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Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the city of Adelaide.
The council was established on 27 December 1855 when the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide was proclaimed as a new municipality centred on the township of the port of Adelaide, which had been opened some years prior in 1837. [2]
Extending from the River Torrens to Outer Harbor, and covering an area of approximately 97 km 2, Port Adelaide Enfield contains some of South Australia's finest historical buildings and landmarks. The Port Adelaide area is known as the History Precinct, as it is home to the Maritime Museum, the National Railway Museum and the Aviation Museum.
Ottoway is an industrial suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area. It is around 12 km (7 mi) west-northwest of the city centre. The suburb was laid out on section 1160, Hundred of Port Adelaide, the grant of which was in 1851 secured by one George Dale.
Pages in category "History of Port Adelaide" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
1988: The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Adelaide. Adelaide's tallest building State Bank Building is opened. Red light cameras introduced. East End Markets closed. Australia's first hospitality college opened in Adelaide. Port Dock Railway Museum at Port Adelaide opened. 1989: Bicentennial Conservatory opened in the Botanic Gardens.
The Port River is the western branch of the largest tidal estuary on the eastern side of Gulf St Vincent.The whole estuarine area, sometimes called the Port River estuary, includes Barker Inlet, Torrens Island, Garden Island, and to a greater or lesser extent touches the suburbs of St Kilda, Bolivar, Dry Creek, Port Adelaide, New Port, and (up the eastern flank of the Lefevre Peninsula ...
1852: The Corporation of Adelaide is reconstituted. First transport of gold overland arrived in Adelaide. 1854: The township of Port Augusta at the head of Spencer Gulf is surveyed. 1854: The township of Gambierton, later Mount Gambier is founded in the South East. 1855: James Macgeorge lays telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Adelaide.