{{Infobox body of water | name = Shag Bay | image = | caption = |pushpin_map=Tasmania | location = Tasmania, Australia | coordinates = {{coord|-42.835|147.333|type:waterbody_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}} | type = Bay | part_of = East Risdon State Reserve | oceans = | depth = }} '''Shag Bay''' is an inlet on the River Derwent near Geilston Bay, Tasmania, and is within the East Risdon State Reserve.<ref name="City of Clarence - Shag Bay Heritage Walk">{{cite web |title=Shag Bay Heritage Walk |url=https://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/places/shag-bay-heritage-walk/ |website=City of Clarence |accessdate=28 June 2020}}</ref> The area around Shag Bay contains a number of Aboriginal Tasmanian shell middens.<ref name="ABC Radio Hobart - 22 October 2017 -'A hidden gem': Bedlam Walls walk offers glimpse of Tasmania's Aboriginal heritage">{{cite news |last1=McIntyre |first1=Paul |title='A hidden gem': Bedlam Walls walk offers glimpse of Tasmania's Aboriginal heritage |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-22/bedlam-walls-offers-glimpse-of-tasmanias-aboriginal-heritage/9058728 |accessdate=28 June 2020 |work=ABC Radio Hobart |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=22 October 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="The Mercury - 10 February 1915 - Risdon Boiler Explosion">{{cite news |title=Risdon Boiler Explosion |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10403147 |accessdate=28 June 2020 |work=The Mercury (Hobart) via Trove|agency= National Library of Australia|date=10 February 1915}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database- View Shipwreck - Nelson">{{cite web |title=Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database - Nelson |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=7537 |website=Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |accessdate=28 June 2020}}</ref>
thumb|left|alt=Russell Family Bone Mill Shag Bay Tasmania.|Russell Family Bone Mill Shag Bay Tasmania
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==External links== * [https://www.mindat.org/loc-17645.html Shag Bay, Risdon, Clarence City, Tasmania, Australia] from Mindat.org website
Category:Bays of Tasmania