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{{Short description|Australian territory}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
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{{Infobox political division
| name = Jervis Bay Territory
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| settlement_type = [[States and territories of Australia|Territory]]
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| image_map = Jervis Bay Territory in Australia (close zoom).svg
| map_caption = Location of the Jervis Bay Territory in Australia<br />Coordinates: {{Coord|35|8|55|S|150|42|49|E|scale:75000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Australia
| established_title = Separation from [[New South Wales]]
| established_date = 1915
| named_for = [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent]]
| demonym = Territorian (locally)
| leader_title1 = Administered by
| leader_name1 = [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]]
| national_representation = [[Parliament of Australia]]
| national_representation_type1 = [[Australian Senate|Senate]]
| national_representation1 = represented by [[List of senators from the Australian Capital Territory|Australian Capital Territory senators]]
| national_representation_type2 = [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| national_representation2 = included in the [[Division of Fenner]]
| area_km2 = 67.8
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| population_estimate = 307<ref>{{cite web |url=https://profile.id.com.au/shoalhaven/about?WebID=400#:~:text=The%202023%20Estimated%20Resident%20Population,4.53%20persons%20per%20square%20km. |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=Informed Decisions |title=Jervis Bay Territory About the profile areas}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2023
| population_density_km2 = 5.8
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| utc_offset_DST = +11:00
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| postal_code = ACT 2540 
|largest_settlement = [[Jervis Bay Village]]
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The '''Jervis Bay Territory''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɜːr|v|ᵻ|s|,_|ˈ|dʒ|ɑːr|-}}; "JBT")<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The ABC Standing Committee on Spoken English: A guide to the pronunciation of Australian place names|publisher=Angus & Robertson 1957|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/1813411/you-say-jervis-i-say-jarvis/|title = You say Jervis, I say Jarvis…|date = 2 October 2013|url-access=subscription|first=Jessica|last=Long}}</ref> is an internal [[states and territories of Australia|territory]] of [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|aia1901230|Acts Interpretation Act 1901|2b}}</ref> It was established in 1915 by the transfer of jurisdiction from the state of [[New South Wales]] to the federal Commonwealth of Australia,<ref>{{cite web|title=Seat of Government Surrender Act (NSW) Act 9 of 1915|url=http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-126.html|archive-date=9 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909033504/https://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-126.html|url-status=live|quote=This Act provided for the transfer of 28 square miles of land at Jervis Bay to the Commonwealth, in addition to the areas surrendered under the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909.|work=[[Museum of Australian Democracy]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|jbtaa1915323|Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915}}</ref> in order to give the federal government control of a port in the vicinity of the landlocked [[Australian Capital Territory]] (ACT).<ref>{{cite web|title=Documenting A Democracy|url=http://foundingdocs.gov.au/enlargement-eid-105-pid-95.html#|quote=A portion of land at Jervis Bay was included in the Federal Capital Territory to provide a seaport for Australia's only inland capital.|work=[[Old Parliament House, Canberra|Museum of Australian Democracy]]|access-date=17 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428091831/http://foundingdocs.gov.au/enlargement-eid-105-pid-95.html|archive-date=28 April 2013}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal Australian]] people long lived over the area of [[Jervis Bay]].<ref name="Our Culture">{{cite web|title=Our Culture|url=https://parksaustralia.gov.au/booderee/people/culture.html|archive-date=9 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909024536/https://parksaustralia.gov.au/booderee/discover/culture/|url-status=live|website=Parks Australia|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref> The area underwent significant change 18,000 to 7,500 years ago when the sea level rose, displacing inhabitants of previously coastal areas, resulting in dramatic population redistribution. The [[Yuin]] people have a continuing connection to the Jervis Bay area and in December 2016, applied for recognition of their [[Native title in Australia|native title]].<ref>{{cite web|title=South Coast Native Title meeting at Narooma a big boost for Yuin people|url=http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/4352796/yuin-people-make-vast-south-coast-native-title-claim/|url-access=subscription|first=Stan|last=Gorton|website=South Coast Register|access-date=13 October 2017|date=13 December 2016}}</ref>

