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15 unusual facts about Port Adelaide


American River, South Australia

In 2007, a local group, backed by Tourism Kangaroo Island and many local organisations, proposed that the historic ketch Falie be moved from Port Adelaide to the wharf at American River as an interpretive maritime museum.

Ardrossan, South Australia

The town was largely initiated by wheat farmers and wheat transporters in the late 19th century who needed infrastructure to ship their produce across the Gulf St Vincent to Port Adelaide.

Bethany, South Australia

After their arrival at Port Adelaide on the Skjold, on 27 October, the majority of them moved to the established German settlements of Hahndorf and Klemzig.

Charles Henry Chomley

Eliza à Beckett sailed with her father and family from London, arriving on HMS Andromache to Port Adelaide in December 1850.

Cheltenham Park Racecourse

It is situated north-west of the centre of the city and approximately five kilometres from Port Adelaide.

Collet Barker

He then explored the ranges inland, north of the present site of Adelaide, and climbed Mount Lofty where he sighted the Port River inlet, Barker Inlet and the future Port Adelaide, his most important discovery.

Gary Tredrea

Gary Tredrea (born 6 October 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach of Port Adelaide in the SANFL.

John Rundle

Rundle arrived in South Australia at Port Adelaide on 6 February 1840 aboard the Java, after a notorious journey during which between 30 and 50 passengers (the number varying between reports) starved to death.

Leigh Creek, South Australia

ETSA ordered boilers capable of burning Leigh Creek coal for the Osborne Power Station near Port Adelaide and, after thorough investigations, decided to establish a power station at Port Augusta to burn Leigh Creek coal exclusively.

Matthew McCarthy

He is the brother of deceased Port Adelaide player John McCarthy.

Moonta Herald

The Moonta Herald and Northern Territory Gazette was a newspaper produced on the vessel SS Moonta that was sailed by George Goyder in 1868 and 1869 from Port Adelaide to Darwin, Northern Territory.

MSA Carole-S

Carole-S is still registered, as of 2012, as a fishing vessel based out of Port Adelaide.

Robe, South Australia

It became South Australia's second-busiest (after Port Adelaide) international port in the 1850s.

Roseworthy, South Australia

Roseworthy has a large grain storage facility consisting of both storage silos and bunkers for grain grown in the surrounding areas, and grain is collected by rail to be taken to Port Adelaide for export.

Rover Light Armoured Car

There are two restored Rover Mk II cars on display in Australian museums, at the National Military Vehicle Museum in Port Adelaide and at the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria.


Ben Beams

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania he made his AFL debut in Round 5 of the 1999 season against Port Adelaide, and played 11 games for 9 goals in his debut year.

Dustin Martin

He only missed one game in his debut season, winning a 2010 AFL Rising Star nomination for his performance against Port Adelaide in Round 10 and finishing the year ranked second at Richmond for clearances and inside 50s and third for contested possessions and disposals.

Jubilee Exhibition Railway

The line was built for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)"?title=Torrens Parade Ground">parade ground to ships at Port Adelaide.

Loch Vennachar

The shank and the stock were then respectively conveyed to Port Adelaide on MV Troubridge and on HMAS Banks.

Martin Pike

After playing 14 games for Fitzroy in 1995, Pike played all 22 games in 1996, winning Fitzroy's best-and-fairest award, beating later Port Adelaide captain Matthew Primus for the honour.

Max James

James ran as an independent candidate at the 2010 South Australian state election in the House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide held by Rann Labor Treasurer Kevin Foley.

Mosquito Fleet

Among the last surviving ketches are the 1883 Nelcebee (owned by the South Australian Maritime Museum) and the 1919-built Falie.

Plympton Football Club

Plympton FC has produced a number of Australian Football League (AFL) players including Bryce Gibbs (Carlton), Cameron Hitchcock (Port Adelaide), Christian Howard (Western Bulldogs) and Patrick McCarthy (Carlton).

Proposed VFL/AFL clubs

Seven years before its debut season in the AFL as Port Power, the then SANFL club Port Adelaide applied to become the AFL's first South Australian club.

Tasmanian AFL bid

Thus Tasmanian bids to enter the AFL were rejected in both 1995 and 1997, when Fremantle and Port Adelaide respectively were admitted instead.

Thebarton Oval

On Friday 23 March 2012, Thebarton Oval hosted its first SANFL match since 2009, and its first night game since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final, when the reigning premier Eagles hosted their hated rivals from Port Adelaide to open the 2012 SANFL season.