30-762: The Southern Argus is a newspaper first published from March 1866 in Port Elliot, South Australia , and then in Strathalbyn from 1868 to the present. It is published on Thursdays. The Southern Argus (as distinct from the Northern Argus published in Clare ) is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, privately owned by the Elliott and Jones families for 140 years. It was founded by Ebenezer Ward (1837–1917) in Port Elliot as
60-596: A dog attack left at least 10 adult penguins dead and numerous eggs broken and empty. It was posited that this event may have rendered the colony extinct. [REDACTED] Media related to Port Elliot, South Australia at Wikimedia Commons Goolwa, South Australia Goolwa , known as The Elbow to early settlers, is an historic river port on the Murray River near the Murray Mouth in South Australia . Goolwa
90-461: A focus of national controversy during the 1990s . During 2008 and 2009 Goolwa suffered from one of the worst droughts in Australian history and the river which has sustained the town throughout its history was reduced to nothing much more than a channel and mudflats. The crisis prompted ongoing discussions with state and federal governments with the aim of releasing more water from upstream to ensure
120-475: A popular holiday destination with many guest houses, camping parks and 'weekender' houses and shacks. The nearby early subdivisions of Waterport, Louisville, Findon, Ville St.Louis and Elliot Town are now all considered part of Port Elliot. The beaches of Port Elliot and Victor Harbour have been facing rising seas and more has to be done to stop this. Today, Port Elliot is a quiet township with two hotels, three churches, six coffee shops, no fast food chains, and
150-413: A port with substantial warehousing on the river where Goolwa now stands. A wharf was constructed in 1852 and government buildings soon followed, including a post office in 1853. However, the treacherous waters of the Murray Mouth made it difficult for shipping and made the town unsuitable as a major port. Goolwa nevertheless developed as Australia's first inland port (1853). Australia's first railway
180-633: A weekly newspaper, the first issue appearing on Saturday 17 March 1866. While primarily called the Southern Argus, for the first decade it was also subtitled ; "And Strathalbyn, Wellington, Milang, Langhorne's Creek, Woodchester, Mount Barker, Echunga, Macclesfield, Bull's Creek, Clarendon, Noarlunga, Willunga, Aldinga, Sellick's Hill, Myponga, Normanville, Yankalilla, Rapid Bay, Cape Jervis, Inman Valley, Bald Hills, Hindmarsh Valley, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor, Port Elliot, Middleton, Currency Creek and Goolwa,.and River Murray Advertiser." Ward expected that
210-547: Is a popular holiday destination close enough to Adelaide for day trippers and even commuters. The continuing expansion of the Greater Adelaide metropolitan area together with ongoing improvements to the road links between the Fleurieu Peninsula and Adelaide has brought an influx of " seachange retirees ", driving up house and land prices, and adversely affecting the ability of local young people and families to remain in
240-489: Is approximately 85 km (53 mi) south of Adelaide , and is joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island . The name "Goolwa" means "elbow" in the Ngarrindjeri language , and the area was known as "The Elbow" to the early settlers. Before 1837 the area was briefly considered for the site of the colony's capital; a "special survey" was undertaken in 1839–40, with a sizeable township laid out at Currency Creek and land for
270-505: Is some seasonal lag from oceanic influence, with average maxima ranging from 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) in February to 15.1 °C (59.2 °F) in July, and average minima fluctuating between 15.5 °C (59.9 °F) in February and 7.6 °C (45.7 °F) in July. Annual precipitation is moderately low, averaging 442.2 mm (17.41 in), between 144.3 precipitation days. Despite this,
300-491: The 2011 census , the state suburb of Goolwa (excluding Goolwa Beach, Goolwa North and Goolwa South) had a population of 2,201. At June 2018, the estimated urban population for Goolwa together with nearby Victor Harbor was 26,532, having increased at an average annual rate of 1.07% year-on-year over the preceding five years. The portion of this combined urban area residing in Goolwa is 11,578. Every odd-numbered year, Goolwa hosts
