Stenhouse Bay

Stenhouse Bay is located in the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park also known as the Inneston National Park. The township was named after Andrew Stenhouse, who helped in starting the gypsum industry in 1981.

The gypsum was shipped through Stenhouse Bay, It would be transported on a wooden rail tramway. It would then go to the jetty at Stenhouse Bay which was 164 metres long and the gypsum was stockpiled at the top of the cliff. Ore trucks on rails and cables transported the gypsum down the steep cliff. Later a cutting was made through the cliff which allowed the ore to be transported directly to the jetty.

Stenhouse Jetty

Stenhouse Bay: Gypsum Factory

Truck Load of Gypsum

Gypsum:

• Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate.

• It is used as a fertiliser but can also be used as plaster, blackboard/sidewalk chalk or drywall

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