Australian Towns & Cities: South Australia: Port MacDonnell

Australian Towns & Cities
South Australia: Port MacDonnell
Incorporating photos and Information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site

Port Macdonnell is the southernmost town in South Australia. It is surrounded by interesting coastline and parklands. The area is well-known for the cottage at Dingley Dell where Adam Lindsay Gordon, one of Australia's most famous 19th century poets, lived. 1

Prior to European settlement the area was the home to the Bungandidj Aborigines who lived largely on the produce from the sea. Port MacDonnell was first sighted by a European when Lieutenant James Grant, sailing the HMS Lady Nelson down the coast on 3 December 1800, observed the coastline. It was at this time that he named Cape Northumberland and Mount Gambier. The name of the town comes from Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell who was the Governor of South Australia from 1855-1862. 1

The town was officially became a port on 4 April 1860. For the next twenty years, servicing the local district, it gained a reputation as one of the state's busiest ports (second only to Port Adelaide) shipping the wheat and wool from the local area around the world. 1

Population: 847 2
Postcode: 5291
Location: 477 km southeast of Adelaide
Main Roads: Riddoch Highway B66
Radio Stations: FM: 5GTR FM (100.1 MHz), ABC Classic (104.1MHz), ABC News on radio (105.7 MHz), ABC Radio National (103.3 MHz), Lime FM (104.9 MHz), Hit96.1 (96.1 MHz) and Triple J (102.5 MHz). AM: ABC South East (1476 KHz) and Triple M (963 KHz)

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	Entering Port MacDonnell : Riddoch Hwy (B66) as it enters the town of Port MacDonnell, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Sea Parade: Looking southwest along Sea Parade at Port MacDonnell, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Sea Parade: Looking southwest along Sea Parade at Port MacDonnell, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Meylin Street: Looking southwest along Meylin Street at Port MacDonnell, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia

1 traveller.com.au
2 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census QuickStats

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