# Shag Bay

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**Shag Bay** is an inlet on the [River Derwent](/source/River_Derwent_(Tasmania)) near [Geilston Bay](/source/Geilston_Bay), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), and is within the [East Risdon State Reserve](/source/East_Risdon_State_Reserve).[1] The area around Shag Bay contains a number of [Aboriginal Tasmanian](/source/Aboriginal_Tasmanian) [shell middens](/source/Midden#Shells).[2] A [bone meal](/source/Bone_meal) fertiliser factory was established in Shag Bay in the early 1900s. In January 1915, its [boiler](/source/Boiler) exploded, resulting in two deaths of two people associated with the factory.[3] The [brigantine](/source/Brigantine) built in 1814 [HMS Nelson](/source/HMS_Nelson_(1814)) was towed to Shag Bay in 1920 to be broken up after it finished its use as a [coal hulk](/source/Coal_hulk).[4]

## References

1. ["Shag Bay Heritage Walk"](https://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/places/shag-bay-heritage-walk/). *[City of Clarence](/source/City_of_Clarence)*. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

1. McIntyre, Paul (22 October 2017). ["'A hidden gem': Bedlam Walls walk offers glimpse of Tasmania's Aboriginal heritage"](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-22/bedlam-walls-offers-glimpse-of-tasmanias-aboriginal-heritage/9058728). *[ABC Radio Hobart](/source/ABC_Radio_Hobart)*. [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation). Retrieved 28 June 2020.

1. ["Risdon Boiler Explosion"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10403147). *[The Mercury (Hobart)](/source/The_Mercury_(Hobart)) via [Trove](/source/Trove)*. [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia). 10 February 1915. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

1. ["Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database - Nelson"](http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=7537). *[Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database](/source/Australasian_Underwater_Cultural_Heritage_Database)*. [Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment](/source/Department_of_Agriculture,_Water_and_the_Environment). Retrieved 28 June 2020.

## External links

- [Shag Bay, Risdon, Clarence City, Tasmania, Australia](https://www.mindat.org/loc-17645.html) from [Mindat.org](/source/Mindat.org) website

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