Australian Towns & Cities
Incorporating photos and information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site
South Australia
Ardrossan
Located on the eastern coast of the Yorke Peninsula, Ardrossan overlooks St Vincent Gulf, and is known for its deepwater shipping port and its towering red clay coastal cliffs.
The indigenous people who are the traditional owners of the land on which Ardrossan sits were the Narungga people. The first European settlers after the British colonisation of South Australia were pastoralists who established sheep runs in the area during the mid-1800s, this later gave way to grain farming before the town was proclaimed in 1873. The location was chosen mostly because of its potential for shipping infrastructure, allowing wheat farmers to ship their produce across the Gulf St Vincent to Port Adelaide. As a result of local lobbying a jetty as completed in 1877, which was later extended to better accommodate the larger steamships and windjammers used to export grain overseas. During the 1950s a new wharf was established south of the town centre, as the result of nearby mining operations.
- Population:
- 1269 1
- Postcode:
- 5571
- Location:
- 84 km northeast of Adelaide
- Main Roads:
- Yorke Hwy (B86)
- Radio Stations:
- FM:
- ABC Classic (103.9 MHz), Faith FM (87.6 MHz), Flow FM (90.9 MHz), Gulf FM (89.3 MHz), Triple J (105.5 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (88.0 MHz)
- AM:
- ABC News Radio (972 kHz), ABC Radio National (729 kHz), ABC Radio North and West SA (639 kHz and 1602 kHz), ABC Radio Adelaide (891 kHz) and Radio TAB (1539 kHz)
NEW Grain Terminal & Wharf:
View over Ardrossan town centre, grain terminal and wharf, from Ardrossan Lookout, January 2016.
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NEW Grain Terminal & Wharf:
View over grain terminal and wharf, from Ardrossan Lookout, January 2016.
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NEW St Vincent Gulf & Yorke Highway:
Looking south from Ardrossan Lookout over the St Vincent Gulf & Yorke Highway, January 2016.
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NEW Ardrossan Town Centre:
Looking southeast at the corner of First St and Fourth St, January 2016.
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NEW Ardrossan Town Centre:
Looking southeast at the corner of First St and Fifth St, January 2016.
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NEW Ardrossan Town Centre:
Looking northwest along First St, January 2016.
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NEW Ardrossan Town Centre:
Looking northwest along First St, January 2016.
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NEW Fifth Street:
Looking northeast along Fifth St, Ardrossan, January 2016.
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NEW Ardrossan Jetty:
Looking southeast from Jetty Rd over the Ardrossan Jetty, January 2016.
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NEW Ardrossan Jetty:
View over Ardrossan Jetty from Apex Park, January 2016.
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NEW Clay Cliffs & Esplanade:
Looking northeast along Ardrossan&s famous red clay cliffs and Esplanade from Apex Park, January 2016.
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