Port Augusta West, South Australia

Port Augusta West
Port Augusta, South Australia

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Port Augusta West

Coordinates

32°29′03″S 137°45′32″E / 32.4842°S 137.7589°ECoordinates: 32°29′03″S 137°45′32″E / 32.4842°S 137.7589°E

Population

4,153 (2011 census)

Established

1865

Postcode(s)

5700

Elevation

14 m (46 ft)

Location

282 km (175 mi) north of Adelaide city centre
2 km (1 mi) west of Port Augusta

LGA(s)

Port Augusta City Council

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
26.3 °C ^{79 °F}	12.1 °C ^{54 °F}	217.6 mm ^{8.6 in}

Suburbs around Port Augusta West:
Carriewerloo	Carriewerloo	Emeroo
Lincoln Gap	Port Augusta West	Wami Kata Spencer Gulf
Lincoln Gap Cultana	Cultana Commissariat Point	Spencer Gulf

Footnotes

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Port Augusta West is a suburb of Port Augusta, South Australia.

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), Stuart Highway (to the Far North and Northern Territory), and Augusta Highway (to Adelaide).

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 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) west of the centre of Port Augusta and about 280 kilometres (170 miles) north of Adelaide city centre.

Port Augusta West consists of an urban area 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 which heads north, and the Eyre Highway which heads south. The Whyalla-Port Augusta railway line passes to the north and west of the suburb’s urban area.

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