| City of Port Adelaide South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  City of Port Adelaide | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′46″S138°30′11″E / 34.84611°S 138.50306°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 29,136 (1935) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 779.0/km2 (2,017.7/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1853 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi)(1935) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Port Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Port Adelaide was a local government area of South Australia centred at the port of Adelaide from 1855 to 1996.
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 [3] |
|---|---|
| Alberton | Albert Town, Glebe |
| Birkenhead | Bridgetown, Bridgewater, Davies Town, Sandwell |
| Ethelton | Ethelston, Thornton |
| Exeter | Bath, Clifton, Davies Town, Fisherville, Freshwater, Greenwich, Staplehurst |
| Gillman | Newhaven, North Arm, Northarmton |
| Glanville | Port Bridge, Waterville |
| Largs Bay | Eastbourne, Ferryville, Guilford, Harveyton, Hastings, Newport, Shoreham, Ward Town, Margate |
| Largs North | London, Swansea, Largs Bay Estate |
| Osborne | Brooklyn, Mascotte, Midlunga, Blackpool, Austral-Brindisi Estate |
| Ottoway | Guildford Park, Hardwicke, Norbiton, Sassafras Estate, Whiteville |
| Outer Harbor | Eurimbla, Harbour Park, Portsmouth |
| Peterhead | Farnham, Gold Diggers Village, Hamley, Sandwell |
| Port Adelaide | Greytown, Moilong, Newhaven, Portland Estate, Portsea |
| Rosewater | Bayswater, Paddington, Dockville, Perth, Yatala, [4] Rosatala, Kingsnorth, Greytown, Kingston, Kingston East, Kelmscott, Rosewater East |
| Semaphore | Alderley, Clairville, Clifton, Freshwater, Kew, New Liverpool, Plymouth, Scarborough, Weymouth |
| Semaphore South | Davington, Saint Margaret's, Thornton, Whitby |
| Taperoo | Draper, Gedville Estate, Koolena, Kooraka, River View, Silicate, Silicate Beach |
| Wingfield | Brooklyn, Dundas, Hull, Millicent, Myrtlehome, Newark, Norahville, Rosslyn, Wicklow |
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. [5]
In March 1996 the City of Port Adelaide merged with the City of Enfield to form the new City of Port Adelaide Enfield. [2]
(Corporate Town of Port Adelaide)
(Greater Port Adelaide formed from union with Semaphore)
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With a population of 29,136 people the rates for last year exceeded £37,000.
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