Port Adelaide
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For the federal and state electorates, see Division of Port Adelaide and Electoral district of Port Adelaide respectively. For the team playing in the AFL, see Port Adelaide Football Club.
Port Adelaide () is a suburb of Adelaide that lies about 14 kilometres Northwest of the City of Adelaide itself. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. As the name suggests, it is the port of the city of Adelaide where it lies on the Port River. Today, it still is the service port of Adelaide, containing some twenty operational wharves, where it handles much of the export produce that South Australia has to offer: wines, motor vehicles, grains, ores and concentrates. It was often the first place many migrants lived upon arrival in Adelaide.
Port Adelaide is a very old suburb of Adelaide, where it was first sited in 1831 and officially proclaimed as a harbour in 1837. It originally was called Port Misery because when the first settlers landed at Port Adelaide, it was a mosquito-infested swamp. Alternatively it is posited that Port Adelaide was called Port Misery because goods were landed unsatisfactorily at the site. In 1839, the location's name was changed to Port Adelaide. Today, it still maintains the port working-class feel but it is slowly becoming gentrified, especially along the Port River.
The suburb has many old colonial buildings, such as the Port Adelaide Uniting Church, primarily near the wharves (St Vincents Street and Nelson Street), that have been placed under State heritage listing.
Port Adelaide is also home to the most successful Australian Rules Football team, the Port Adelaide Football Club. The Port Adelaide Magpies play in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and since the league's inception in 1870, the club has won 36 SANFL premierships. In 1997, the Port Adelaide Power were admitted to play in the Australian Football League. The Power won the premiership in 2004.
Suburbs and areas near Port Adelaide: the Le Fevre Peninsula, Semaphore, West Lakes, Exeter, Birkenhead, Peterhead, Alberton, Rosewater.
Developments
The Port River Expressway connecting Salisbury Highway to Victoria Rd via a road and rail bridge across the Port River. The road section of the project has been completed. It is anticipated that this will divert freight from Grand Junction Road, away from residential areas.
See also
External links
- [Ports of South Australia]
- [Port Adelaide Enfield Council]
- [Port Adelaide Magpies]
- [Port Adelaide Power], also [this site]
- [Port Adelaide History]
- [In a Church- Port Adelaide]
- [South Australian Maritime Museum]
| Suburbs of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield | |
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| Alberton | Angle Park | Birkenhead | Blair Athol | Broadview | Clearview | Croydon Park | Dernancourt | Devon Park | Dry Creek | Dudley Park | Enfield | Ethelton | Exeter | Ferryden Park | Gepps Cross | Gilles Plains | Gillman | Glanville | Greenacres | Hampstead Gardens | Hillcrest | Holden Hill | Kilburn | Klemzig | Largs Bay | Largs North | Manningham | Mansfield Park | Northfield | Northgate | North Haven | Oakden | Osborne | Ottoway | Outer Harbor | Peterhead | Port Adelaide | Queenstown | Regency Park | Rosewater | Sefton Park | Semaphore | Semaphore South | Taperoo | Valley View | Walkley Heights | Windsor Gardens | Wingfield | Woodville Gardens | |
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