Everything about Port Adelaide totally explained
Port Adelaide is a suburb of
Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the
City of Adelaide. It lies within the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield and, as the name suggests, it's the main
port for the city of Adelaide. Today, some twenty operational
wharves handle much of
South Australia's export produce: wines, motor vehicles, grains, ores and concentrates. It was often the first place migrants lived upon arrival in Adelaide.
History
Port Adelaide is a very old suburb of Adelaide. It was officially proclaimed as a harbour in
1837. Its original name, Port Misery, is said to have been adopted because it was a mosquito-infested swamp when the first settlers landed at Port Adelaide. It has also been suggested the name described the unsatisfactory handling of goods at the site. In
1839, the name was changed to Port Adelaide. Today, it still maintains the port
working-class feel but it's slowly becoming gentrified, especially along the Port River.
In
1853, Port Adelaide was the destination of the maiden voyage of the famous
Dutch clipper California, carrying some hundred English immigrants who arrived in what was considered record time for the period.
The suburb has many old colonial buildings, such as the
Port Adelaide Uniting Church, primarily near the wharves (St Vincent Street, Lipson Street and Divett Street), that have been placed under State heritage listing.
Geography
Port Adelaide is bounded by the Port Adelaide River and Inner Harbour to the north and west, and by Webb Street and Grand Junction Road to the south. The main town is along St Vincent Street, with a residential area to the south of the train station along Commercial Road and Webb Street.
Sport
Port Adelaide is also home to the most successful
Australian rules football team in the
South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the
Port Adelaide Football Club. They won 34 SANFL Premierships since the league's inception in
1870, before being admitted into the
Australian Football League in
1997, consequently changing their nickname to the Power and winning an AFL Premiership in
2004. A side bearing their original nickname, the
Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club, were admitted into the SANFL as a replacement side and have already won two Premierships.
Developments
Port Adelaide suffered economic decline in the 1970s and 1980s primarily due to changes in maritime activity and the trends towards the
containerisation of imported and exported goods.
The Port is currently enjoying a resurgence prompted by the Port Waterfront Redevelopment project — the largest waterfront urban development project being undertaken in South Australia over the next decade. It involves the preparation of over 50 hectares of former industrial harbour land by the South Australian Government's
Land Management Corporation (LMC) and transformation by the Newport Quays Consortium (comprising
Urban Construct and
Multiplex) into a residential and commercial development that will eventually accommodate 4000–4,500 people and 2000 new dwellings. The redevelopment also involves the construction of up to 560 new marina berths in Port Adelaide's Inner Harbour. When finished this $1.5 billion project will also include six kilometres of promenades, pedestrian and cycling networks, parklands and marina berths
The Port Centre Coordination Group (PCCG) has been established jointly by LMC, the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the Newport Quays Consortium to ensure that the social and economic benefits of the redevelopment project are shared by Port Adelaide and the surrounding areas. The PCCG, using a 'place management' approach, is working with stakeholders to develop and implement strategies for the social and economic rejuvenation within the Port Adelaide.
Additional development activity within Port Adelaide includes the
Port River Expressway connecting
Salisbury Highway to Victoria Road on
Le Fevre Peninsula via a road and rail bridge across the
Port River. The road section of the project has been completed. It is anticipated this project will divert heavy road transport away from the Port Adelaide Town Centre, creating an environment for
urban renewal.
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