Meanings
proper noun
- A town and bay in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
Origin
The bay was named for the old practice of rolling bales of wool down the cliffs to ships moored at the jetty. The town was originally named Pickering, but was renamed after the bay by 1940.
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APA
Wool Bay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wool%20Bay
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“Wool Bay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wool%20Bay. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wool Bay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wool%20Bay.
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