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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.
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.
2004: Port Adelaide Football Club wins the AFL Grand Final. 2005: Adelaide Airport's new Termian 1 terminal is opened. Port River Expressway opened. 2007: World Police and Fire Games held in Adelaide. Adelaide–Glenelg tram service is extended to North Terrace (City West). 2008: Record breaking heat wave set in March.
By the 1940s the number of suburbs was becoming a problem, so the Port Adelaide Council moved to reduce the number of local district areas to 18, in 1945. The boundaries and names of the suburbs were further stabilised when postcodes were introduced to Australia in 1967.
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.
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.
The Adelaide plains were inhabited by the Kaurna people before the colonisation of South Australia, their territory extending from what is now Cape Jervis to Port Broughton. The Kaurna lived in family groups called yerta , a word which also referred to the area of land which supported the family group.
Adelaide is the home of two Australian Football League teams: the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club, and one A-League soccer team, Adelaide United. A local Australian rules football league, the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), is made up of 10 teams from around Adelaide. The SANFL has been in operation ...