Primary contact
Port Adelaide Library, 2-4 Church Street, Port Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia 5015
Identity area
Identifier
daa/276
Authorized form of name
Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service Local History Collection, South Australia
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Port Adelaide Local History Collection (until 1996)
- Enfield Local History Collection (until 1996)
Type
- Municipal
Contact area
Meredith Blundell
Type
Address
Street address
Port Adelaide Library, 2-4 Church Street, Port Adelaide
Locality
Adelaide
Region
South Australia
Country name
Postal code
5015
Telephone
08 8405 6580
Fax
URL
Note
Description area
History
Port Adelaide is an historic area which was central to the colonisation of South Australia dating right back to its inception in 1836 when Colonel William Light first sailed up the Port River. Port Adelaide has been the gateway to trade and commerce in South Australia and the first contact with South Australia for thousands of emigrants when they arrived by ship.
Enfield was predominantly a farming area, with fertile country along the River Torrens and wheat and grain fields in its northern reaches. The area boasts Sunnybrae Farm, the site of the first waterborne sewerage system in Australia; Yatala Gaol; the Sir Ross and Keith Smith England to Australia flight landing site and Klemzig, where German immigrants fleeing persecution in Prussia, established a village in 1838. Post World War II immigration saw the area change from agricultural to residential.
In 1996 the City of Enfield amalgamated with the City of Port Adelaide to become the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Material related to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and also collect town histories of South Australia.
Buildings
Holdings
Local history resources include:
- Published and unpublished resources relevant to the area
- Published histories of other localities in South Australia
- Port Adelaide Rate assessment, 1875-1902
- Enfield Rate assessment books (microfiche), 1868-1993
- Index to births, deaths, and marriages in South Australia
- Birth, death and marriage certificates for the District of Port Adelaide
- Cemetery records
- Messenger newspapers, 1971- present
- South Australia Government Gazettes, 1843-1998 (some exceptions)
- South Australian Police Gazettes, 1862-1947
- South Australian Passenger lists, 1836–1851.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Open Monday to Wednesday 9.30am-5.30pm
Thursday 9.30am-8pm
Friday 10am-5.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-4pm.
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 20 March 2018
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Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Built Environment (Thematic area)
- Environment (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Geography (Thematic area)
- Immigration (Thematic area)
- Indigenous (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Populations (Thematic area)