Stansbury, South Australia

Stansbury is a small town, located in the southern east coast of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the, Stansbury had a population of 543 people. It is located 25km south of Minlaton and 22km east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the 19th century. The town has also been a port used in the export of wheat and barley to Adelaide. There is a country-style market which runs each Sunday, and was the first of its kind within the Yorke Peninsula region.NameThe town was originally known as Oyster Bay, although it was officially proclaimed Stansbury in 1873 by Governor Anthony Musgrave, in honour of a friend.