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- The area around Port Wakefield was initially explored by the first white man, Captain Matthew Flinders in March 1802. The area was already inhabited by aboriginals from the Kaurna Tribe.
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Nov 19, 2008 · Between 1850 and 1877, when the mine at Burra stopped sending copper to the coast, Port Wakefield was a prosperous and important seaport. At the port itself there is a memorial with an anchor on ...
The Kaurna people roamed most of the area of the Fleurieu Peninsula for thousands of years. Their area stretched from the tip of Cape Jervis north as far as Port Wakefield along the eastern shore of St Vincent’s Gulf and east to an area somewhere between Mt Lofty and Mt Barker.
Jul 10, 2015 · The walk commences at arguably the most well-known buildings in Port Wakefield being Kiplings Bakery and the Shell Service Station. It was on this site in 1955 that Possum Kipling opened the first roadhouse in Port Wakefield, also being the second roadhouse ever in South Australia.
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 a quiet, but historically important, town which is used as an important stopover for people travelling along Highway 1 between Adelaide and Port Augusta. It was once a major port - firstly for copper from Burra and later for wool.
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.
