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'''Port Augusta West''' is a [[List of cities and towns in South Australia|settlement]] in the extreme northeast corner of [[Eyre Peninsula]] in [[South Australia]], on the western side of the head of [[Spencer Gulf]].<ref name="APPENDIX STATE SUBURBS 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=|title=2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=8 December 2009<!--copied from the corporate town article-->}}</ref> It is now a suburb of [[Port Augusta, South Australia|Port Augusta]], however it has a separate early colonial history. The [[Corporate Town of Port Augusta West]] was gazetted on 6 October 1887,<ref name="marsden">{{cite web | url=https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf | title=A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 | publisher=Local Government Association of South Australia | date=2012 | accessdate=30 October 2015 | author=Marsden, Susan | pages=11}}</ref> and only merged into the [[City of Port Augusta|Corporate Town of Port Augusta]] on 28 April 1932. The bridge across the head of Spencer Gulf connecting Port Augusta West to Port Augusta was built in 1926, replacing a punt.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55037671 |title=GATEWAY TO THE WEST. |newspaper=[[South_Australian_Register|The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=7 July 1927 |accessdate=25 January 2016 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
'''Port Augusta West''' is a [[List of cities and towns in South Australia|settlement]] in the extreme northeast corner of [[Eyre Peninsula]] in [[South Australia]], on the western side of the head of [[Spencer Gulf]].<ref name="APPENDIX STATE SUBURBS 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=|title=2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=8 December 2009<!--copied from the corporate town article-->}}</ref> It is now a suburb of [[Port Augusta, South Australia|Port Augusta]], however it has a separate early colonial history. The [[Corporate Town of Port Augusta West]] was gazetted on 6 October 1887,<ref name="marsden">{{cite web | url=https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf | title=A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 | publisher=Local Government Association of South Australia | date=2012 | accessdate=30 October 2015 | author=Marsden, Susan | pages=11}}</ref> and only merged into the [[City of Port Augusta|Corporate Town of Port Augusta]] on 28 April 1932. The bridge across the head of Spencer Gulf connecting Port Augusta West to Port Augusta was built in 1926, replacing a punt.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55037671 |title=GATEWAY TO THE WEST. |newspaper=[[South_Australian_Register|The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=7 July 1927 |accessdate=25 January 2016 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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Port Augusta West
Port Augusta, South Australia
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Population4,153 (2011 census)[1]
Established1865[2]
Postcode(s)5700
Elevation14 m (46 ft)[3]
LGA(s)Port Augusta City Council
State electorate(s)Stuart
Federal division(s)Grey
Suburbs around Port Augusta West:
Wami Kata
Port Augusta West Spencer Gulf and Port Augusta
Lincoln Gap Cultana Commissariat Point
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Climatic data[3]
Location[4]

Port Augusta West is a settlement in the extreme northeast corner of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, on the western side of the head of Spencer Gulf.[5] It is now a suburb of Port Augusta, however it has a separate early colonial history. The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was gazetted on 6 October 1887,[6] and only merged into the Corporate Town of Port Augusta on 28 April 1932. The bridge across the head of Spencer Gulf connecting Port Augusta West to Port Augusta was built in 1926, replacing a punt.[7]

Port Augusta West contains the junction of the Eyre Highway (to Eyre Peninsula and Western Australia), Stuart Highway (to the Far North and Northern Territory), and Augusta Highway (to Adelaide).

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011 Census QuickStats - Port Augusta West Code SSC40584 (SSC)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b >"Search result for "Port Augusta West (SUB)" (Record no SA0040491)". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Summary (climate) statistics PORT AUGUSTA AERO". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference postcode was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  6. ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ^ "GATEWAY TO THE WEST". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 7 July 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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