330-573: The Governor of Bermuda who was a friend of the then Governor of South Australia , Sir Henry Young . The location had been previously known as Freeman's Knob; the aboriginal name for the area may have been "Witengangool". Freemans Nob was used as a lookout post for shore-base bay whaling stations in Encounter Bay in the late 1830s. The area was also used as a place to launch boats in 1842 for Hargan and Hart's whaling station at Rosetta Head . The port
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#1732883745285360-542: The South Australian Wooden Boat Festival (SAWBF). The town is a popular holiday destination and home to the PS Oscar W , a paddle steamer . Goolwa, along with the neighbouring towns of Middleton and Port Elliot and the city of Victor Harbor have in the 2000s enjoyed a nationally recognised " sea change " boom, with people moving there from more metropolitan areas for an improved lifestyle on
390-714: The State Library of South Australia . It has been digitised from the microfilm for the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project of the National Library of Australia . Port Elliot, South Australia Port Elliot is a town in South Australia toward the eastern end of the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula . It is situated on the sheltered Horseshoe Bay , a small bay off the much larger Encounter Bay . Pullen Island lies outside
420-627: The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Research Centre, run by the Goyder Institute for Water Research , opened, located between the Hindmarsh Island bridge and the barrage. The centre's focus is on studying and adapting to the effects of climate change in the region, by using both First Nations and scientific knowledge. Goolwa has a warm-summer mediterranean climate ( Köppen: Csb), with warm, dry summers and mild, wetter winters. There
450-591: The Lower Lakes region. The Regulator immediately increased the water level between the Regulator and the Goolwa Barrage. In 2010 increased rainfall and water from upstream allowed the Regulator at Clayton Bay to be substantially removed. The rainfall has replenished much of the river and lower lakes. In late 2010 some gates on the Goolwa Barrage were opened for the first time in many years to allow fresh water to flow to
480-652: The Murray Mouth. Continued rainfalls combined with flooding upstream in New South Wales and Victoria led to massive flows down the River Murray, and by January 2011 all the gates on the Goolwa Barrage were open. Goolwa is approximately 85 km (53 mi) south of Adelaide , and is the seat of the Alexandrina Council . It is in the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Mayo . At
510-530: The Strathalbyn Post Office. It was purchased in 1871 by William Fisher and Joseph Elliott (c. 1833 – 21 May 1883), the latter whose brother James Elliott (c. 1836 – 22 April 1883) was the first owner of The Kapunda Herald . Elliott bought his partner out shortly after. Joseph W. Elliott (1853–1939), only son of Joseph Elliott, was educated by W. S. Moore , later at Adelaide Educational Institution . When his father died, he quit university to take over
540-469: The area. Employment prospects are largely limited to hospitality work, aged care and the building trades which continue to benefit from rapid growth in the region. In 2007, Port Elliot became the focus of unwanted media attention due to the murder of 15-year-old Carly Ryan at Lady Bay . On 21 January 2010, a 50-year-old man from Victoria was found guilty of the murder while his son was found not guilty. Little penguins once bred at Freeman's Knob. In 1981
570-459: The bay) to tanks above the jetty which provided fresh water for ships as well as for the town. In 1864 after a number of disastrous shipping losses in Horseshoe Bay the railway was extended to Victor Harbor which provided safer access for ships. Port Elliot's role as a port ended, with the bay and jetty being left to the fishermen and beachgoers. The importance of the rail link between the river and
600-531: The coast. In March 2007, Goolwa was declared a Cittaslow by visiting Cittaslow representatives. Goolwa was the first non-European town to gain Cittaslow status. On 22 January 2010 the 4th stage of the Tour Down Under finished at Goolwa. As part of the event more than 8,000 cyclists, that participated in the preceding Mutual Community Challenge Tour , rode into Goolwa on the day. In early February 2024,
