Port Pirie is a small city on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf in

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, north of the state capital,

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. The city has an expansive history which dates back to 1845. Port Pirie was the first proclaimed regional city in South Australia and is currently the second most important and second busiest port in the state. The city was founded in 1845, and at the 2016 Census had a population of 15,343. Port Pirie is the eighth most populous city in

after

, Mount Gambier, Gawler, Mount Barker,

Whyalla Whyalla was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta ...

, Murray Bridge and Port Lincoln. The city's economy is dominated by one of the world's largest

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smelters,Port Pirie's lead smelter at risk of breaching licence to operate due to spike in lead levels
''ABC News'', 8 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2019. operated by Nyrstar. in 2014 the smelter underwent a $650 million upgrade, of which $291 million was underwritten by the state government to replace some of the old existing plant and to reduce airborne lead emissions drastically.Port Pirie smelter could reopen old high-polluting sinter plant after new infrastructure damaged
''ABC News'', 13 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021. Regardless of these upgrades

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s in young children continue to rise. In 2021 a report from the South Australian Health Department found an average blood level of 7.3 mg/dL in young children, compared to a finding of 5.3 mg/dL in 2014, and an upward trend of airborne lead levels.Port Pirie lead levels in two-year-olds hit 10-year high after Nyrstar's EPA licence breach
''ABC News'', 22 February 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021. It also produces refined

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copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pink ...

, acid,

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and Various other by-products. Port Pirie is the largest city and the main retail centre of the Mid North region of South Australia.

History

Prior to European settlement, the location that became Port Pirie was occupied by the indigenous tribe of Nukunu. The location was called 'Tarparrie', which is suspected to mean "Muddy Creek". The first European to see the location was

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in 1802 as he explored the Spencer Gulf by boat. The first land discovery of the location by a European was by the explorer

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, who explored regions around

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. John Horrocks also discovered a pass through the Flinders Ranges to the coast, now named ''

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''. The town was originally called Samuel's Creek after the discovery of Muddy Creek by Samuel Germein. In 1846, Port Pirie Creek was named by Governor Robe after the , the first vessel to navigate the creek when transporting sheep from Bowman's Run near Crystal Brook. In 1848, Matthew Smith and Emanuel Solomon bought and subdivided it as a township to be known as Port Pirie. Little development occurred on site and by the late 1860s there were only three woolsheds on the riverfront. The locality was surveyed as a government town in December 1871 by Charles Hope Harris. The thoroughfares and streets were named after the family of George Goyder, Surveyor General of South Australia. In 1873 the land of Solomon and Smith was re-surveyed and named Solomontown. On 28 September 1876, with a population of 947, Port Pirie was declared a municipality. With the discovery of rich ore bearing silver, lead and zinc at

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in 1883, and the completion of a narrow gauge railway from Port Pirie to close to the Broken Hill field in 1888, the economic activities of the town underwent profound change. In 1889 a lead smelter was built by the British Blocks company to treat the Broken Hill ore. BHP initially leased the smelter from British Blocks but began constructing its own smelter from 1892. In 1913 the Russian consul-general Alexander Abaza reported that Port Pirie had a population of more than 500 Russians, mostly

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, who had come to work at the smelter. At that time the town supported a Russian-language school and library. In 1915 the smelter was taken over by Broken Hill Associated Smelters (BHAS) – a joint venture of companies operating in Broken Hill. Led by the Collins House Group, by 1934 BHAS became the biggest lead smelter in the world. The smelter gradually passed to

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, then

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, and since 2007 has been operated by Nyrstar. By 1921, the town's population had grown to 9,801 living in 2,308 occupied dwellings. By this date there were 62 boarding houses to cater for the labour demands at the smelter and on the increasingly busy waterfront. During

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(1941-1943), a Bombing and Gunnery school (2BAGS) was established by the

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at Port Pirie. 22 men lost their lives there during training exercises. It was re-designated the 3 Aerial Observers School (3AOS) on 9 December 1943. Port Pirie was declared South Australia's first provincial city in 1953, and today it is South Australia's second largest port.

