Port Paterson is a locality in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

located on the east coast of

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 an ...

at the gulf's northern end about north of the state capital of

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and about south of the centre 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 ...

. Its boundaries were created in August 1993 over land that was “originally a private subdivision of section 540” in the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Davenport The Hundred of Davenport is a cadastral hundred within the County of Frome in South Australia, proclaimed in 1860. Within its bounds are the rural city of Port Augusta, the township of Stirling North and the localities of Davenport, Winninow ...

. Its name is reported as being derived from “James Pat(t)erson” who is described as an “early pastoralist”. Port Paterson is bounded by the coastline to the west and by the

Augusta Highway Augusta Highway is the part of Australia's ring route (Highway 1 (Australia), Highway 1) located in South Australia between Port Wakefield, South Australia, Port Wakefield and Port Augusta, South Australia, Port Augusta. Route Augusta Highway ...

to the east and includes the former power generation facilities that burned coal mined at Leigh Creek - Playford A, Playford B and Northern Power Station. As of 2015, the majority land use within the locality was

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which was associated with the former power stations. Other uses include

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(a large solar-powered greenhouse owned by

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and conservation which concerns the strip of land immediately adjoining the coastline except for that used for the former power stations. Port Paterson 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 of the

City of Port Augusta The City of Port Augusta is a local government area located at the northern end of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is centred on the town of Port Augusta. History The Port Augusta region is a natural crossroads and aborigines have been ...

References

{{authority control Towns in South Australia Far North (South Australia) Spencer Gulf Suburbs of Port Augusta