| Type: | town |
| Parham | |
| State: | SA |
| Coordinates: | -34.4308°N 138.2585°W |
| Coord Ref: | [1] |
| Established: | 27 July 1876 (town) 5 June 1997 (locality) |
| Established Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
| Postcode: | 5501[4] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 63 |
| Dir1: | NNW |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Dist2: | 23 |
| Dir2: | W |
| Location2: | Mallala |
| County: | Gawler |
| Region: | Barossa Light and Lower North |
| Lga: | Adelaide Plains Council |
| Stategov: | Narungga[5] |
| Fedgov: | Grey[6] |
| Near-N: | Windsor |
| Near-Ne: | Windsor |
| Near-E: | Windsor Dublin |
| Near-Se: | Dublin |
| Near-S: | Webb Beach |
| Near-Sw: | Gulf St Vincent |
| Near-W: | Gulf St Vincent |
| Near-Nw: | Gulf St Vincent |
| Near: | Parham |
| Footnotes: | Adjoining localities |
Parham (also known as Port Parham in some sources) is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 63km (39miles) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 23km (14miles) west of the municipal seat of Mallala.[1]
Parham was proclaimed as a government town on 7 July 1876 with its boundaries being extended on 24 January 1980.[2] [1] [7] The boundaries for the locality of same name and which includes the extent of the government town were proclaimed on 5 June 1997.[3] [1] [8] [9] It is reported as being named after John Pocock Parham,[10] an early settler who arrived in South Australia in 1839. It was also historically known locally as Dublin Beach.[11] It was known as the Dublin landing place as early as 1871.[12] with shipping recorded from 1870s.[13] Prior to the Government Town and well before the railway reaching Calomba and Long Plains, Parham was the site of a major port for shipping grain to Port Adelaide from the Northern Adelaide Plains.[12]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Parham had a population of 216 people.Today, Parham is a holiday and recreational fishing settlement, famous for blue swimmer crabs. In the past was a port for Ketches shipping grain and for shell grit.[14] [15]
Parham is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district Narungga, and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[1] [5] [6]