Frenchman Bay Western Australia
Frenchman Bay
Coordinates	35°5′37″S 117°56′59″E / 35.09361°S 117.94972°E / -35.09361; 117.94972
Postcode(s)	6330[1]
Area	0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
LGA(s)	City of Albany
State electorate(s)	Albany
Federal division(s)	O'Connor

Frenchman Bay is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located just west of the historic Cheyne Beach Whaling Station.^[2][3] It is approximately 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from Albany on the opposite side of the bay.

The site is in the traditional settlement area of the Menang Aboriginal tribe.^[4]

Frenchman Bay, first named in 1887,^[5] has been a significant site in the recent history of the entire region. George Vancouver, the first European explorer of King George Sound, landed here in 1791. A water source at Whalers Beach was subsequently visited again and again by seafarers. The water supply later enabled the establishment of whaling stations and was a destination for day trippers and tourists. Just north of what is now Goode Beach, a settler settled for the first time on the peninsula. Later a hostel and a campsite were built.^[6]

Originally, the name Frenchman Bay referred to a larger area that also included Goode Beach and the Vancouver Peninsula to the north. In 2000, Vancouver Peninsula was split from Frenchman Bay.^[5]

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