Jervis Bay was sighted by Lieutenant [[James Cook]] aboard {{HMS|Endeavour}} on 25 April 1770 (two days after [[Saint George's Day]]) and he named the southern headland Cape St George.<ref name="Reed">''Place Names of Australia'' (Reed, 1973).</ref><ref name=Crabb>{{cite book|title=Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin 1788–1939 : an emptied landscape|last=Crabb|first=Peter|year=2007|publisher=Lady Denman Heritage Complex|isbn=978-0958644730}}</ref> In August 1791, the British convict transport ship [[Atlantic (1783 ship)|''Atlantic'']] of the [[Third Fleet (Australia)|Third Fleet]] entered the bay and Lieutenant [[Richard Bowen (Royal Navy)|Richard Bowen]] named it in honour of [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent|Admiral John Jervis]].<ref name="Reed" /><ref name=Crabb /> In November 1791, the {{ship||Matilda|1790 ship|2}}, under Master Matthew Weatherhead, entered the bay to undertake repairs.<ref name=Crabb />
Survivors of the [[Sydney Cove (1796 ship)|''Sydney Cove'']] shipwreck in 1797 reached the area by foot, heading to [[Port Jackson]].<ref name=Crabb /><ref>{{cite web|title=The Sydney Cove|url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1736|publisher=[[Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service]]|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308112548/http://parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspX?base=1736|url-status=dead}}</ref> Explorer [[George Bass]] entered the bay on 10 December 1797. He named [[Bowen Island (Jervis Bay)|Bowen Island]].
[[John Oxley]], an English explorer and surveyor, travelled from Sydney by sea to explore the bay in 1819.<ref name=Crabb />
[[File:Cape St George historic.jpg|left|thumb|Settlers in the [[Jervis Bay Village]] in the late 19th century. The now ruined [[Cape St George Lighthouse]] can be seen in the background.]]

Negotiations for the [[Federation of Australia]] reached three major agreements for proposed federal territories.
* First, a federal capital, a new, purpose-built city, should be located within the borders of New South Wales (NSW).
* Second, to help ensure such location did not give NSW too much influence on federal politics, that the new city and surrounds would be [[enclave and exclave|exclaved]] from NSW, as a separate federal territory.
* Third, that the [[federalism in Australia|federal government]] should have direct control and [[jurisdiction]] over at least one port.

The site of the capital city was not decided until 1908. All of the seriously considered sites were substantial distances inland. Therefore, the capital and the port would be separate. Ownership of [[Crown land]] in the Jervis Bay area was transferred from the NSW government to the federal government in 1909 (at the same time that ownership of the site of Canberra and the surrounding area was also relinquished by NSW).<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|sogaa1909265|Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909}}</ref> In 1915, jurisdiction over the Jervis Bay Territory was transferred from the state of New South Wales to the federal Commonwealth of Australia.<ref name="auto"/> To reduce the practical difficulties presented by the physical separation of the two territories, {{citation needed span|the government of NSW also agreed, in principle, that the federal government could build and take full control of a proposed rail corridor between Canberra and Jervis Bay,|date=May 2022}} but this was never implemented.

The territory has been administered by various federal government's departments over the years, in turn:
* [[Department of the Interior (1939–1972)|Department of the Interior]]
* [[Department of the Capital Territory]] 
* [[Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories]] (1989–91)
* [[Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories]] (1991–93)
* [[Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories]] (1993–96)
* [[Department of Transport and Regional Development]] (1996–98)
* [[Department of Transport and Regional Services]] (1998–2007) 
* [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government]] (2007–10)
* [[Department of Infrastructure and Transport]] (2010–13)
* [[Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development]] (2013–17)
* [[Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities]] (2017–2019)
* [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development]] (2019–20)
* [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications]] (2020–22)
* [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts]] (since 2022).

