Port Arthur, South Australia

Port Arthur South Australia
Port Arthur
Coordinates	34°08′56″S 138°03′49″E / 34.14898°S 138.063680°ECoordinates: 34°08′56″S 138°03′49″E / 34.14898°S 138.063680°E
Established	1999[1]
Postcode(s)	5552[2][1]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	100 km (62 mi) NW of Adelaide city centre[2] 9 km (6 mi) NW of Port Wakefield
LGA(s)	Yorke Peninsula Council[3]
State electorate(s)	Goyder[4]
Federal Division(s)	Grey[5]
Localities around Port Arthur: Kulpara [3] South Hummocks [3] Beaufort [3] Kainton /Kulpara[3] Port Arthur Beaufort/ Port Wakefield[3] Kainton [3] Gulf St Vincent[3] Port Wakefield [3]

Port Arthur is a locality in South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula at the northern end of Gulf St Vincent about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north west of the Adelaide city centre and about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) 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.^[6] Port Arthur is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Goyder and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.^[7][3][5][4]

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia
• Clinton Conservation Park

References

1. "Search result for "PORT ARTHUR (LOCB)" (Record no SA0040462)". Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "Port Arthur Postcode". Australian Postcode Finder. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
3. "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 232 & 341. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
4. "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. Collins, Neville C (2005), The jetties of South Australia : past and present, Neville Collins, p. 98, ISBN 978-0-9580482-2-4
7. "New Ward Structure 2014". Yorke Peninsula Council. Retrieved 21 October 2015.