# Carpenter Rocks
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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name = Carpenter Rocks
| state = sa
| image = Carpenter Rocks01.jpg
| caption = Sunset over 'The Carpenter', from Gerloff Bay
| coordinates = {{coord|37.916647|S|140.399434|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coord_ref = [{{cite web|title= Search results for 'Carpenter Rocks, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'South Australian Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.43764&y=-37.88248&z=13&uids=41,19,2,115,11,20,105&pinx=140.400830&piny=-37.915190&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Carpenter+Rocks,+Locb|website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher= Government of South Australian |accessdate=14 April 2019}}]
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pop =
| established = 31 October 1996 (locality)
| established_footnotes = [{{Citation |last1= Kentish |first1= P.M.| title = GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places | journal = The South Australian Government Gazette | page = 1517 | date=31 October 1996| url = http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1996/125/1517.pdf |accessdate=14 April 2019}}]
| abolished =
| gazetted =
| postcode = 5291
| elevation =
| elevation_footnotes =
| area =
| area_footnotes =
| timezone = [ACST](/source/UTC9%3A30)
| utc = +9:30
| timezone-dst= [ACDT](/source/UTC10%3A30)
| utc-dst = +10:30
| lga = [District Council of Grant](/source/District_Council_of_Grant)[
| county = [Grey](/source/County_of_Grey)][
| region = [Limestone Coast](/source/Limestone_Coast)][{{cite web|title=Limestone Coast SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/8589/Limestone_Coast_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=1 November 2016}}]
| stategov = [Mount Gambier](/source/Electoral_district_of_Mount_Gambier)
| fedgov = [Barker](/source/Division_of_Barker)
| dist1 = 452
| dir1 = SE
| location1= [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide)
| dist2 = 35
| dir2 = SW
| location2= [Mount Gambier](/source/Mount_Gambier%2C_South_Australia)
| dist3 = 37
| dir3 = W
| location3= [Port Macdonnell, South Australia](/source/Port_Macdonnell%2C_South_Australia)
| maxtemp = 19.0
| maxtemp_footnotes = [{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_026021.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=17 August 2016}}]
| mintemp = 8.2
| mintemp_footnotes = [
| rainfall = 708.4
| rainfall_footnotes = ][
| near-n = [German Flat](/source/German_Flat%2C_South_Australia)]
[German Creek](/source/German_Creek%2C_South_Australia)
| near-ne = [German Creek](/source/German_Creek%2C_South_Australia)
| near-e = [Kongorong](/source/Kongorong%2C_South_Australia)
| near-se = [Pelican Point](/source/Pelican_Point%2C_South_Australia)
[Blackfellows Caves](/source/Blackfellows_Caves%2C_South_Australia)
| near-s =''Ocean''
[Pelican Point](/source/Pelican_Point%2C_South_Australia)
| near-sw = ''Ocean''
| near-w = [Canunda](/source/Canunda%2C_South_Australia)
''Ocean''
| near-nw = [Canunda](/source/Canunda%2C_South_Australia)
|footnotes=Adjoining localities[
}}
'''Carpenter Rocks''' is a town and locality located {{convert|35|km|mi|0}} south-west of [Mount Gambier](/source/Mount_Gambier%2C_South_Australia) in the south-east of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia). The area faces the [Southern Ocean](/source/Southern_Ocean) and is renowned for its rugged coastline which provides exceptional fishing and diving locations.
Carpenter Rocks is in the [District Council of Grant](/source/District_Council_of_Grant) local government area, the [South Australian House of Assembly](/source/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) [electoral district of Mount Gambier](/source/electoral_district_of_Mount_Gambier) and the [Australian House of Representatives](/source/Australian_House_of_Representatives) [Division of Barker](/source/Division_of_Barker).