=== Proposed nuclear reactor ===
{{Main|Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant proposal}}
[[File:Part of Murrays Beach Carpark December 2020.jpg|thumb|Murrays Beach carpark, originally cleared for the Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant project.]]
In 1969, Jervis Bay Territory was proposed as the site for a [[Nuclear power in Australia|nuclear power plant]] but the proposal was cancelled in 1971. An access road had been constructed to the site, on the southeast corner of the bay near [[Murrays Beach|Murray's Beach]] and the site excavated and levelled. The levelled site is now the car park for Murrays Beach and its adjacent boat ramp.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-12/jervis-bay-once-site-for-nuclear-proposal/11371296 |access-date=9 September 2024 |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |archive-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909030451/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-12/jervis-bay-once-site-for-nuclear-proposal/11371296 |url-status=live |first=Nick |last=McLaren |date=12 August 2019 |title=Nuclear reactor and steelworks plan once considered for pristine beaches of Jervis Bay}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energycouncil.com.au/analysis/nuclear-power-for-australia-a-potted-history/ |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909030845/https://www.energycouncil.com.au/analysis/nuclear-power-for-australia-a-potted-history/ |url-status=live |date=31 August 2023 |first=Carl |last=Kitchen |publisher=Australian Energy Council |title=Nuclear power for Australia: A potted history}}</ref>

== Geography ==
{{See also|Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens|}}
{{more citations needed section|date=February 2018}}
[[File:JervisBayTerritory2021OSM.png|thumb|Enlargeable, detailed map of the Jervis Bay Territory]]
[[File:CaveBeach.jpg|alt=|thumb|Cave Beach and surrounding cliff faces, [[Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens|Booderee National Park]]]]

Having {{convert|67.8|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}} of land and {{convert|8.9|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}} marine reserve,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jervis Bay Territory|url=http://regional.gov.au/territories/jervis_bay/index.aspx|archive-date=9 September 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909025342/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory|department=[[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]]|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> Jervis Bay Territory is the smallest of all the mainland states and territories of Australia. Jervis Bay is a natural harbour {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north to south and {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east to west, opening to the east onto the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The bay is situated on the southern coast of [[New South Wales]] about {{convert|198|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Sydney. The nearest major town is [[Nowra]], about {{convert|40|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north, on the [[Shoalhaven River]].

The majority of Jervis Bay embayment is part of [[Jervis Bay]] Marine Park (NSW State) while the waters within Jervis Bay Territory are part of [[Booderee National Park]], formerly Jervis Bay National Park, (Commonwealth). Booderee means 'bay of plenty' or 'plenty of fish' in the local Aboriginal language.<ref name="Our Culture"/> The park itself encompasses approximately 90% of the territory of Jervis Bay and covers the overlap between Australia's northern and southern climatic zones. There are three small lakes within the territory: Lake Windermere, the largest, with an area of {{convert|31|ha|acre|abbr=on}}; Lake Mckenzie, {{convert|7|ha|acre|abbr=on}}; as well as Blacks Waterhole measuring {{convert|1.4|ha|acre|1|abbr=on}}. Ancient sand dunes overlay the sedimentary bedrock formations formed from upheaval of the surrounding [[Marine habitat|marine environment]] 280–225 million years ago. Bowen Island, at the entrance to the bay {{convert|230|m|ft|abbr=on}} north of Governors Head, is {{convert|51|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in area. It has [[Rookery|rookeries]] for the [[little penguin]] ''Eudyptula minor''.

A wide variety of flora and fauna are native to the territory, with approximately 206 species of birds, 27 species of mammals, 15 species of amphibians, 23 species of reptiles and 180 species of fish native to the area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Booderee National Park |author1=Lindenmayer, David|author2=MacGregor, Christopher|author3=Dexter, Nick|author4=Fortescue, Martin|publisher=[[CSIRO Publishing]]|year=2014|isbn=9781486300426}}</ref>

===Demographics and settlements===
[[File:Jervis Bay Village 003.jpg|alt=|thumb|Jervis Bay Village]]

