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The wool industry in particular was a major product being exported through the port. In 1866 it was second only to Port Adelaide for the quantity shipped from ports throughout the state. In 1870 a Tramway was established to service towns inland to Auburn. These were horse drawn trams which were hauled to Auburn and then returned to Port Wakefield.
Port Wakefield (formerly Port Henry) is a town at the mouth of the River Wakefield, at the head of the Gulf St Vincent in South Australia. It was the first government town to be established north of the state capital, Adelaide. Port Wakefield is situated 98.7 kilometres (61.3 miles) from the Adelaide city centre on the Port Wakefield Highway ...
Explore the historic town of Port Wakefield, first established in 1850 to service the mining town of Burra. The self-guided historical walk has a map and brochure, with interpretive signs along the way. The walk is known as Port Wakefield Historical Walk, and also the the Culture & Heritage Trail. Port Wakefield is named after Edward Gibbon ...
Port Wakefield was the first town to be established north of Adelaide in the colonisation of South Australia. Initially named Port Henry; it was changed to Port Wakefield after the River Wakefield, when the town was surveyed. The port was established to ship copper from the rich mines of Burra. It later served as the main local outlet for wheat ...
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In 1849 the copper company at Burra established a port at the mouth of the river Wakefield, and called it Port Henry. When the township was surveyed the name was changed to Wakefield. It was named after the River Wakefield which was located in 1838 by William Hill who named it after Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the person whose vision of colonisation h...
Port Wakefield Historic WalkThe Port Wakefield Historical Walk can be downloaded (it is two separate A4 sheets) at https://www.portwakefield.sa.au/historical-walk. It lists a total of 40 places around the town and provides relevant historic information and a useful map. There are a number of impressive buildings and monuments in the town.Of particu...
* Prior to the arrival of Europeans the area was home to the Kaurna First Nations people. * Captain Matthew Flinders, Commander of H.M. sloop Investigator, discovered, and on 30 March, 1802 at the head of the Gulf, named it Gulf of St. Vincent after Admiral Lord St Vincent. * The River Wakefield was reached in 1838 by William Hill who named it afte...
The closest visitor information centre is the Copper Coast Visitor Information Centre, 50 Mines Road, Kadina, tel: 1800 654 991.
Port Wakefield was the first town to be established north of Adelaide in the colonisation of South Australia. Initially named Port Henry; it was changed to Port Wakefield after the River Wakefield, when the town was surveyed. The port was established to ship copper from the rich mines of Burra. It later served as the main local outlet for wheat ...
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The name of the town was changed to Port Wakefield around 1849, after the Wakefield River. [10] In 1848, the Patent Copper Company agreed to build and operate a smelter at Burra. Seeking to reduce cartage costs, a track was surveyed to its port, established at the mouth of the River Wakefield. By securing leases of the appropriate Crown Land ...
