Shag Bay

Shag Bay is an inlet on the River Derwent near Geilston Bay, Tasmania, and is within the East Risdon State Reserve .

[1] The area around Shag Bay contains a number of Aboriginal Tasmanian shell middens.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

Russell Family Bone Mill Shag Bay Tasmania.
Russell Family Bone Mill Shag Bay Tasmania