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Southern Ports Highway
Southern Ports Highway is a rural highway in South Australia that connects Kingston SE with Millicent via Rendelsham, Southend, Beachport and Robe. It is a former alignment of Princes Highway, bypassed in 1933. Major intersections See also * Highways in Australia * List of highways in South Australia South Australia is distinctly divided into two main areas; the well watered and populated southeastern corner and the arid outback for the rest of the state. As a result, highways are concentrated mainly in the southeast. The Eyre Highway to ... References External linksSouthern Ports Highway webpage on Ozroads website {{DEFAULTSORT:Southern Ports Highway Highways in Australia Roads in South Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Highway
Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former alignments of the highway, although these routes are slower and connections to the bypassed sections of the original route are poor in many cases. The highway follows the coastline for most of its length, and thus takes quite an indirect and lengthy route. For example, it is from Sydney to Melbourne on Highway 1 (Australia), Highway 1 as opposed to on the more direct Hume Highway (National Highway (Australia), National Highway 31), and from Melbourne to Adelaide compared to on the Western Highway, Victoria, Western and Dukes Highways (National Highway (Australia), National Highway 8). Because of the rural nature and lower traffic volumes over much of its length, Princes Highway is a more scenic and leisurely route than the main highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston SE, South Australia
Kingston SE (Kingston South East to distinguish it from Kingston on Murray), formerly Kingston, is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east coastline on the shores of Lacepede Bay. It is located about southeast of the state capital of Adelaide and north-west of the centre of the city of Mount Gambier. At the 2021 census, Kingston SE had a population of 1,637. History Aboriginal Australian people lived in the area for tens of thousands of years before the colonisation of South Australia. The place, known to the Tanganekald and Meintangk peoples as Tangalun, was at the border of the traditional lands of these two peoples. Kingston, South Australia was established in the 1800s by Archibald Cooke, his brother James Cooke, and James' wife Mary Macpherson Cooke, and named Kingston in 1851. Much later a Sir George Strickland Kingston, a South Australian politician, surveyor and architect was chosen, for the coincidence of his name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millicent, South Australia
Millicent is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north of the regional centre of Mount Gambier. In the , the population was 4,760. The town is home to the Millicent National Trust Museum, Millicent Library & Gallery, Millicent Civic & Arts Centre, the South East Family History Group, and more attractions where locals commonly go to. Millicent is also nearby to the Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park and the Canunda National Park. Close by is Lake Bonney SE which is home to South Australia's largest wind turbine farm. Millicent is also home to a constructed lake, Lake McIntyre, home to many bird and wildlife species. Lake McIntyre takes approximately 20 minutes to walk around, and the lake also hosts over 50 species of water birds and waders. History Millicent was proclaimed in 1870 after a township developed on the limestone ridge in the centre of the newly drained Millicent flats. It is named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limestone Coast
The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early 21st century for a Regions of South Australia#South Australian Government regions, South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victoria (Australia), Victorian border. The name is also used for a tourist region and a List of wine-producing regions, wine zone both located in the same part of South Australia. Extent The Limestone Coast is a South Australian Government Region which consists of land within the following local government areas located in the south east of the state: the City of Mount Gambier and the District Councils of District Council of Grant, Grant, Kingston District Council, Kingston, District Council of Robe, Robe, Tatiara District Council, Tatiara and Naracoorte Lucindale Council, Naracoorte Lucindale and the Wattle Range Council, and the extent of "coastal waters" up to three nautical miles seaward of the low w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of South Australia
The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government or the SA Government, is the executive branch of the state government, state of South Australia. It is modelled on the Westminster system, meaning that the highest ranking members of the executive are drawn from an elected Parliament of South Australia, state parliament. Specifically the party or coalition which holds a majority of the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly (the lower chamber of the South Australian Parliament). History South Australia was established via Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia, letters patent by King William IV in February of 1836, pursuant to the South Australia Act 1834, ''South Australian Colonisation Act 1834''. Governance in the colony was organised according to the principles developed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Edward Wakefield, where settlement would be conducted by free settlers rather than convicts. Therefore go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people. It is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population. This population is the second-most highly centralised in the nation after Western Australia, with more than 77% of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878. South Australia shares borders with all the other mainland states. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria (state), Victoria, and to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendelsham, South Australia
