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| Port Augusta Goordnada South Australia | |||||||||
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 View across Spencer Gulf to Mount Brown | |||||||||
  Port Augusta | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°29′33″S 137°45′57″E / 32.49250°S 137.76583°E | ||||||||
| Population | 12,788 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1852 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5700[2] | ||||||||
| Location |
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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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Port Augusta (Goordnada in the revived indigenous Barngarla language)[6] is a coastal city in South Australia about 310 kilometres (190 mi) by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Most of the city is on the eastern shores of Spencer Gulf, immediately south of the gulf's head,[7] comprising the city's centre and surrounding suburbs, Stirling North, and seaside homes at Commissariat Point, Blanche Harbor and Miranda.[8] The suburb of Port Augusta West is on the western side of the gulf on the Eyre Peninsula.[9] Together, these localities had a population of 13,515 people in the 2021 census.
Formerly a seaport, the city supports regional agriculture and services many mines in the South Australian interior to its north. A significant industry was electricity generation until 2019, when its coal-burning power stations were shut down. A solar farm opened in 2020.[10]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Augusta (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Australia Post – Postcode: Port Augusta, SA (26 June 2008)
- ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Hamilton, Jodie (26 June 2021). "Kindy kids learning Barngarla Indigenous language, spread joy as they talk". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Cat. No. 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Journey through time". Port Augusta City Council. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 209, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
- ^ Parkinson, Giles (11 September 2020). "South Australia's biggest solar farm finally moves to full production". RenewEconomy. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
