Rapid Bay is a small town on the eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent about 15 kilometres north of Cape Jervis. On 8 September 1836, Colonel William Light chose Rapid Bay for his first mainland anchorage. The bay is named after Light’s brig, the Rapid.
Sources:
Geoffrey H. Manning, Manning’s Place Names of South Australia Form Aaron Creek to Zion Hill, (2006), Gould Books, Modbury
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