==History and settlement==
The earliest people in the Carpenter Rocks area were the [Aboriginal](/source/Australian_Aborigines) communities from the [Booandik](/source/Bungandidj_people) tribe. They were scattered in small groups along the coast where they had access to an abundance of food and water. Due to disease and land dispossession the last full-blooded Booandik person died in 1904.][Bonney, Neville ''Carpenter Rocks and Beyond''. Millicent Press, 1987 {{ISBN|0-7316-1487-9}}]
Lieutenant [James Grant](/source/James_Grant_(navigator)), when on board {{HMS|Lady Nelson|1798|6}}, was the first known British person to view land known today as south-eastern [South Australia](/source/South_Australia). On 3 December 1800, he sighted what at first he thought were four unconnected islands, but on a closer look, realised were two mountains and two capes. One of these he named [Cape Banks](/source/Cape_Banks), just west of today's township, after English botanist [Joseph Banks](/source/Joseph_Banks). On 4 April 1802, the French explorer [Nicholas Baudin](/source/Nicholas_Baudin) aboard the ship ''Geographe'' noticed the area and made the observation:
{{Cquote| Along the beach we could make out a continuous line of rocks which stretched a little way out to sea and over which the breakers pounded with extraordinary force. This was the cause of the incessant noise which we could hear.}}
According to [Geoffrey Manning](/source/Geoffrey_Manning) and [Rodney Cockburn](/source/Rodney_Cockburn) in ''Place Names of South Australia'', "The Rocks" were named "Les Carpentiers" ("The Carpenters") by [Nicholas Baudin](/source/Nicholas_Baudin) because their indented and serrated nature reminded him of a carpenter's saw.[[State Library of South Australia](/source/State_Library_of_South_Australia) (website) [http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/search.html Place Names of South Australia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150459/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/search.html |date=13 April 2008 }} retrieved 28 March 2008]
The passenger steamer ''[Admella](/source/Admella)'' was wrecked on a reef near Cape Banks off the coast of Carpenter Rocks in 1859, on a trip from [Port Adelaide](/source/Port_Adelaide) to [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), with great loss of life, as rescue boats could not get close enough to rescue survivors.[{{cite web | title=Wreck of the Admella | website=Graham Jaunay | url=http://www.jaunay.com/admella.html | access-date=17 June 2024}}][{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64397192 |title=ADMELLA WRECK |newspaper=[Portland Guardian](/source/Portland_Guardian) |volume=XCVII |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 August 1940 |access-date=17 June 2024 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}]
The [Cape Banks Lighthouse](/source/Cape_Banks_Lighthouse) has been listed as a state heritage place on the [South Australian Heritage Register](/source/South_Australian_Heritage_Register).[{{cite web | url= http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16337| title= Cape Banks Lighthouse | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=18 August 2016}}]
On 31 October 1996, boundaries were created for the locality, which was given the "long established name."[
==Areas of interest==
The town is a gateway to the [Canunda National Park](/source/Canunda_National_Park) and [Lake Bonney SE](/source/Lake_Bonney_SE). Carpenter Rocks supports a significant southern [rock lobster](/source/rock_lobster) industry and Bucks Bay provides a safe haven for the many fishing boats moored there. Cape Banks lighthouse is located {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} from the township and it is near here on 5 August 1859 {{SS|Admella}} was wrecked on a [reef](/source/reef) with the loss of 89 lives.
==See also==
* [Bucks Lake Game Reserve](/source/Bucks_Lake_Game_Reserve)
* [Carpenter Rocks Conservation Park](/source/Carpenter_Rocks_Conservation_Park)
* [Cape Banks Lighthouse](/source/Cape_Banks_Lighthouse)
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141026111941/https://www.dcgrant.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=660 District Council of Grant - Carpenters Rocks page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080719192941/http://www.thelimestonecoast.com/site/page.cfm?u=79 Limestone Coast Tourism]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070903200638/http://www.admella.org.au/ ''SS Admella'' 150th Anniversary 2009]
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Category:Coastal towns in South Australia
Category:Limestone Coast
Category:Fishing communities in Australia
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