Port Augusta
Port Augusta is a small city in South Australia.[6] Formerly a seaport, it is now a road traffic and railway junction city mainly located on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf immediately south of the gulf's head and about 322 kilometres (200 mi) north of the state capital, Adelaide. The suburb of Port Augusta West is located on the west side of the gulf on the Eyre Peninsula.[7] Other major industries included, up until the mid-2010s, electricity generation. At June 2018, the estimated urban population was 13,799,[8] having declined at an average annual rate of -0.53% over the preceding five years.[8]
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| Coordinates | 32°29′33″S 137°45′57″E / 32.49250°S 137.76583°ECoordinates: 32°29′33″S 137°45′57″E / 32.49250°S 137.76583°E | ||||||||
| Population | 6,437 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1852 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5700[2] | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Port Augusta | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[3] Giles[4] | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||
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Description
The city urban area extends along the Augusta and Eyre Highways from the coastal plain on the west side of the Flinders Ranges, in the east across Spencer Gulf to Eyre Peninsula in the west. The urban area consists of the suburbs, from east to west, of Port Augusta and Davenport on the eastern side of Spencer Gulf, and Port Augusta West on the Eyre Peninsula.[9]
History
Port Augusta is part of the NukunuBarngarla Aboriginal country.[10]: 230 Its original Barngarla name is Goordnada.[11]: 78
It is a natural harbour, which was proclaimed on 24 May 1852 by Alexander Elder (brother of Thomas Elder) and John Grainger, having discovered it while aboard the Government schooner Yatala, captained by Edward Dowsett.[12] The port was named after Augusta Sophia, Lady Young, the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young. Lady Young was the daughter of Charles Marryat Snr., who had been a slaveholder in the British West Indies.[13][14] Her brother was the Anglican minister Dean of Adelaide Charles Marryat.
Flora and fauna
Marine species include resident species and migrating visitors. Occasional sightings are made of whales, sunfish, swordfish and turtles.[15][16][17][18]
Demographics
In the 2016 Census, the population of the Port Augusta census area was 12,896 people, making it the third largest urban area after Whyalla and Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula. 49.3% of the population were female, 83.7% are Australian born and 19.2% were Aboriginal.[19]
In 2006, the most popular industries for employment were Technicians and Trades Workers (16%), Community and Personal Service Workers (15.4%) and Clerical and Administrative Workers (13.8%). In 2006, the unemployment rate was approximately 7%. The median weekly household income was A$789 or more per week, compared with $924 in Adelaide. In 2006, 17.4% of the population identified themselves as Catholic, with 26.2% identify with no religion at all.[20]
Transport
Spencer Gulf is a natural barrier to land transport, so Port Augusta has naturally become the "crossroads of Australia". It is at the junction of major road and rail links.[21]
Road
Port Augusta is located at the eastern end of the Eyre Highway to Perth and at the northern end of the Augusta Highway to Adelaide. It is situated at the southern end of the Stuart Highway to Darwin. Virtually all road traffic across southern Australia passes through Port Augusta and over the Joy Baluch AM Bridge across the top of Spencer Gulf.
Rail
In 1878, the town became the southern terminus of a proposed North South transcontinental line, headed for Darwin 2,500 km (1,600 mi) away. This 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge railway was taken over by the Commonwealth in 1910 and later renamed the Central Australia Railway. In 1929, it was extended to its last terminus at Alice Springs.
Between 1913 and 1917, a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long east–west transcontinental railway, the Trans-Australian Railway, was built from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. This was built to standard gauge as part of a long term plan to harmonise gauges between the mainland states, causing a break-of-gauge at Port Augusta until the standard gauge track was extended to Port Pirie in 1937.
The standard gauge Adelaide-Darwin railway was completed in 2003. Port Augusta is a stop on the Indian Pacific transcontinental train service on the Sydney–Perth railway and on The Ghan service between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin. One service a week for each train in each direction serve the station.
In the 1990s, the narrow gauge line between Port Augusta and Quorn was re-opened as the Pichi Richi Heritage Railway.
