City of Port Adelaide Enfield
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| City of Port Adelaide Enfield South Australia |
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| Population: | 98,253 (2001 census) |
| Area: | 97 km² |
| Mayor: | Fiona Barr |
| Council Seat: | Port Adelaide |
| Region: | Metropolitan Adelaide |
| State District: | Port Adelaide, Lee, Cheltenham, Croydon, Ramsay, Playford, Enfield, Torrens, Florey |
| Federal Division: | Port Adelaide, Adelaide, Bonython, Makin, Mayo, Sturt |
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The City of Port Adelaide Enfield was established in 1996 through an amalgamation of Port Adelaide and Enfield councils, and is one of the larger metropolitan councils within South Australia.
Extending from the River Torrens to Outer Harbor, and covering an area of approximately 97 km², the City offers some of the South Australia's finest historical buildings and landmarks, together with a wealth of beautiful parks and excellent cultural and recreational facilities.
With a solid industrial and residential base, Port Adelaide Enfield provides facilities and services to a growing population of around 100,000 residents and some 7,000 businesses.
The current mayor is Fiona Barr. She was elected in 2003, without previously serving as a councillor. After a topsy-turvy reign, which included a lawsuit against city manager Harry Wierda over a series of leaked emails containing disparaging language towards a former staffer, the council decided to change its electoral system so that the mayor was no longer directly elected, but elected by his/her fellow councillors.
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[edit] Early Suburb Subdivision Names
From the 1830’s to 1945, the area surrounding Port Adelaide was subdivided into many small district areas as owners bought, subdivided and sold areas of land. As the areas became smaller and more landowners named their own estates, the number of these early “suburbs” reached 90. By the 1940’s this was becoming a problem, so the Port Adelaide Council moved to reduce the number of local district areas to 18, in 1945. The boundaries and names of the suburbs were further stabilised when postcodes were introduced to Australia in 1967 (Couper-Smartt, 2003:167).
| Modern Name | Early Subdivision Name |
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| Alberton | Albert Town, Glebe |
| Birkenhead | Bridgetown, Bridgewater, Davies Town, Sandwell |
| Cheltenham | Franklin |
| Ethelton | Thornton |
| Exeter | Bath, Davies Town, Fisherville, Freshwater, Greenwich, Staplehurst, Waterville |
| Gillman | Newshaven, North Arm, Northarmton |
| Glanville | Port Bridge, Waterville |
| Largs | Eastbourne, Ferryville, Guilford, Harveyton, Hastings, newport, Shoreham, Ward Town, Margate |
| Largs North | London, Swansea, Largs Bay Estate |
| Osborne | Brooklyn, Mascotte, Midlunga, Blackpool, Austral-Brindisi Estate |
| Ottoway | Guildford Park, Hardwicke, Norbiton, Sassafras Estate, Whiteville |
| Outer Harbor | Eurimbla, Harbour Park, Portsmouth |
| Pennington | Everton |
| Peterhead | Farnham, Gold Diggers Village, Hamley, Sandwell |
| Port Adelaide | Greytown, Moilong, Newhaven, Portland Estate, Portsea |
| Rosewater | Bayswater, Paddington, Dockville, Perth, Yatala, Rosatala, Kingsnorth, Greytown, Kingston, Kingston East, Kelmscott, Rosewater East |
| Semaphore | Alderley, Clairville, Clifton, Freshwater, Kew, New Liverpool, Plymouth, Scarborough, Weymouth |
| Semaphore Park | Balmoral, Beaumont, Bristol, Clevedon, Davington, Mellor Park, Weston Point, Williamstown |
| Semaphore South | Saint Margaret's, Thornton, Whitby |
| Taperoo | Draper, Gedville Estate, Koolena, Kooraka, River View, Silicate, Silicate Beach |
| Wingfield | Brooklyn, Dundas, Hull, Millicent, Myrtlehome, Newark, Norahville, Rosslyn, Wicklow |
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[edit] References
Couper-Smartt, J (2003). Port Adelaide: Tales from a "Commodious Harbour". Friends of the South Australian Maritime Muesum Inc. ISBN 0-646-42058-5.
