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The City of Port Augusta, South Australia
Port Augusta
(post code: 5700) is the fifth most populous city in
South Australia after
Adelaide,
Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Murray Bridge. It is a seaport located on
the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula in
South Australia and is located at the head of the Spencer Gulf,
322 km north of the state capital.
It is natural harbour which was settled on 24 May
1852 by Alexander Elder and John Grainger. The port was named after
Augusta Sophia, Lady Young, the wife of the Governor of South
Australia, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young.
Tourism
Port Augusta has been able to capitalise on the
growing eco-tourism industry due to its proximity to the Flinders
Ranges. The Pichi Richi Railway is a major drawcard, connecting Port
Augusta to the town of Quorn through Pichi Richi Pass.
Within Port Augusta is the City of Port Augusta's
Wadlata Outback Centre, providing tourists with an introduction to
life in the Australian outback. The centre recorded over 500,000
visitors in 2006. North of town, on the Stuart Highway, are the
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. The gardens have a
cafe/restaurant with views across the saltbush plains to the
escarpment of the Flinders Ranges. The PACC annula report shows more
than 100,000 people visited the gardens in 2006. South-west of town,
on the El-Alamein army base, is the Baxter Immigration Detention
Centre.
Shopping
Commercial Road is the main shopping street. Some
of the stores situated in or near Commercial Road include:
- Supermarkets and chain stores: Big-W,
Woolworths, Target
- Banks: ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB
- Clothing: Just Jeans, uptown girl
- Food and drink: Wendys, French Hot Bread
Shop, Tassie tavern, Cafe Primo, Thirsty Camel
- Leisure: Sanity Music, Sportscene, Saltbush
Surf and Leisure
- Consumer goods: Telstra dealer, Radio
Rentals, Home Hardware, Truscotts
- Other: Chemmart, Australia Post, Oasis
Apartments, KD's Hair Flair
Schools
There are six public primary schools:
- Augusta Park Primary School,
- Carlton R-9 School,
- Flinders View Primary School,
- Port Augusta West Primary School,
- Stirling North Primary School and
- Willsden Primary school.
There is one secondary school, Port Augusta
Secondary School, which has two campuses:
- Seaview Campus (previously known as Augusta
Park High School) now caters for year 8 to 9 students, and
- Stirling Campus (previously known as Port
Augusta High School) now has year 10 and higher students.
There is one private school for reception to year
12 students called Caritas College.
Port Augusta also has:
- Port Augusta Special School,
- Port Augusta School of the Air and
- TAFE (tertiary technical college), Port
Augusta Campus.
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