City of Port Adelaide explained

Type:lga
City of Port Adelaide
State:sa
Pop:29136
Pop Year:1935
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Est:1853
Abolished:1996
Area:37.4
Area Footnotes:(1935)
Seat:Port Adelaide
Map Type:state
Coordinates:-34.8461°N 138.5031°W
Near-N:Lefevre's Peninsula (1872–1877)
Birkenhead (1877–1886)
Near-Ne:Yatala North (1868–1933)
Salisbury (1933–1996)
Near-E:District Council of Yatala (1853–1868)
Yatala South/Enfield (1868–1996)
Rosewater (1877–1899)
Near-Se:Queenstown and Alberton (1864–1898)
Woodville (1875–1993)
Hindmarsh Woodville (1993–1996)
Near-S:Portland Estate (1864–1888)
Woodville (1875–1993)
Hindmarsh Woodville (1993–1996)
Near-Sw:Glanville (1864–1888)
Near-W:Semaphore (1884–1900)
Near-Nw:Lefevre's Peninsula (1872–1877)
Semaphore (1884–1900)

The City of Port Adelaide was a local government area of South Australia centred at the port of Adelaide from 1855 to 1996.

Early years

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] From 1884 to 1900 the adjacent district councils of Portland Estate, Birkenhead, Queenstown and Alberton, and Rosewater, and the Corporate Town of Semaphore, were amalgamated with the Town of Port Adelaide, dramatically increasing its size.[2] On 23 May 1901, Port Adelaide was proclaimed a city by Governor Tennyson and became the City of Port Adelaide.[2]

From the late 1830s to 1945, the area surrounding Port Adelaide was subdivided into many small district areas as owners bought, subdivided and sold areas of land. As the areas became smaller, and more landowners named their own estates, the number of these early "suburbs" reached 90.

Modern Name Early Subdivision Name
Albert Town, Glebe
Bridgetown, Bridgewater, Davies Town, Sandwell
Ethelston, Thornton
Bath, Clifton, Davies Town, Fisherville, Freshwater, Greenwich, Staplehurst
Newhaven, North Arm, Northarmton
Port Bridge, Waterville
Eastbourne, Ferryville, Guilford, Harveyton, Hastings, Newport, Shoreham, Ward Town, Margate
London, Swansea, Largs Bay Estate
Brooklyn, Mascotte, Midlunga, Blackpool, Austral-Brindisi Estate
Guildford Park, Hardwicke, Norbiton, Sassafras Estate, Whiteville
Eurimbla, Harbour Park, Portsmouth
Farnham, Gold Diggers Village, Hamley, Sandwell
Greytown, Moilong, Newhaven, Portland Estate, Portsea
Bayswater, Paddington, Dockville, Perth, Yatala,[3] Rosatala, Kingsnorth, Greytown, Kingston, Kingston East, Kelmscott, Rosewater East
Alderley, Clairville, Clifton, Freshwater, Kew, New Liverpool, Plymouth, Scarborough, Weymouth
Davington, Saint Margaret's, Thornton, Whitby
Draper, Gedville Estate, Koolena, Kooraka, River View, Silicate, Silicate Beach
Brooklyn, Dundas, Hull, Millicent, Myrtlehome, Newark, Norahville, Rosslyn, Wicklow

1940s to 1996

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.[4]

In March 1996 the City of Port Adelaide merged with the City of Enfield to form the new City of Port Adelaide Enfield.[2]

Mayors of Port Adelaide

(Corporate Town of Port Adelaide)

(Greater Port Adelaide formed from union with Semaphore)

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936 . 115–116 . Adelaide . Universal Publicity Company . 1936 . With a population of 29,136 people the rates for last year exceeded £37,000..
  2. Web site: Our History: Enfield History . City of Port Adelaide Enfield . 23 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403000805/https://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=333 . 3 April 2015 .
  3. Book: The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936 . 32 . Adelaide . Universal Publicity Company . 1936 . 'Yatala' is preserved in the names of a suburb situated within the boundaries of the City of Port Adelaide of two districts—Yatala North and Yatala South—to the north of the City of Adelaide..
  4. Couper-Smartt, 2003:167
  5. News: Tuesday, December 22, 1891. . . South Australia . 22 December 1891 . 12 September 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Presentation to Mr J. M. Sinclair, MP . . XIV . 3,930 . South Australia . 6 February 1877 . 12 September 2021 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Personal . . X . 3076 . South Australia . 29 January 1920 . 12 September 2021 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: DR. J. C. G. Jurs Leaves Port Adelaide . . 6 . 11 . South Australia . 25 October 1918 . 12 September 2021 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: Mr and Mrs Clouston . . LXXX . 21,548 . South Australia . 2 December 1915 . 12 September 2021 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  10. Web site: Those Who Served:1853 – 2014 . City of Port Adelaide Enfield . 16–26 . 23 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072851/http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/sitedata/unity/resources/files/Info_ThoseWhoServed.pdf . 23 January 2018 . dead .