Australian Towns & Cities
South Australia: Port Wakefield
Incorporating photos and Information
from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways
site
Port Wakefield is a small town located at the northern most point of St Vincents Gulf and also lies at an important road junction. Settled in the 1850's, the town in its heyday was a port for the copper mines at Burra. When the port eventually shut, the town shrunk with its existance surviving primarily on servicing the high volume of traffic coming north from Adelaide as well as the local sheep and grain industries. In town there are various historic buildings still remaining and a couple of nice parks abutting the Wakefield River which are worth looking at.
- Population: 560 1
- Postcode: 5550
- Location: 102 km north of Adelaide
- Main Roads: Port Wakefield Rd A1 , Port Wakefield-Auburn Rd B84 and Copper Coast Hwy B85
- Radio Stations: FM: ABC Classic (103.9 MHz), ABC News on Radio (102.7 MHz), ABC RN (106.7 MHz), Flow FM (107.5 MHz), Magic 105.9 (105.9 MHz) and Triple J (105.5 MHz). AM: 5AU (1242 kHz), 5CS (1044 kHz), ABC North and West SA (639 kHz) and ABC Radio Adelaide (891 kHz)
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Entering Port Wakefield:
Pt Wakefield Rd (Catherine St) (A1) as it enters Port Wakefield, December 2003.
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Town Centre:
Catherine Street (Port Wakefield Rd), December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Town Centre:
Catherine Street (Port Wakefield Rd), looking north in Port Wakefield, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Burra Street:
Burra Street, also looking left in Port Wakefield, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Edward Street:
Edward Street, looking east in Port Wakefield, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
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Wakefield River:
View of Wakefield River at Port Wakefield, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
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1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census Quickstats
Last updated: 23-Dec-2020 22:53
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