Aviation
Port Augusta is served by Port Augusta Airport. Sharp Airlines used to connect the city to Adelaide twice daily. This service ceased to operate in May 2017.
Climate
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Port Augusta has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh, Trewartha: BWal). It has hot, dry summers; mild to warm, dry springs and autumns; and mild, dry winters.[22][23] Some authors define it as semi-arid steppe climate (BSk).[24][25]
Port Augusta has desert vegetation, although the city maintains with governmental aid with some plants adapted to aridity.[26] Port Augusta is regarded as a desert environment by the local government.[27] A record high temperature of 49.5 °C was recorded on 24 January 2019.[28] Port Augusta is sunny, with 142.1 clear days annually.
| Climate data for Port Augusta Airport, South Australia, Australia (1991-2020 normals, extremes 2001-present); 14 m AMSL | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 49.5 (121.1) | 48.1 (118.6) | 43.1 (109.6) | 40.3 (104.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 38.2 (100.8) | 42.9 (109.2) | 46.3 (115.3) | 48.5 (119.3) | 49.5 (121.1) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 43.3 (109.9) | 41.2 (106.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.1 (91.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 31.5 (88.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 39.6 (103.3) | 41.8 (107.2) | 43.3 (109.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.3 (90.1) | 26.3 (79.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.8 (78.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 19.2 (66.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | 4.6 (40.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 12.1 (53.8) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 4.4 (39.9) | 0.6 (33.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | 1.0 (33.8) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 0.4 (32.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 6.8 (44.2) | 6.6 (43.9) | 4.2 (39.6) | −1.9 (28.6) | −4 (25) | −4.1 (24.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.2 (36.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | −4.5 (23.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.1 (0.56) | 20.1 (0.79) | 12.6 (0.50) | 20.3 (0.80) | 16.9 (0.67) | 24.5 (0.96) | 17.0 (0.67) | 15.4 (0.61) | 17.6 (0.69) | 16.8 (0.66) | 22.1 (0.87) | 23.1 (0.91) | 220.5 (8.69) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 33.9 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (2001-present normals extremes)[29] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Electricity generation
From the mid-1920s, the town was supplied with direct current electricity, which changed to alternating current in 1948.[30][31][32]
Electricity was generated at the Playford B (240 MW) and Northern power stations (520 MW) from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek, 250 km to the north. The only coal-fired electricity generating plants in South Australia, in 2009 they produced 33% of the state's electricity, but over 50% of the state's CO2 emissions from electricity generation.[33]
Playford B has not been operational since 2012. In October 2015, Alinta Energy announced the permanent closure of both Northern and Playford B in early 2016. The Northern Power Station went offline in May 2016.[34][35]
In 2016, a local community group was lobbying for assistance to replace the coal-fired plants with a solar thermal power station.[36] The premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill announced in August 2017 that construction would begin in 2018 and was expected to be completed in 2020. The Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project is expected to cost A$650M to build, including a A$110M loan from the Federal Government, and deliver 150MW of electricity. SolarReserve has a contract to supply all of the electricity required by the state government's offices from this power project.[37]
Arid-zone horticulture
Separately, Sundrop Farms has a combined solar power tower, greenhouse and desalination plant which is used to produce tomatoes near the old power station site.[38] It opened in October 2016 and produces 39MW of thermal energy from over 23,000 mirrors and a 127 metres (417 ft) tower, used for heating, electricity, and desalination to irrigate tomatoes in greenhouses. Sundrop has a 10-year contract to supply Coles Supermarkets with at least 15,000 tonnes of truss tomatoes per year.[39]
Tourism
Port Augusta has been able to capitalise on the growing eco-tourism industry due to its proximity to the Flinders Ranges. The Pichi Richi Railway is a major drawcard, connecting Port Augusta to Quorn via the Pichi Richi Pass.
