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unusual facts about Port Wakefield


Port Wakefield, South Australia

With the opening of the railway from Adelaide to Gawler in 1857, the Copper Company's traffic came to a sudden end, leaving only pastoral produce to flow to the port.


Grand Junction Road

Main North Road joins from the south and continues on to the north-east, towards Parafield, Elizabeth and Gawler, while Port Wakefield Road begins at this location, travelling due north to the northern Adelaide Plains and 90 kilometres to the town of Port Wakefield.

Hummocks Watchman Eagles Football Club

Hummocks Watchman Eagles Football Club, is an Australian rules football club, based in Port Wakefield, South Australia, that competes in the Adelaide Plains Football League.


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Princes Highway

From Port Wakefield it continues as the "Augusta Highway", and follows the coast, skirting Port Pirie to continue on to Port Augusta, where it terminates at the intersection of the Eyre Highway and Stuart Highway.