Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide (34°50′ S 138°30′ E) is a suburb of Adelaide that lies about 14 kilometres Northwest of the Adelaide Central Business District. 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 thought 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, 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 Magpies. The Magpies play in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and since its inception in 1870, it has won 36 SANFL premierships. In 1997, the Port Adelaide Power was established 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.
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