Port Adelaide (34°50′S 138°30′E / 34.833°S 138.5°E / -34.833; 138.5) is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and, as the name suggests, it is 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 pl...
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Port Adelaide (34°50′S 138°30′E / 34.833°S 138.5°E / -34.833; 138.5) is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and, as the name suggests, it is 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.
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 is slowly becoming gentrified, especially along...
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