Shag Bay is an inlet on the River Derwent near Geilston Bay,

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, and is within the East Risdon State Reserve . The area around Shag Bay contains a number of

Aboriginal Tasmanian The Aboriginal Tasmanians ( Palawa kani: ''Palawa'' or ''Pakana'') are the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland. For much of the 20th century, the Tasmanian Aboriginal people were widely, a ...

shell middens A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofacts ...

. A

bone meal Bone meal is a mixture of finely and coarsely ground animal bones and slaughter-house waste products. It is used as a dietary supplement to supply calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) to monogastric livestock in the form of hydroxiapathite. As a slow-r ...

fertiliser factory was established in Shag Bay in the early 1900s. In January 1915, its

boiler A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated. The fluid does not necessarily boil. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications, including water heating, centr ...

exploded, resulting in two deaths of two people associated with the factory. The

brigantine A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts. Old ...

built in 1814

HMS Nelson Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Nelson'' in honour of Horatio Nelson: * was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1814. She was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 90 guns in 1860, and was handed over to t ...

was towed to Shag Bay in 1920 to be broken up after it finished its use as a coal hulk. 1912 Russell Family Bone Mill Shag Bay Tasmania - panoramio

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External links

Shag Bay, Risdon, Clarence City, Tasmania, Australia
from Mindat.org website Bays of Tasmania