Port Augusta West is a
suburb
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of
Port Augusta
Port Augusta (''Goordnada'' in the revived indigenous Barngarla language) is a coastal city in South Australia about by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Most of the city is on the eastern shores of Spencer Gulf, immediately south of the ...
,
South Australia
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.
However, it has a separate early colonial history to Port Augusta, because it is on the
Eyre Peninsula, while the rest of Port Augusta is on the east side of
Spencer Gulf. It was not until 1926 that a bridge was built across the head of the
Spencer Gulf to connect them, replacing a punt.
The
Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was gazetted on 6 October 1887,
and only merged into the
Corporate Town of Port Augusta on 28 April 1932.
Port Augusta West contains the junction of the
Eyre Highway (to
Eyre Peninsula and
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
),
Stuart Highway
Stuart Highway is a major Australian highway. It runs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, in the Northern Territory, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta in South Australia; it has a distance of . Its northern and souther ...
(to the
Far North and
Northern Territory
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), and
Augusta Highway (to
Adelaide
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).
Location, description and land use
Port Augusta West is the only part of Port Augusta that is located on the western side of
Spencer Gulf on the
Eyre Peninsula.
It is about west of the centre of Port Augusta and about north of
Adelaide city centre
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.
[
Port Augusta West consists of an ]urban area
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on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula, immediately west of the centre of Port Augusta. It is dissected by the Augusta Highway, which branches in the middle of the suburb, to become the Stuart Highway
Stuart Highway is a major Australian highway. It runs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, in the Northern Territory, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta in South Australia; it has a distance of . Its northern and souther ...
which heads north, and the Eyre Highway which heads west. The Whyalla-Port Augusta railway line passes to the north and west of the suburb’s urban area.residential
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Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
on the eastern side of the suburb. The area between the Eyre Highway and the Stuart Highway on the west side of the suburb’s built area is zoned for industrial use. The Port Augusta Airport is located to the south end of the suburb and is separated from the residential area by open space and a “vegetation buffer”.South Australian Heritage Register
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.
Governance
Port Augusta West is located within the federal division of Grey
The Division of Grey is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 ...
, the state electoral district of Stuart
Stuart is a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. At 323,131 km², it is a vast country district extending from the Spencer Gulf as far as the Northern Territo ...
, and the local government area
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of the City of Port Augusta.[ The suburb is also located within the ]South Australian Government
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region of the Far North.
Climate
Port Augusta West has a warm desert climate (Köppen climate classification
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''BWk'').[ ''(direct]
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See also
* List of cities and towns in South Australia
References
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Towns in South Australia
Eyre Peninsula
Far North (South Australia)
Suburbs of Port Augusta