At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, 310 people lived in the territory, the majority working and living at the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) base, [[HMAS Creswell|HMAS <nowiki>''Creswell''</nowiki>]].<ref>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=90103|name=Jervis Bay|accessdate=9 September 2024|quick=on}}</ref> [[Vincentia, New South Wales|Vincentia]] in NSW is the nearest town, roughly {{convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the border. All of Jervis Bay is covered within the postcode 2540.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jervis Bay Postcode |url=https://auspost.com.au/postcode/jervis-bay |access-date=2025-10-12 |publisher=Australia Post}}</ref>

The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council owns approximately {{convert|68|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, about 90% of the territory and exercises certain governance and representation functions for its community under the ''Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986''<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|num_act|algbta1986422|Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986}}</ref> The rest is managed by the [[Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities]].

There are two villages in the Jervis Bay Territory:
* [[Jervis Bay Village]] (population 128)<ref>{{Census 2021 AUS |id=UCL922002|name=Jervis Bay (L) |access-date=9 September 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
* [[Wreck Bay Village]] (population 152)<ref>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=ILOC90200102|name=Wreck Bay|access-date=9 September 2024|quick=on}}</ref> is an Aboriginal community.

==== HMAS ''Creswell'' ====
[[HMAS Creswell]] is the Royal Australian Navy College and associated naval facilities. The adjacent [[Jervis Bay Airfield]] is operated by the RAN. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

====Christian's Minde====
There are several private leasehold properties in the Jervis Bay Territory within but not part of [[Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens|Booderee National Park]]. A group of buildings on the eastern foreshore of [[Sussex Inlet, New South Wales|Sussex Inlet]], known as the Christian's Minde Settlement, comprises six separate parcels of land, four of which are leaseholds. The historical, heritage-listed Christian's Minde (Block 14) was founded in the mid-1880s by the Ellmoos family from Denmark.<ref name="AHD Christian's">{{cite web|title=Christians Minde Settlement, Ellmoos Rd, Sussex Inlet, ACT, Australia|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105314|archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908135311/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105314 |url-status=live|website=Australian Heritage Database|publisher=Department of Environment and Energy|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=James|last1=Glenday|first2=Adam|last2=Kennedy|date=2021-05-21|title=A 'risky operation', a group of dead quolls and a plan for the future of Aussie predators|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-22/can-extinct-australian-eastern-quolls-return-to-wild/100140048|access-date=2021-05-23|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908135053/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-22/can-extinct-australian-eastern-quolls-return-to-wild/100140048 |quote=Ironically, for a marsupial devastated by European colonisation, one small group did well near the isolated, historic Christian’s Minde site – one of the first settlements on this stretch of NSW coast.|url-status=live}}</ref> Christian's Minde was promoted as the first guesthouse on the NSW south coast between Port Hacking and Twofold Bay when it was established in the 1890s. Pamir (Block 12) is also part of Christian's Minde Settlement. Descendants of the Ellmoos family lived at Christian's Minde (Block 14), Ellmoos (Block 9) and Ardath (Block 11) for over 130 years, and continue to live at Kullindi (Block 10) today. Members of the extended family are buried in a cemetery, surrounded by dense bush, which is managed by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ellmoos Story|url=http://www.sussexinlet.nsw.au/historicalcottage.html|website=Sussex Inlet Community|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316191817/http://www.sussexinlet.nsw.au/historicalcottage.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 July 2016 |title=Christians Minde |url=http://christiansmindejervisbay.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312070454/http://christiansmindejervisbay.com |archive-date=12 March 2012|access-date=12 March 2012 |website=Christiansmindejervisbay |publisher=Christiansmindejervisbay.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kullindihomestead.com.au/ |title=Kullindi Homestead |archive-date=8 September 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908030152/https://kullindihomestead.com.au/ |publisher=Kullindi Homestead |access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref>