630-478: The fresh water of the River Murray from the salt water coming up from the River Murray mouth. The barrage was constructed to prevent the salt water traversing further up the River Murray and polluting much needed fresh water. Goolwa had earlier been connected to Hindmarsh Island by a cable ferry; this was replaced in 2001 by the official opening of the Hindmarsh Island bridge , the construction of which had been
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#1732883745285660-413: The mouth of the bay. At the 2006 census , Port Elliot had a population of 1,754, although this section of the coast is now built up almost all the way from Goolwa to Victor Harbor . Lady Bay is a small bay at the south-western end of Horseshoe Bay, past the jetty . Horseshoe Bay was proclaimed a port in 1851, and the settlement above the bay was named Port Elliot in 1852 after Charles Elliot ,
690-575: The new southern port of Port Elliot was to become an enterprising outlet for the River Murray trade. Using the original Observer printing press, Ward set up the newspaper in the small coastal town; its first office was previously J. Barton's shop. In mid-April 1868, following financial difficulties and ownership changes, the production of the newspaper moved to William Colman's shop in Strathalbyn, then on 5 December 1868, to their new building adjacent to
720-557: The newspaper. He was elected mayor of Strathalbyn in 1898. In 1912 he founded the Victor Harbor Times, whose first editor was his son Cecil Cave Elliott (1889– ). The long title of the newspaper persisted until 5 July 1877 when it was shortened to the Southern Argus and River Murray Advertiser . On 4 January 1893, it lengthened again to The Southern Argus Strathalbyn, Goolwa, and River Murray Advertiser, later variously re-adding Victor Harbor, Milang, Meningie. On 14 August 1940,
750-471: The river trade and Goolwa's significance as a port. With the decline of the river trade Goolwa became dependent on local farming and fishing, as well as becoming a popular destination for holidaymakers from Adelaide. In 1935 a permanent barrage (called the Goolwa Barrage ) was constructed between Hindmarsh Island and Sir Richard Peninsula on the south eastern outskirts of Goolwa. The barrage separates
780-400: The sea soon also ended with the building of a railway between Adelaide and Morgan which enabled river traffic to offload freight and passengers over 260 kilometres (160 mi) further upstream and rail them directly to Adelaide. The towns of the southern Fleurieu coast – Victor Harbor, Port Elliot, Middleton and Goolwa – were spared any further commercial or industrial development, and became
810-713: The subtitle was finally removed. The Southern Argus published serials and poems by South Australian writers. The first serial was Middle Life: a tale by James Dunlop, in 1870. The publication's early coverage included the towns of: Strathalbyn , Wellington , Milang , Langhorne's Creek , Woodchester , Mount Barker , Echunga , Macclesfield , Bull's Creek , Clarendon , Noarlunga , Willunga , Aldinga , Sellick's Hill , Myponga , Normanville , Yankalilla , Rapid Bay , Cape Jervis , Inman Valley , Bald Hills , Hindmarsh Valley , Encounter Bay , Victor Harbor , Port Elliot , Middleton , Currency Creek , and Goolwa . This newspaper title has been preserved on microfilm by
840-531: The survival of the river. In 2009 a temporary levee (called the Clayton Regulator) was constructed between Clayton Bay and the north east side of Hindmarsh Island. The Regulator was put in place to protect the Goolwa Channel and its tributaries from the danger of acid sulfate soils . The low water level was exposing the river bed and scientific evidence warned of the devastating impact of acidification of
870-562: Was established to provide a safe seaport for the Murray river trade which terminated at Goolwa as the Murray Mouth was deemed too treacherous and unpredictable for safe navigation. Goods and passengers were carried between Goolwa and Port Elliot on the first public railway in Australia completed in 1854. The government works to establish the port included Australia's first reticulated water supply, from wells at Waterport (about 1 km north of
900-495: Was opened in 1854 to connect Goolwa to Port Elliot . It was later extended to Victor Harbor , allowing goods to move from river boats to ships, so that neither had to negotiate the Murray Mouth. Goolwa was officially established in 1857. In 1919 the District Trained Nursing Society sent Clara Winifred Howie to establish a nursing facility in Goolwa. The spread of railways to inland Australia put an end to
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