Heritage listings

The city is characterised by an attractive main street and some interesting and unusual historic buildings. Heritage-listed sites include: * 1 Alexander Street: Barrier Chambers Offices * 32 Ellen Street: Adelaide Steamship Company Building * 64-68 Ellen Street: Sampson's Butcher Shop * 69-71 Ellen Street:

Port Pirie Customs House A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

* 73-77 Ellen Street: Port Pirie (Ellen Street) railway station * 79-81 Ellen Street: Port Pirie Post Office * 85 Ellen Street: Development Board Building * 94 Ellen Street: Sample Rooms, rear of Portside Tavern * 134 Ellen Street: Family Hotel * 32 Florence Street:

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* 50-52 Florence Street: Waterside Workers' Federation Building * 105 Gertrude Street: Good Samaritan Catholic Convent School * Memorial Drive: Second World War Memorial Gates * 5 Norman Street: AMP Society Building, Port Pirie

Demographics

According to the 2006 Census, the population of the Port Pirie census area was 13,206 people. Approximately 51.8% of the population were female, 86.9% are Australian born, over 92.7% of residents were Australian citizens. At the 2016 Census, the population had grown to 15,343 people, of whom 3.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The most popular industries for employment were Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing (9.7%), School Education (6%), Hospitality (only including hotels) (11%), Health (5.4%) and Animal Husbandry (4%), while the unemployment rate is approx. 11%. The median weekly household income is A$608 or more per week, compared with $924 in Adelaide. 27.1% of the population identify themselves as

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, while 23.7% identify with no religion at all.

Geography

Port Pirie is at an elevation of 4 metres above

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. It is approximately inland, on the Pirie River, which is a tidal saltwater inlet from Spencer Gulf. It is on the coastal plain between Spencer Gulf (to the west) and the Flinders Ranges to the east.

Climate

Port Pirie experiences a hot-semi arid climate (

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: ''BSh''), Trewartha: ''BSal''); with hot, dry summers; mild to warm, relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild, relatively dry winters. Port Pirie exists in a region with a

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi ...

, outside Goyder's Line, surrounded by mallee scrub. Average daily maximum temperatures vary from a mild 16.4 °C in winter to 32.0 °C in summer. Its average annual rainfall is 345.2 millimetres, most of which falls in winter. The city is fairly sunny, receiving 125.0 clear days annually, akin to

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, with the sunny days being more concentrated in the summer.

Transport

Port Pirie is off the

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. It is serviced by Port Pirie Airport, six kilometres south of the city.

Railways

The first railway in Port Pirie opened in 1875 when the

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gauge Port Pirie-Cockburn line opened to

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, ultimately being extended to

. The original Ellen Street station was located on the street with the track running down the middle. The station today is occupied by the Port Pirie National Trust Museum. In 1937, it became a break-of-gauge station when the broad gauge Adelaide-Redhill line was extended to Port Pirie. At the same time the

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was extended south from

to terminate at the new Port Pirie Junction station where it met the broad gauge line, in the suburb of Solomontown. As far back as 1943, a plan existed to build a new station to remove trains from Ellen Street. As part of the

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of the Port Pirie to Broken Hill line, Mary Elie Street station was built to replace both Ellen Street and Port Pirie Junction stations. When opened, the new station was the meeting point for the

and

networks with through trains changing locomotives and crews, so the disadvantages were not as notable. However, after both became part of Australian National in July 1975 and trains began to operate in and out with the same locomotives, trains began to operate via Coonamia station on the outskirts of the city. Mary Ellie Street station was eventually closed in the 1990s and in 2009 was redeveloped as the city's library. Until 2012, a GM class locomotive and three carriages were stabled at the platform. A freight line continues to operate into Port Pirie, feeding the metals plant with raw materials from Broken Hill, and transporting the processed material to Adelaide. This line is managed by

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Sea transport

Port Pirie's marine facilities, managed by

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, handle up to 100 ship visits annually, up to

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size, for commodities such as mineral concentrates, refined lead and zinc, coal, grain, and general cargo.

Bridge to nowhere

John Pirie Bridge, locally known as 'the bridge to nowhere', was built in the 1970s to encourage development of industry on the other side of Port Pirie Creek. Construction cost $410,000 and lasted 26 weeks. It was officially named the John Pirie Bridge in 1980. The land across the bridge remains undeveloped.

Industry and employment

The main industries are the

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of metals, and the operation of silos to hold grain. , Port Pirie is the locality of the largest lead smelter and refinery in the southern hemisphere; a lead smelter has been there since the 1880s. The owner since 2007, Nyrstar, is the city's main employer., and high blood lead levels in the local population are an ongoing concern. The Stack, which can be seen kilometres away, is 205 metres tall, and is the tallest structure in the state. In 2006 Zinifex formed a joint venture with Umicore to create Nyrstar, which owns the smelter, with the intention that it would eventually be an entity separate from the parent companies. Flinders Industrial, a new industrial estate, is currently in its second stage and is planned to be home to the new council depot. There were plans to build a sulphuric acid plant for the benefit of the Nyrstar Smelter, but this project has been shelved and deemed not feasible.

Development

A $3.3 million cultural precinct funded by the

Port Pirie Regional Council The Port Pirie Regional Council (PPRC) is a local government area in South Australia, focused on the city of Port Pirie. It has a population of about 18,000 people. The council's main administrative facilities and works depot can be found in Port ...

and the Federal Government was completed in 2010. A committee is also looking at building a multi-purpose stadium. The swimming pool was modernised after receiving a $1 million refit. A major waste recovery facility was opened in 2013, in which all waste and recycled material is sorted under one roof. In 2012 Port Pirie Regional Council completed a $5 million community water recycling project with Nyrstar which allows 350 megalitres of water from the smelter to be reused. Plans are under way to establish a large shopping complex in the city with an additional supermarket and department store. The city's population is continually growing and property prices continue to rise. The Port Pirie Regional Council has a number of large projects that will be launched or completed next financial year.

Waterfront development

The PPRC completed a major redevelopment of its foreshore area in 2014 including the construction of the Solomontown Beach Plaza, opening up Beach abroad to through traffic, replacing lighting along the beach and improving security. In addition, by the end of 2014, the council aims to replace and duplicate the current Solomontown boat ramp and undertake dredging in the vicinity of the ramp. This investment is aimed at creating a waterfront which will revitalise the area from the Main Road boat ramp up to the area off Ellen street.

Tenby10 (Lead levels)

Lead smelters contribute to several environmental problems, especially raised lead levels in the blood of some of the town population. The problem is particularly significant in many children who have grown up in the area. A state government project addressed this. Nyrstar plans to progressively reduce lead in blood levels such that ultimately 95% of all children meet the national goal of 10 micrograms per decilitre. This has been known as the tenby10 project. Community lead in blood levels in children are now at less than half the level that they were in the mid 1980s. The Port Pirie smelter conducted a project to reduce lead levels in children to less than 10 micrograms per decilitre by the end of 2010.

The goal we are committed to achieving is for at least 95% of our children aged 0 to 4 to have a blood lead level below ten micrograms per decilitre of blood (the first ten in tenby10) by the end of 2010 (the second ten in tenby10).

Higher concentrations of lead have been found in the organs of bottlenose dolphins stranded near the lead smelter, compared to dolphins stranded elsewhere in South Australia. The health impacts of these metals on dolphins has been examined and some associations between high metal concentrations and kidney toxicity were noted.

Education and culture

Port Pirie is the main centre for the Mid North area. Many towns in the area rely on Port Pirie for shopping and employment. It also has many educational institutions such as John Pirie Secondary School (years 8-12), St Mark's College (reception - year 12), Mid North Christian College (reception - year 12), many preschools and primary schools, and a TAFE campus (adult education). Port Pirie is home to the National Trust Historic and Folk Museum and Memorial Park. Every September and October the city hosts a country music festival. It has significant Italian and Greek communities. The Keith Michell Theatre, within the Northern Festival Centre, is named after the renowned actor Keith Michell, who grew up in

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, from Port Pirie.

News media

The town's main newspaper, '' The Recorder,'' was first published 21 March 1885 as ''The Port Pirie Advocate and Areas News''. In 1971, a brief experiment, known as the ''Northern Observer'' (7 July - 30 August 1971), occurred when ''The Recorder'' and ''

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'' from Port Augusta were published under a combined title in Port Pirie. ''The Recorder'', which is still in print today (Tuesdays and Thursdays), has recently changed to a morning paper, after being delivered at around 3:00 pm. Other Port Pirie newspapers include the free ''

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'' (Wednesdays), and '' The Advertiser'', which covers some Port Pirie news, but to a very small extent. Another newspaper, the '' Port Pirie Advertiser'' (7 April 1898 – 28 June 1924) was also published by Robert Osborne. A further publication was the short-lived ''Saturday Times'' (6 December 1913 – 15 August 1914), printed by Roy Harold Butler and closed at the start of the Great War. Television coverage in the city is provided by the ABC, SBS,

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(7, 9 and 10) and Austar. Several radio stations cover Port Pirie, including ABC 639AM, ABC 891AM, 1044 5CS, 1242 5AU,

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, Magic FM and Trax FM (a community station).

Governance

State and federal

The results shown are from "Port Pirie West", the largest polling booth in Port Pirie, which is at the SA TAFE Campus. Port Pirie is part of the federal division of Grey, and has been represented by Liberal MP

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since 2007. Grey is held with a margin of 4.43% but is considered a safe Liberal seat. The city is part of the state

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, which had been held since 1993 by former Liberal Premier, Rob Kerin, with a margin of 3.4%. It also has been considered a safe Liberal seat. Although the region is generally Liberal-leaning because of its agricultural base, Port Pirie is an industrial centre that is favourable to the

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. In late 2008 Rob Kerin announced his retirement, which led to a by-election being held in January 2009. Port Pirie mayor Geoff Brock announced his candidacy as an independent, and subsequently took the seat from the Liberals at the 2009 Frome by-election. After the poll for the by-election had closed and first preferences had been counted, (but before other preferences had been distributed), the result was Lib: 39.2%; ALP: 26.1%; Brock 23.6%; Nat: 6.6%; Greens: 3.8%; Other: 0.7%.Frome 2009 By-election results
abc.net.au, 2 February 2009. Retrieved on 15 March 2009.District of Frome - Electoral Results
, Electoral Commission SA, 24 January 2009. Retrieved on 15 March 2009. State Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith (Liberal Party) claimed victory, prematurely. Distribution of National Party, Greens and other preferences placed Brock ahead of the ALP candidate. Hence with the assistance of the ALP candidate's preferences, Geoff Brock won the by-election 51.7% to 48.3% for the Liberal candidate.

Local government

Port Pirie and some of the sparsely inhabited areas around it are in the

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Notable residents

;Sportspeople *

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(1893-1981), Australian Test cricketer and North Adelaide player * Mark Bickley (1969-), Adelaide Crows dual premiership captain * Mark Jamar (1982-), Melbourne Demons player and all-Australian * David Tiller (1958-), North Adelaide Roosters captain and premiership player *

Brodie Atkinson Brodie Atkinson (born 31 July 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Atkinson joined the North Adelaide Football Club in 1990 ...

(1972-), St. Kilda, Adelaide Crows, North Adelaide premiership player (1991), Sturt premiership player (2002) and Magarey Medal winner (1997) *

Elijah Ware Elijah Ware (born 14 April 1983) is a retired Australian Rules Football player, who played for Port Adelaide in the AFL, and played for the Central District Bulldogs in the SANFL. Ware debuted for Central District in 2003, and became part of ...

(1983-), Port Adelaide and Central Districts player and premiership player *

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(1989-), Canberra Capitals player *

Lewis Johnston Lewis Johnston (born 3 March 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Sydney Johnston was drafted to Sydney with the 12th select ...

(1991-), Sydney Swans, Adelaide Crows *

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(1994-), North Adelaide, Brisbane Lions (2013-2018), Port Adelaide (2019-) ;Others *

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, State Politician *

Ted Connelly Edward Connelly (6 November 1918 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of Pirie. At the 1975 state ele ...

, State Politician *

Andrew Lacey Andrew William Lacey (19 October 1887 – 24 August 1946) was the 22nd Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Australia from 1933 to 1938, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. Lacey was previously ...

(1887–1946), Federal and State Politician, State Leader of the ALP 1933–1938 * Sir Hugh Cairns (1896–1952), Rhodes Scholar, Neurosurgeon and crash helmet proponent * Keith Michell (1928-2015), Actor * John Noble (1948-), Actor and director * Robert Stigwood (1934-2016), Music entrepreneur and impresarioRobert Stigwood, music mogul behind Bee Gees and Clapton, dies aged 81
''ABC News'', 5 January 2016. Accessed 6 January 2016.

References

External links

Port Pirie, South Australia referencePort Pirie Regional Council
Travel section, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 January 2008.

ABC News, 31 August 2007.
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History

Heritage listings

Demographics

Geography

Climate

Transport

Railways

Sea transport

Bridge to nowhere

Industry and employment

Development

Waterfront development

Tenby10 (Lead levels)

Education and culture

News media

Governance

State and federal

Local government

Notable residents

See also

References

External links