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Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service Local History Collection, South Australia
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nome
Outra(s) forma(s) do nome
Port Adelaide Local History Collection (until 1996)
Enfield Local History Collection (until 1996)
Tipo
Municipal
Zona de contacto
Meredith Blundell
Tipo
Endereço
Endereço
Port Adelaide Library, 2-4 Church Street, Port Adelaide
Localidade
Adelaide
Região
South Australia
Nome do país
Código Postal
5015
Telefone
08 8405 6580
Fax
Email
URL
Nota
área de descrição
história
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.
contexto cultural e geográfico
Mandatos/Fontes de autoridade
estrutura administrativa
Políticas de gestão e entrada de documentos
Material related to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and also collect town histories of South Australia.
Prédios
Acervos documentais
Local history resources include:
Published and unpublished resources relevant to the area
Published histories of other localities in South Australia