Bobs Farm

Bobs Farm is a sparsely populated rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.^[2][3][4] It is on the main road between Newcastle and Nelson Bay and is home to a number of small, boutique style vineyards and wineries and a thriving aquaculture industry. Bobs Farm Public School on Marsh Road is a co-educational government primary school which was established in 1918.^[5]

Bobs Farm New South Wales
Building at Tin City, on Stockton Beach
Bobs Farm
Coordinates	32°46′35″S 151°58′21″E
Population	662 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	17.75/km2 (46.0/sq mi) [Note 1]
Postcode(s)	2316
Elevation	7.2 m (24 ft)[Note 2]
Area	37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi)[Note 3]
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	191 km (119 mi) NNE of Sydney 43.8 km (27 mi) NE of Newcastle 29 km (18 mi) E of Raymond Terrace
LGA(s)	Port Stephens Council[2]
Region	Hunter
County	Gloucester[3]
Parish	Tomaree[3]
State electorate(s)	Port Stephens
Federal division(s)	Paterson
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 27.3 °C 81 °F 8.4 °C 47 °F 1,348.9 mm 53.1 in
Suburbs around Bobs Farm: Tilligerry Creek Tilligerry Creek Port Stephens Tilligerry Creek, Salt Ash Bobs Farm Anna Bay Salt Ash, Tasman Sea Tasman Sea Tasman Sea

History

The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.^[6] The area was named after a guy named Bob.^{[citation needed]}

Timorese internment

Contrary to the law, civilians who had been evacuated from the colony of Portuguese Timor to escape the Japanese invaders were interned in the former military camp at Bobs Farm during the Second World War. They had supported the Allies in the Battle of Timor. Even official Australian sources describe the living conditions in the camp as harsh.^[7]

Geography

Bobs Farm is the first suburb of the Tomaree Peninsula when travelling towards Nelson Bay. It is bounded on the north almost entirely by Tilligerry Creek. A small part at the north-eastern end of the northern border meets Port Stephens. The southern border is occupied entirely by Stockton Beach.

Demographics

Most of the suburb's population lies along the two main roads in the area, Marsh Road and Nelson Bay Road. Tin City, a collection of squatters shacks, is built on Stockton Beach near the border between Bobs Farm and Salt Ash.

Aquaculture industry

Bobs Farm is the centre of a thriving, environmentally friendly, aquaculture industry that exports technology. In 2007 pioneering aquaculture technology, based around a recirculating system that is the only one in the world to provide consistent reproduction, was sold for the creation of six farms in the United States. As of 2007^[update], discussions were in progress with companies in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. An education and tourism centre was constructed at the site of Tailor Made Fish Farms in 2007.^[8][9] In addition to it being environmentally friendly and providing consistent results, the technology developed at Bobs Farm is expected to reduce capitalisation costs.^[10]

Notes

1. ABS quickstats data includes part of Anna Bay in Bobs Farm. The density figure shown is for the entire area used by the ABS, not just for that part which is in Bobs farm.
2. Bobs Farm is primarily flat however it does have some elevated areas. The figure presented represents the average elevation throughout most of the suburb as shown on topographic maps 93323N MORNA POINT and 92322N WILLIAMTOWN (1:25000 scale).
3. Area calculation is based on NSW GNB maps and 1:100000 maps 9332 PORT STEPHENS and 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bobs Farm (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
2. "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
3. "Bobs Farm". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
4. "Bobs Farm". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
5. "School history - Bobs Farm Public School". bobsfarm-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
6. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
7. Damier, Vadim; Limanov, Kirill (16 November 2017). "History of Anarchism in Timor Leste | libcom.org". libcom.org. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
8. Port Stephens Examiner, 9 August 2007
9. Sean Murphy (19 March 2006). "Farm tailor-made for barra". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
10. "Tailor Made Fish Farms Reduces Costs". Market Wire. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2008.

• "Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 June 2008.

External links

• Tailor Made Fish Farms