Within Port Augusta is the City of Port Augusta's Wadlata Outback Centre, providing tourists with an introduction to life in the Australian outback. The centre recorded over 500,000 visitors in 2006. North of the town, on the Stuart Highway, is the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, a unique and award-winning garden, opened in 1996, which "showcases a diverse collection of arid zone habitats in a picturesque setting of more than 250 hectares".[40] The gardens have a cafe/restaurant with views across the saltbush plains to the escarpment of the Flinders Ranges. The PACC annual report shows more than 100,000 people visited the gardens in 2006.
Southwest of town is the El-Alamein army base.
Proposed multi-commodity port
In February 2019, the site of the former Playford power stations was sold by Alinta Energy to Cu-River Mining as a prospective port development site. The company intends to construct a transshipment facility suitable for the export of iron ore, wheat and other commodities.[41]
Media
The major publication of the town is The Transcontinental, a weekly newspaper that was first issued in October 1914, and whose office is located on Commercial Road. In 1971, a brief experiment, known as the Northern Observer (7 July – 30 August 1971), occurred when The Transcontinental and The Recorder from Port Pirie were published under a combined title in Port Pirie.[42]
Historically, the town published the Dispatch (1877–1916), which, as was common at the time, evolved through a series of name changes: Port Augusta Dispatch (18 August 1877 – 6 August 1880);[43] Port Augusta Dispatch and Flinders' Advertiser (13 August 1880 – 17 October 1884); Port Augusta Dispatch (20 October 1884 – 16 March 1885); and, Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (18 March 1885 – 21 April 1916). For a short period, due to the short-lived discovery of gold at Teetulpa, a sister publication Teetulpa News and Golden Age (1886–1887) was printed by the Dispatch.[44]
Another publication, the Port Augusta and Stirling Illustrated News (1901) was printed briefly in the town by James Taylor, but was stopped so he could focus on his printing business.[45]
Politics
State and federal
| 2006 state election[46] | ||
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| Labor | 62.3% | |
| Liberal | 30.7% | |
| Family First | 3.0% | |
| Greens | 2.3% | |
| Democrats | 1.3% | |
| Independent | 0.3% | |
| 2007 federal election[47] | ||
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| Labor | 53.99% | |
| Liberal | 31.4% | |
| Family First | 4.47% | |
| Greens | 3.86% | |
| National | 3.32% | |
| Independent | 1.69% | |
| Democrats | 1.27% | |
Since the 2020 redistribution, Port Augusta was split between the state electoral district of Stuart and electoral district of Giles. In federal politics, the city is part of the division of Grey, and has been represented by Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey since 2007. Grey is held with a margin of 8.86% and is considered safe-liberal. The results shown are from the largest polling station in Port Augusta – which is located at Port Augusta TAFE college.
Local
Port Augusta is in the City of Port Augusta local government area. The City of Port Augusta is believed to have had the longest serving mayor in Australia, Joy Baluch, who died after 30 years of service on 14 May 2013.[citation needed][48] The council is based at the Port Augusta Civic Centre; prior to 1983, it operated out of the now-disused Port Augusta Town Hall.
Heritage listings
Port Augusta has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Beauchamp Lane: Port Augusta Waterworks[49]
- Beauchamp Lane: Beatton Memorial Drinking Fountain[50]
- Beauchamp Lane: Gladstone Square Bandstand[51]
- 9 Church Street: St Augustine's Anglican Church, Port Augusta[52]
- Commercial Road: Old Port Augusta railway station[53]
- 52 Commercial Road: Port Augusta Institute[54]
- 54 Commercial Road: Port Augusta Town Hall[55]
- 34 Flinders Terrace: Port Augusta School of the Air[56]
- 1 Jervois Street: Port Augusta Courthouse[57]
- Stirling Street: Port Augusta railway station[58]
- off Tassie Street: Port Augusta Wharf[59]
- 12 Tassie Street: Bank of South Australia, Port Augusta[60]
See also
- Point Paterson Desalination Plant
- The Sundowners (1960), partly filmed on location in Port Augusta[61][self-published source?]
- List of extreme temperatures in Australia
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External links
- Big Stories, Small Towns – Online documentary featuring video, photos, digital stories and archival film from Port Augusta