The area around Shag Bay contains a number of Aboriginal Tasmanian shell middens. A bone meal fertiliser factory was established in Shag Bay in the early 1900s. In January 1915, its boiler exploded, resulting in two deaths of two people associated with the factory. The brigantine built in 1814
HMS Nelson was towed to Shag Bay in 1920 to be broken up after it finished its use as a coal hulk.
Q583565
River Derwent
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Q5530141
Geilston Bay
LOC
Q34366
Tasmania
LOC
Q60754344
East Risdon State Reserve
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Q265730
Aboriginal Tasmanian
PER
None
shell middens
UNK
Q904421
bone meal
Concept
Q3195517
boiler
Concept
Q189418
brigantine
Concept
Q5633493
HMS Nelson
MISC
Q1416413
coal hulk
UNK
Q21960630
Shag Bay
LOC
Q21960630
Shag Bay
LOC
Q21960630
Shag Bay
LOC
Q21960630
Shag Bay
LOC
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1900
DATE
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
January 1915
DATE
1814-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1814
DATE
1920-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1920
DATE
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity