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Port Lincoln is a town on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the
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n state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into
Spencer Gulf The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and ...
. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located approximately 280 km as the crow flies from the State's capital city of Adelaide (646 km by road). In June 2019 Port Lincoln had an estimated population of 16,418, having grown at an average annual rate of 0.55% year-on-year over the preceding five years. The city is reputed to have the most millionaires per capita in Australia, as well as claiming to be
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's "Seafood Capital".


History and name

The Eyre Peninsula has been home to Aboriginal people for over 40 thousand years, with the Barngarla (eastern Eyre, including Port Lincoln), Nauo (south western Eyre), Wirangu (north western Eyre) and Mirning (far western Eyre) being the predominant original cultural groups present at the time of the arrival of Europeans. The original Barngarla name for Port Lincoln was Galinyala.
Matthew Flinders Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...
was the first European to reach Port Lincoln under his commission by the British Admiralty to chart Australia's unexplored coastline. On 25 February 1802, Flinders sailed his exploration vessel HMS ''Investigator'' into the harbour, which he later named Port Lincoln after the city of Lincoln in his native county of Lincolnshire in England. A couple of months later on 19 April, Nicolas Baudin entered the same port and named it Port Champagny. Sealers had visited the area around 1828 and the mainly French whaling ships were fishing the local bays and island regions by the 1820s and up to the 1840s. In 1836 Governor Sir
John Hindmarsh Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH (baptised 22 May 1785 – 29 July 1860) was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838. Family His grandfather William Hindmarsh was a gardener in Con ...
, the first
Governor of South Australia The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-gene ...
, gave instructions to Colonel William Light to find a capital for the "New British Province of South Australia". With boatfuls of immigrants set to arrive and impatient settlers already camping at
Holdfast Bay The Holdfast Bay is a small bay in Gulf St Vincent, next to Adelaide, South Australia. Along its shores lie the local government area of the City of Holdfast Bay and the suburbs of Glenelg and Glenelg North European settlement on Holdfast Bay ...
, Rapid Bay and Kangaroo Island, Light was under immense pressure to identify a location with a suitable harbour, sufficient agricultural land and fresh water. After assessing a number of other potential locations, Light was ordered by England to consider Port Lincoln as a possible site for the capital. While
Thomas Lipson Captain Thomas Lipson (ca.1784 – 25 October 1863) was an officer in the Royal Navy, who, after a successful if unspectacular career in the Royal Navy, was appointed by the Admiralty as the first Harbourmaster, Harbour Master at South Australia, ...
had arrived in Port Lincoln earlier and approved of its "beautiful harbour" and "fertile land", Light was unconvinced from the beginning, as he faced fierce westerly gales, ill-placed islands and rocky reefs on arrival. Light decided that it might be dangerous for merchant ships trying to enter the unfamiliar territory after a long voyage and that there was not enough of what he thought was good agricultural land, nor enough fresh water to sustain a city. Instead he selected Adelaide as the most suitable place for settlement. Port Lincoln, however, proved popular with pioneers and developers. The first settlers arrived on 19 March 1839 aboard the ships '' Abeona'', ''Porter'' and ''Dorset''. On 3 October 1839, Governor George Gawler proclaimed the whole area from Cape Catastrophe to the head of the
Spencer Gulf The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and ...
as one district, which he named the District of Port Lincoln. In 1840, one year after settlement, the population of Port Lincoln was 270. There were 30 stone houses, a hotel, blacksmith's shop and a store in the Happy Valley area. Around this time, Edward John Eyre explored the peninsula that was subsequently named in his honour. In early 1842, local Aboriginal resistance to the British settlement became so successful that it prompted the near abandonment of Port Lincoln. As a result, Governor George Grey ordered a detachment of the 96th Regiment of the British Army under the command of Lieutenant Hugonin to enforce control in the area. After an initial defeat at Pillaworta, the 96th in combination with the Mounted Police and armed settlers were able to restore full British authority by the end of 1843. A section of Native Police were later deployed to the area to maintain this control. An unknown number of Aboriginal people were killed by soldiers near Pillaworta in retribution for the presumed killings of colonists. In 1849, five Aboriginal people including an infant were
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after being given flour mixed with arsenic by hutkeeper Patrick Dwyer near Port Lincoln. Despite being arrested with strong evidence against him, Dwyer was released from custody by Charles Driver, the Government Resident at Port Lincoln. Local government formally began on the Eyre Peninsula on 1 July 1880, with the establishment of the District Council of Lincoln. The township of Port Lincoln naturally was included in that area. On 18 August 1921, the Municipality of Port Lincoln was formally proclaimed. By 1936 the population had grown to 3200 and the town had a first-class water supply. The port had become the commercial pivot for the area, providing for its many agricultural and commercial requirements. City status was granted to Port Lincoln on 21 January 1971 and the proclamation was read at the opening of the tenth annual Tunarama Festival on the Australia Day weekend.


Water supply

The lack of a reliable surface water supply was a factor preventing Port Lincoln from being proclaimed the colony's capital city in the 1830s. Even as a small town, Port Lincoln outgrew its fresh water supplies. It is now largely dependent on water drawn from groundwater basins in the south of the peninsula. The southern and western parts of the Eyre Peninsula region also share this resource via the Tod-Ceduna pipeline. The Iron Knob to Kimba pipeline completed in 2007 provides limited transfer capacity of
River Murray The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest ...
water into the Tod-Ceduna system. Following the development of a long term water supply plan for Eyre Peninsula, the South Australian government is progressing detailed investigation of augmentation options. These include seawater
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. Formerly a potable water resource fed by the Tod River, the
Tod Reservoir The Tod Reservoir is located on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, in the localities of Whites Flat and Koppio, 27 km north of Port Lincoln. It is situated on the Tod River, the only stream on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia providing ...
was taken offline in 2001–2002 due to concerns about rising levels of agricultural chemical contamination and
salinity Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensionless and equal ...
.


Heritage listings

Port Lincoln has a number of places listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, including: * Dorset Place: Old Mill Lookout * Hawson Place: Hawson's Grave * 152 Proper Bay Road: Arrandale * Railway Terrace:
Port Lincoln railway station Port Lincoln railway station is located on the Eyre Peninsula Railway in the South Australian city of Port Lincoln. History The original Port Lincoln station opened in 1908 with a timber building. It was replaced by a two-storey stone and reinf ...
* 36 Washington Street: Port Lincoln Police Station and Courthouse * 20 Windsor Avenue: Ravendale House


Demographics

At June 2018 Port Lincoln had an estimated urban population of 16,326. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Aboriginal people make up 5.6% of Port Lincoln's population.


Geography

Port Lincoln has a contrasting coastal landscape, ranging from sheltered waters and beaches, to surf beaches and rugged oceanic coastline. The
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brings cold, nutrient-rich water into nearby waters of the Great Australian Bight and
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. These upwellings support lucrative fisheries, including that of the southern bluefin tuna and sardine.


Climate

Port Lincoln experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification: ''Csb''), Trewartha: ''Csbl''), receiving just enough annual precipitation to avoid being classified as a semi-arid climate (BSh); with warm, dry summers; mild to warm relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild, winters with moderate precipitation. In January, the hottest month, temperatures average , while in July, the coldest month temperatures range from . Winter days are cool and cloudy, with frequent light drizzle and showers. Cold fronts cause periods of heavy rain and colder temperatures in winter, and violent storms can occasionally roll in from the southern ocean. Summers are mild to warm with cool sea breezes keeping the temperatures generally below . However, on rare occasions a severe blast of heat from the deserts to the north can cause several days of temperatures well over . Rainfall in summer is limited to very infrequent showers or thunderstorms and sometimes during summer, no rain occurs at all. Snow has never been recorded and
frost Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) ...
is a very rare occurrence, usually happening only on clear winter nights away from the coast. Extremes have ranged from to , while the wettest month on record was June 1981, recording . Despite being somewhat dry, the town only receives 57.2 clear days annually.


Government

Port Lincoln is located in the federal
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, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of City of Port Lincoln.


Economy

The economy is based on the huge grain-handling facilities (with a total capacity of over 337,500  tonnes), the canning and fish processing works, lambs, wool and beef, and tuna farming for the Japanese market. Home of Australia's largest commercial fishing fleet, Port Lincoln now has a thriving
aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lot ...
industry that farms the following species: southern bluefin tuna, yellowtail kingfish,
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,
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s, oysters, and experimentally, seahorses and spiny lobsters. Before the advent of aquaculture, the main fishing was for southern bluefin tuna. Frank Moorhouse recommended the South Australian government lend the Haldane family 20,000 pounds which they used to build a super vessel. The MFV ''Tacoma'' was Australia's first purpose-built tuna fishing vessel. It revolutionised the industry and began catching the fish off the coast of Port Lincoln in the early 1950s. The city also functions as a regional centre for government administration, corporate services and commerce to Eyre Peninsula; however, many state government functions are gradually being withdrawn as they become more centralised in Adelaide. During the early years of this century, housing demand has led to a boom in
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, both residential and commercial. A proposal by
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to export
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through an expanded facility at the existing Port Lincoln wharf was approved by the South Australian Government c. Oct 2009. The proposal was abandoned by the company following strong public opposition. The chief public concern was the potential harm that spillage or dust plumes might cause to the profitability or reputation of the region's dominant
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industry.ABC West Coast S
"Port fishermen protest against mineral exports"
(2008-06-13)


Tourism

Port Lincoln is a centre for tourism, due to the scenic beauty and coastal locality. Ready access to both
Spencer Gulf The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and ...
and the Great Australian Bight mark Port Lincoln out as a blue water playground for yachting, scuba diving, shark cage diving and game fishing.
Lincoln National Park Lincoln National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about west of the state capital of Adelaide and about south of the municipal seat of Port Lincoln. It consists of a mainland area on the Jussieu Pe ...
, Coffin Bay National Park and
Kellidie Bay Conservation Park Kellidie Bay Conservation Park (formerly the Kellidie Bay National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia, located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula immediately east of the town centre in Coffin Bay and immediat ...
are within easy driving distance.


Transport

Port Lincoln railway station Port Lincoln railway station is located on the Eyre Peninsula Railway in the South Australian city of Port Lincoln. History The original Port Lincoln station opened in 1908 with a timber building. It was replaced by a two-storey stone and reinf ...
is the terminus of
Eyre Peninsula Railway The Eyre Peninsula Railway is a gauge railway on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Radiating out from the ports at Port Lincoln and Thevenard, it is isolated from the rest of the South Australian railway network. Peaking at 777 kilometr ...
, a narrow gauge () railway which consists of three lines; Port Lincoln to Kevin, Cummins to
Buckleboo Buckleboo is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula located about northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest of the municipal seat of Kimba. Buckleboo began as a government town, surv ...
and Yeelanna to Kapinnie. Port Lincoln was also the port terminus for the privately owned standard-gauge Coffin Bay Tramway that operated from 1966 to 1989 to carry lime sand to the port at Proper Bay on the south side of the town for BHP. It was used as
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in blast furnaces. Port Lincoln Airport is located a few kilometres north of the city. Regional Express and
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provide multiple daily flights to the state capital of Adelaide. The Port Lincoln Bus Service operates Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm with separate morning and afternoon services. The morning service runs to a fixed route timetable and services Lincoln North and Lincoln South. Long-distance bus services are operated by Stateliner with multiple daily services to Adelaide and
Port Augusta Port Augusta is a small city in South Australia. Formerly a port, seaport, it is now a road traffic and Junction (rail), railway junction city mainly located on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf immediately south of the gulf's head and about ...
.


Culture

The book '' Blue Fin'' by Colin Thiele was set in Port Lincoln, with the movie of the same name filmed in nearby
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. Some of ANZAC Cove scenes in ''
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'' were also filmed near Port Lincoln. The
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of ''
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'', the Australian version of the popular US television series, ''
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'', was filmed at Whalers Way, south of Port Lincoln, in 2001. The
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documentary series ''
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''(2007) and ''
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'' were both filmed in and around Port Lincoln. Port Lincoln was visited in 1939 by English travel author Eric Newby, while he was crew in the 4-masted barque '' Moshulu'', which anchored outside of
Boston Island Boston Island (Barngarla language, Barngarla: ''Goorilyali'' ) is a privately owned island in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Boston Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It has been primarily used for grazing sheep and was also once the location of ...
. ''Moshulu'' had taken 82 days to sail to Port Lincoln from Belfast in ballast (a fast passage for a windjammer), but there was no grain to be had there, even though ''Moshulu'' waited at anchor for most of January. The crew was given shore leave in Port Lincoln, encountering large amounts of Australian wine. ''Moshulu'' eventually carried on to Port Victoria for cargo. During the 1939 season, ''
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'' and '' Lawhill'' were also present at Port Lincoln. Newby wrote about his experiences on the round-trip from Ireland to South Australia in his book ''
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'' (1956), and several pictures of Port Lincoln as it appeared in 1939 are included in his photo-essay of his voyage, ''Learning the Ropes''. On the TV show ''
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'', the Brennan brothers,
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, Mark and
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, are originally from Port Lincoln. The town was featured in the second series of ''
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''. British comedian
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was in Port Lincoln for the show were he swam with sharks.


Media

Historically, South Australia's first rural newspaper, the ''Port Lincoln Herald'', owned by Robert Thomas, was published on 10 April 1839, before ceasing publication in September 1840. According to the first edition, "...The object of the proprietors...is to promulgate just accounts of the capabilities of the only safe and commodious harbour yet known within the territories of South Australia." Only six issues were released, with the first edition being printed in
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, and the second issue arriving seven months later, after being printed in a hut at Port Lincoln. The ''Western Weekly News'' (22 March 1902 – 1904) was also briefly published in the town, as was another short lived, but outspoken publication, called ''Challenger'' (28 May 1932 - 4 June 1934), a sister publication of the ''West Coast Recorder.'' The town was also the base of the ''Port Lincoln, Tumby and West Coast Recorder'' (22 July 1904 – 6 October 1909), later known as the ''West Coast Recorder'' (1909-1942), which was then absorbed by the '' Port Lincoln Times''. These days, Port Lincoln has one local newspaper (the ''Port Lincoln Times)'', a Rural Press publication first issued on 5 August 1927. It is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is printed in
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at the high-tech Rural Press printing centre. Port Lincoln has two local commercial radio stations, 89.9 Magic FM and 765 AM 5CC (the first local commercial station) broadcasting out of their Washington Street studio. It is also served by
ABC West Coast SA ABC Eyre Peninsula is an ABC Local Radio station based in Port Lincoln, South Australia. The station broadcasts to the Eyre Peninsula and western coastal region of South Australia, including the towns of Tumby Bay, Cummins, Ceduna and Strea ...
on 1485 AM which broadcasts out of the Civic Centre on Tasman Terrace. It's also served by Triple J and
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from
Tumby Bay Tumby Bay is a coastal town situated on the Spencer Gulf, on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, north of Port Lincoln. The town of Tumby Bay is the major population centre of the District Council of Tumby Bay, and the cen ...
and satellite uplink from Melbourne respectively.
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is also available on 91.5FM. It also receives KIXFM 87.6. Free to air TV stations available in Port Lincoln are
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, SBS, Seven GTS/BKN (formerly Central Television), the
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and
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. Also available is
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pay TV.


Twin towns

Port Lincoln is twinned with: * Lincoln, United Kingdom


Notable people

* Eddie Betts
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player *
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Australian rules football player * Shaun BurgoyneAustralian rules football player *
Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...
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Summer Olympian, son of Brett Chalmers *
Graham Johncock Graham Johncock (born 21 October 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Johncock is an Indigenous Australian from Port Lincoln in South Aust ...
Australian rules football player *
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weightlifter who won the Olympic Gold Medal in the
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division at the
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; also won gold at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games and the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games; a tuna fisherman *
Kieran Modra Kieran John Modra (27 March 1972 – 13 November 2019) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer and tandem cyclist. He won five gold and five bronze medals at eight Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2016, along with two silver medals at the 2014 Gla ...
visually impaired Paralympic cyclist; born in Port Lincoln * Lauren NourseAustralian netball player; began her career in Port Lincoln at age 7 * Byron PickettAustralian rules football player *
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racehorse owner and tuna farmer; owner of '' Makybe Diva'', the only horse to have won the Melbourne Cup three times * Lindsay ThomasAustralian rules football player *
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para-cyclist


See also

* Lincoln (disambiguation) *
Port Lincoln Prison Port Lincoln Prison is an Australian prison on the Eyre Peninsula located in Duck Ponds, South Australia about west of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-west of the regional city of Port Lincoln. It was opened in 1966. Sheep and ...
* Port Lincoln Football League (PLFL) *
Mallee Park Football Club The Mallee Park Football Club is an all indigenous Australian rules football club that plays football in the Port Lincoln Football League in Port Lincoln, South Australia. The clubs most famous for having 13 players with links to the club maki ...


References


External links


City of Port Lincoln

Map

Eyre Peninsula – Port Lincoln – Official Tourism Website
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