Port Arthur, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Port Arthur
State:SA
Coordinates:-34.149°N 138.0637°W
Established:1999[1]
Postcode:5552[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:105
Dir1:NW
Location1:Adelaide
Dist2:9
Dir2:NW
Location2:Port Wakefield
Lga:Yorke Peninsula Council
Region:Yorke and Mid North[3]
County:Daly
Stategov:Narungga[4]
Fedgov:Grey
Near-S:Gulf St Vincent
Near-W:Kainton
Kulpara
Near-Nw:Kulpara
Footnotes:Adjoining localities

Port Arthur is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula at the northern end of Gulf St Vincent about 105km (65miles) north west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 9km (06miles) north of the town of Port Wakefield.[2]

Its boundaries were created in May 1999 for the "long established name."[1] Port Arthur was used from 1861 to 1863 as a minor port for an enterprise moving passengers between Port Adelaide and the towns of Moonta and Wallaroo using the steam tug, Eleanor, and coach services operated by both "Mr Opie's Horse Conveyances" and W. Rounsevell.

Port Arthur is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga, and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.[5] [6] [7] [4]

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    1. Web site: Search result for "PORT ARTHUR (LOCB)" (Record no SA0040462) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities' and "Counties". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Property Location Browser. 24 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/. 12 October 2016. dead.
    2. Web site: Port Arthur Postcode . Australian Postcode Finder. 21 October 2015.
    3. Web site: Yorke and Mid North SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 17 April 2017.
    4. Narungga . Electoral District Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 1 March 2018.
    5. Web site: New Ward Structure 2014. Yorke Peninsula Council. 21 October 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160115173253/http://www.yorke.sa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,3366/Itemid,99999999/. 15 January 2016. dmy-all.
    6. Web site: Development Plan – Yorke Peninsula Council . . 24 July 2015 . 232 & 341 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150604011613/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17297/Yorke_Peninsula_Council_Development_Plan.pdf . 4 June 2015 . dmy-all .
    7. Web site: Federal electoral division of Grey. Australian Electoral Commission. 24 July 2015.