Parham, South Australia

Parham
South Australia
Parham
Coordinates 34°25′51″S 138°15′30″E / 34.43083602°S 138.25847106°E / -34.43083602; 138.25847106Coordinates: 34°25′51″S 138°15′30″E / 34.43083602°S 138.25847106°E / -34.43083602; 138.25847106
Population 199 (shared with Webb Beach) (2011 census)[1]
Established 1876[2]
Postcode(s) 5501[3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Adelaide Plains Council[4]
State electorate(s) Goyder[5]
Federal Division(s) Wakefield[6]
Localities around Parham:
Windsor Windsor
Gulf St Vincent Parham Windsor/Dublin
Webb Beach Dublin
Footnotes Adjoining localities[2]

Parham (also known as Port Parham in some sources) is a settlement in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 63 kilometres (39 miles) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is reported as being named after John Pocock Parham,[7] an early settler who arrived in South Australia in 1839. Was known as the Dublin landing place as early as 1871.[8] with shipping recorded from 1870s.[9] Proclaimed 27 July 1876.[10] At the 2011 census, Parham shared a population of 199 with the smaller settlement of Webb Beach which is located to its immediate south. Parham is located within the federal Division of Wakefield, the state electoral district of Goyder, and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[11][2][4][5][6][12][13]

Today Port Parham is a holiday and recreational fishing settlement, famous for blue swimmer crabs. In the past was a Port for Ketches shipping grain and for shell grit.[14][15]

Prior to the Government Town and well before the railway reaching Calomba and Long Plains, Port Parham was a major port for shipping grain to Port Adelaide from the Northern Adelaide Plains.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Parham". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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  2. 1 2 3 "Search result for "PARHAM (GTWN)" (Record no SA0053442)". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Parham, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Development Plan – Mallala Council" (PDF). Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. p. 258. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2012". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Wakefield" (PDF). ustralian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Praite, R (1970). Place Names of South Australia. Rigby. ISBN 0 85179 083 6.
  8. 1 2 "PORT PARHAM.". Adelaide Observer. 2 December 1876. p. 9. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia."Port Parham".
  9. ↑ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.". South Australian Register. XL, (8950). 22 July 1875. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "State Library of South Australia" (PDF). 13 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "2011 Census QuickStats (Parham)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Parham". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  13. ↑ Collins, Neville C (2005), The jetties of South Australia : past and present, Neville Collins, p. 149, ISBN 978-0-9580482-2-4
  14. ↑ "BOATING TRAGEDY.". The Chronicle. LX, (3,121). South Australia. 15 June 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "Mallala then and now – Port Parham".


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