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2 unusual facts about Spencer Gulf


Skye, South Australia

Most parts of Skye have spectacular views over the Adelaide metropolis, reaching to Spencer Gulf.

Thura-Yura languages

The Yura or Thura-Yura languages are a group of Australian Aboriginal languages surrounding Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, that comprise a genetic language family of the Pama–Nyungan family.


Boston Island

Boston Island is a large, 960 ha privately-owned island in Boston Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

GTS/BKN

GTS/BKN, known on-air as Southern Cross Television, is an Australian regional television station serving the Spencer Gulf of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New South Wales.

HMQS Gayundah

In 1917, due to the threat posed by German raiders such as SMS Seeadler, Gayundah patrolled off Port Jackson and in the Spencer Gulf, although she made no contact with enemy ships during this time.

Malleefowl

It occupies semi-arid mallee scrub on the fringes of the relatively fertile areas of southern Australia, where it is now reduced to three separate populations: the Murray-Murrumbidgee basin, west of Spencer Gulf along the fringes of the Simpson Desert, and the semi-arid fringe of Western Australia's fertile south-west corner.

Mosquito Fleet

They also played a role in lightering grain to load larger vessels offshore in deeper waters, the most famous example being to windjammers off Port Victoria, Spencer Gulf, which until 1949 marked the start of the Great Grain Race.

Southern Cross News

Southern Cross GTS/BKN broadcasts a 30-minute local news program for the Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill areas each weeknight at 6.30pm, following Seven News Adelaide.


see also

Adelaide Fringe Festival

In 2014, the event's mascot will be Disco Cuttlefish, a 13 m long street performance puppet inspired by the Giant Australian Cuttlefish of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.