Editing Jervis Bay Territory (section)

===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, [[Royal Australian Naval College, HMAS Creswell|HMAS ''Creswell'']].<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.

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>