TIL about Jervis Bay Territory
TIL about Jervis Bay Territory
From WikiPedia:
The Jervis Bay Territory (/ˈdʒɜːrvɪs, ˈdʒɑːr-/; "JBT") is an internal territory of Australia. It was established in 1915 by the transfer of jurisdiction from the state of New South Wales to the federal Commonwealth of Australia, in order to give the federal government control of a port in the vicinity of the landlocked Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
I am 45 and did not know this until today when for some reason Jervis Bay Territory was printed in a select option along with the other Australian states and territories.
Yeah it's a super weird place, administratively speaking.
It's treated like part of the ACT for some reasons, like federal elections, and receives most municipal services from the ACT government, but it is not part of the ACT for territory elections.
There's also basically no reason to ever go there unless you're in or supporting the military bases located there.
There’s also basically no reason to ever go there unless you’re in or supporting the military bases located there.
It does have some rather pretty beaches, best to plan on checking out all that's there to make it feel worthwhile though as they sting you $20 to see them.
I disagree. It's absolutely stunning.
What are they (or were they) actually doing with that port, though? Kinda impractical to have a federal government port so far away from the capital ...
It's pretty close to the capital, really. It's directly due east of the ACT. Maybe somewhere like Bateman's Bay would be a little closer, but not a huge amount, and I assume other practicalities (including existing uses) took priority.
These days it's a naval base, mainly.