Rendelsham is a town in the south-east of South Australia, south east of the state capital, Adelaide. It is on the Southern Ports Highway between Beachport and Millicent. Rendelsham was also located on the narrow-gauge railway between Beachport and Mount Gambier from its opening in 1878 until 1957. When part of the line was converted to broad gauge, the section from Millicent to Beachport was decommissioned instead of being converted, removing railway services from Rendelsham. Rendelsham is located within the federal division of Barker, the state Electoral district of MacKillop MacKillop is a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was named in 1991 after Sister Mary MacKillop who served the local area, and later became the first Australia ... and the local government area of the Wattle Range Council. References Towns in South Australia Limestone Coast {{SouthAustralia-geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southend, South Australia
Southend (formerly known as Grey Town and Grey) is a town and 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 in the south-east of the state on the southern shore of Rivoli Bay about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. The site of the town was selected by George Grey, Governor of South Australia before his departure in late 1845 and was approved by his successor, Frederick Robe, on 19 March 1846 with the town being laid out by Thomas Burr, the Deputy Surveyor-General later in 1846. The town was originally named Grey Town which changed to Grey in 1912 and then to Southend on 21 October 1971. Boundaries for the locality were created on 23 February 1995 for the portion within the local gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beachport, South Australia
Beachport is a small coastal town in the Australian state of South Australia about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide and about north-west of the municipal seat in Millicent, South Australia, Millicent, located at the northern end of Rivoli Bay. Beachport has a large crayfishing fleet, and is known for its -long jetty, the second-longest in South Australia after the one at Port Germein, South Australia, Port Germein. The towns Norfolk pines, white sand beach and clear waters are alluring to visitors Prior to European settlement starting in the 1820s, the Bungandidj people from the Mount Gambier region are the early settlers of this area. Archeological evidence shows they have inhabited this area for upwards of 30,000 years. In their language, this area was called Wirmalngrang. History Following the discovery and naming of Rivoli Bay in 1802 by French navigator Nicolas Baudin, a whaling station was established there in the 1830s. The whaling ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robe, South Australia
Robe is a town and fishing port located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-eastern part of South Australia. The town's distinctive combination of historical buildings, ocean, fishing fleets, lakes and dense bush attracts many tourists. Robe lies on the southern shore of Guichen Bay, just off the Princes Highway. At the , Robe had a population of 1156. Robe is the main town in the District Council of Robe local government area. It is in the state electorate of MacKillop and the federal Division of Barker. History Early history Robe is situated on the ancestral lands of the Buandig and Ngarrindjeri peoples. Europeans founded the town of Robe on 19 March 1846, ten years after the Province of South Australia was established, as a seaport, administrative centre, and township. Robe was named after the fourth Governor of South Australia, Major Frederick Robe, who chose the site as a port in 1845. The town was proclaimed as a port in 1847. It became South Australia's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highways In Australia
Highways in Australia are generally high capacity roads managed by states and territories of Australia, state and territory government agencies, though Australia's federal government contributes funding for important links between capital cities and major regional centres. Prior to European settlement, the earliest needs for trade and travel were met by narrow bush tracks, used by tribes of Indigenous Australians. The formal construction of roads began in 1788, after the founding of the colony of New South Wales, and a network of three major roads across the colony emerged by the 1820s. Similar road networks were established in the other Australian Colonies, colonies of Australia. Road construction programs in the early 19th century were generally underfunded, as they were dependent on government budgets, loans, and tolls; while there was a huge increase in road usage, due to the Australian gold rushes. Local government in Australia, Local government authorities, often known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highways In South Australia
South Australia is distinctly divided into two main areas; the well watered and populated southeastern corner and the arid outback for the rest of the state. As a result, highways are concentrated mainly in the southeast. The Eyre Highway to Perth and Stuart Highway to Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin are the only significant highways for the remaining part of the state. The remaining roads are outback tracks. This is the list of highways in South Australia. Road numbering Since 1955, South Australia had major rural roads numbered as part of national routes and Highways. In 1998/1999 South Australia introduced "Trailblazers" with A, B and M route numbers in the Metropolitan area and tourist areas of Victor Harbor, South Australia, Victor Harbor and the Barossa Valley. This system was extended to cover country areas starting in 1999/2000. These route numbers are used on signs and maps and distinct from the four digit numbers for major roads and eight digit numbers for street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