Other leaseholds in Jervis Bay Territory are the Railway, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Holiday Park (Block 37)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rtbuexpress.com.au/rtbu-holiday-park-jervis-bay/ |title=RTBU Holiday Park – Jervis Bay! |website=rtbuexpress.com.su |date=2017-11-16 |access-date=2016-07-17|archive-date=8 September 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908133053/https://rtbuexpress.com.au/rtbu-holiday-park-jervis-bay/}}</ref> and The Cove (former Bay of Plenty Lodges) (Block 28).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bayofplentylodges.com.au/about-us/ |title=Jervis Bay, Sussex Inlet, & Hyams Beach holiday accommodation |publisher=Bay of Plenty Lodges |date=2010-11-11 |access-date=2016-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504213739/http://www.bayofplentylodges.com.au/about-us/ |archive-date=4 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |website=archive.act.gov.au |date=2014-03-13 |title=Government Tenancy Registers – Jervis Bay |url= https://www.archives.act.gov.au/featured/tenancy_registers/jervis_bay |access-date=2024-09-08 |language=en|archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908134225/https://www.archives.act.gov.au/featured/tenancy_registers/jervis_bay |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/booderee/pubs/walks.pdf |title=Walking trails brochure – Booderee National Park |publisher=Environment.gov.au |access-date=2016-07-17 |archive-date=3 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103060154/http://environment.gov.au/parks/publications/booderee/pubs/walks.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Administration ==
{{more citations needed|section|date=September 2022}}
[[File:JBT border.jpg|thumb|The administrative border between [[New South Wales]] and the Jervis Bay Territory]]

Jervis Bay Territory voters are represented in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] together with those of the [[List of senators from the Australian Capital Territory|ACT]] and it forms part of the [[Division of Fenner]] (also with the ACT) for [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] elections<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/act/fenner.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Fenner (ACT) |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908131837/https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/act/fenner.htm |url-status=live |quote=The Division of Fenner also includes the Jervis Bay Territory.}}</ref> but it is not part of the ACT.

For most purposes, the territory is governed by the laws of the [[Australian Capital Territory]] which, by the terms of the ''[[Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915]]'', apply to the Jervis Bay Territory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jervis Bay Territory Governance and Administration|url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory/governance-administration|url-status=live|archive-date=9 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909024221/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory/governance-administration|quote=Although the Jervis Bay Territory is not part of the Australian Capital Territory, the laws of the ACT apply, in so far as they are applicable and, providing they are not inconsistent with an Ordinance, in the Territory by virtue of the Jervis Bay Acceptance Act 1915.|publisher=[[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> Residents have access to the ACT and federal court systems.

Jervis Bay Territory is administered by the Commonwealth [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]]. Its Jervis Bay Administration handles matters normally handled by state or local government. [[Australian Federal Police]] provide policing. The Commonwealth government contracts the ACT government to provide various services like courts, education and welfare, the [[Government of New South Wales]] for [[New South Wales Rural Fire Service|rural fire services]] and community health, [[Shoalhaven City Council]] for waste collection and library services, and commercial providers for electricity and water supplies.

Jervis Bay Territory does not have its own elected local council.  Although they are subject to ACT law and some services are contracted by the Commonwealth government to nearby councils in New South Wales, Jervis Bay Territory residents do not vote in either ACT or New South Wales elections. Aboriginal persons who are registered members of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council have voting rights in the council's meetings and elect the council's executive.

Section 61 of the ''[[Defence Force Discipline Act]]'' (DFDA) makes all Australian defence force members and "Defence Civilians" subject to the criminal laws of the Jervis Bay Territory regardless of where the offence occurred. This is a legal mechanism that makes defence personnel subject to the ''[[Crimes Act 1914]]'' (Cth), the ''[[Criminal law of Australia|Criminal Code Act 1995]]'' (Cth) and offences against the criminal law of the ACT, as military law, even if the offence is committed elsewhere outside Australia.

== See also ==
* {{HMAS|Jervis Bay|GT 203}}
* {{HMS|Jervis Bay}}
* [[South Coast Pipe]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory/governance-administration Jervis Bay Territory Governance and Administration]
* [https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/south-coast/jervis-bay-and-shoalhaven/jervis-bay Jervis Bay – VisitNSW.com]

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