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Populating the Mid North: a History of Settlement
Interactive Maps
A timeline of Settlement with a 5-yearly progression of land surveys.
1854-2012 Construction of Railways
The development and decline of the railways.
The Development of Agriculture
Graphics, showing increase in productivity and land use, with early Newspaper articles
A number of articles related to the history of Guano
Extracts from the Parliamentary Act and Newspaper articles
1836-1970 History of Sheep Scab in SA
Excellent Article by W. Stephen Smith, B.V.Sc.,F.A.C.V.Sc. PDF file.
Infrastructure
1895-1999 The Electrification of the Mid North
Timeline and early Newspaper articles showing the development of the electricity grid in South Australia.
A brief description of the creation of Road Boards, etc, with an 1879 newspaper article on the condition of the Main North Road.
A history of the invention of the Telegraph and its introduction to Australia
Whims, wells and the Morgan - Whyalla Pipeline.
Articles from Early Newspapers & Books
1836-1842 Preliminary & Special Surveys
Extract from H. J. Scott's South Australia in 1887 describing how the British Government organised the sale of South Australia
Correspondence between an 'old' settler and a Glaswegian. The last paragraph is a gem.
1841 The first port, Trade, the Financial Crisis, etc:
Contemporary Newspaper article.
Contemporary Newspaper article.
A short extract from Anthony Forster's book 'South Australia, its Progress and Prosperity' 1866
Rainfall chart, maps and articles describing the creation of Goyder's Line of rainfall.
Newspaper article discussing the state of the government dam, a sign calling Warnertown Napperby, and the need for a school
Newspaper article describing the Hundred, the towns of Carrieton and Eurelia, and the problem of water.
Newspaper article describing the condition of the land on the first railway trip from Murray Bridge to Bordertown
1910 Early Farming on the Appila Plain
Newspaper article describing the settlement of the early agriculturalists.
1914 Petersburg. A Dip into History
Newspaper article describing the establishment of the town of Peterborough, the railways and the water.
- Maps+
1828-1874 Routes of Exploration
Contemporary alongside early maps
1850-1920 Progress of the State:
Pastoral, Alienated Land & Infrastructure
Interactive Maps
2012 Map of the Area covered by this Site
showing Terrain, Subdivisions, Roads, Towns, Services, etc
A timeline of Settlement with a 5-yearly progression of land surveys.
1854-2012 Construction of Railways
The development and decline of the railways.
- Documents+
1834-1917 Parliamentary Acts
Parliamentary Acts in PDF format
Books in PDF format
1829 Wakefield's Colonization Proposals
1839 John Stephens' South Australia
1841-2 Edward John Eyre's Journals
- Climate+
Interactive Graphics
Graphics courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology
Figures courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology
- Towns+
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Police
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In the Hills East of Port Pirie
Watercolours by George Angus, 1846
Trees Alongside Pekina Creek at Orroroo
Abandoned farmhouses between Orroroo and Appila
A drive from Port Pirie over the Hills to the Beetalo Valley
Paddock beside the road between Pekina and Booleroo Centre
Aboriginal Fire Trees North of Port Germein Gorge Road - 1 and 2
Trees beside the road from Laura to Warnertown and Crystal Brook
Town Services
Police Station
Esplanade PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5219
Port Germein Bowling Club
First Street PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5354
Port Germein Golf Club Inc
PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5347
Education
Port Germein Primary School
Fifth Street PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5230
Accommodation
Port Germein Caravan Park
The Esplanade PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5266
Food
Port Germein Hotel
11 High Street PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5244
Churches
Lighthouse Uniting
PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8632 3537
Excavating & Earth Moving
Flinders Ranges Bobcat, Excavator &
Tipper Services
PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 0488 026 986
Retail
Australia Post
15 High Street PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5283
Port Germein Market
176 High Street PORT GERMEIN . Phone: 08 8634 5298
Port Germein can be approached by heading north 27 km from Port Pirie or west along the spectacular Port Germein Gorge Road, a left turn just past Murray Town, passing the Bangor ruins and driving between towering rock formations.
Port Germein is a lovely little seaside town. It has sufficient amenities to make it a delightful place to visit or live, while the jetty is a peaceful evening stroll over the wide shallow waters of the edge of Spencer Gulf, out to water deep enough for ships to load grain back in the 1880's.
It is surrounded by history, dating back thousands of years to where aboriginal settlements in the lee of the ranges are still marked by ancient trees , hollowed by the aborigines' fires, vigilant in an overgrown paddock. There is a stone marking the site of an aboriginal church which briefly existed, from 1927 - 1935. There are vineyards close by.
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