43-540: The Transcontinental is a weekly newspaper published in Port Augusta , South Australia which dates from October 1914. Formerly owned by Rural Press and Australian Community Media , since 2022 it has been owned by the Star News Group . The Transcontinental was founded by James Clarence Barclay (1873–before 1929), editor, who with his wife Agnes Fleming Barclay, née Johnstone (1877–1946), were owners and operators of
86-686: A 10-year contract to supply Coles Supermarkets with at least 15,000 tonnes of truss tomatoes per year. Port Augusta has been able to capitalise on the growing eco-tourism industry due to its proximity to the Flinders Ranges . The Pichi Richi Railway is a major drawcard, connecting Port Augusta to Quorn via the Pichi Richi Pass. Within Port Augusta is the City of Port Augusta's Wadlata Outback Centre, providing tourists with an introduction to life in
129-503: A book entitled Wardlada Mardinidhi documents the location and names of barngarla medical plants . Barngarla Dreaming is heavily centred on a large mythic complex known as the Seven Sisters . The primary male spiritual figure in that narrative is named Yulanya from which the Uley , Yeelanna , Yallunda Flat , along with the smaller localities of Yallunna, Yulina, and Palanna Fountain on
172-416: A line from Stirling North to the centre of Port Augusta was completed in 2001 and now provides half-day and full-day heritage railway journeys on selected dates from March to November. Port Augusta Airport , 6 kilometres (4 miles) from the city, handles about 16,000 " fly-in fly-out " passengers a year who work at many mines in the north of South Australia . As of 2023 , no other flights were available at
215-471: A population of 13,515 people in the 2021 census . Formerly a seaport , the city supports regional agriculture and services many mines in the South Australian interior to its north. A significant industry was electricity generation until 2019, when its coal-burning power stations were shut down. A solar farm opened in 2020. Port Augusta is part of Aboriginal Australians ' Nukunu country, in which
258-636: A population of 13,515 people in the 2021 census . It was therefore the fourth largest urban area outside of Adelaide after Mount Gambier , Whyalla and Port Lincoln . 83.4% of residents were born in Australia and 20.8% were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander . The most prevalent employment was community and personal service workers (17.7%), professionals (14.9%), technicians and trades workers (14.0%), labourers (13.1%), clerical and administrative workers (11.1%), sales workers (9.3%), machinery operators and drivers (9.3%), and managers (8.3%). The unemployment rate
301-498: A sister publication Teetulpa News and Golden Age (1886–1887) was printed by the Dispatch . Another publication, the Port Augusta and Stirling Illustrated News (1901), was printed briefly in the town by James Taylor, but was curtailed so he could focus on his printing business. Since the 2020 redistribution, Port Augusta was split between the state electoral district of Stuart and electoral district of Giles . In federal politics,
344-513: A solar thermal power station. The premier of South Australia , Jay Weatherill announced in August 2017 that construction would begin in 2018 and was expected to be completed in 2020. The Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project is expected to cost A$ 650M to build, including a A$ 110M loan from the Federal Government, and deliver 150MW of electricity. SolarReserve has a contract to supply all of
387-543: Is a stopping place of two long-distance "experiential" train services: the east-west Indian Pacific transcontinental service and The Ghan service between Adelaide and Darwin. The not-for-profit Pichi Richi Railway , established in the 1970s on the southernmost section of the Central Australia Railway (CAR) at Quorn , was not connected to Port Augusta after the CAR closed in 1980. An ambitious project to build
430-704: Is based on 170-year-old documents. In Tindale 's estimation, the Barngarla's traditional lands covered some 17,500 square miles (45,000 km ), around the eastern side of Lake Torrens south of Edeowie and west of Hookina and Port Augusta . The western reaches extended as far as Island Lagoon and Yardea . Woorakimba, Hesso, Yudnapinna, and the Gawler Ranges are formed part of Barngarla lands. The southern frontier lay around Kimba , Darke Peak , Cleve , and Franklin Harbour . The Barngarla had two tribal divisions:
473-564: Is regarded as a desert environment by the local government . From the mid-1920s, the town was supplied with direct current electricity, which changed to alternating current in 1948. Electricity was generated at the Playford B (240 MW) and Northern power stations (520 MW) from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek , 250 km to the north. The only coal-fired electricity generating plants in South Australia, in 2009 they produced 33% of
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#1732890863487516-541: Is situated at the southern end of the Stuart Highway to Darwin . Virtually all road traffic across southern Australia passes through Port Augusta across the top of Spencer Gulf . Twice-daily coach services operate between Port Augusta, other country centres and Adelaide. In 1878, the town became the southern terminus of a proposed north–south transcontinental line headed for Darwin 2500 km (1600 mi) away. As part of its commitments undertaken at Federation ,
559-418: Is very low: 221.6 mm (8.72 in), spread between 72.2 precipitation days. There are 142.1 clear days and 92.4 cloudy days annually. Extreme temperatures have ranged from −4.5 °C (23.9 °F) on 3 August 2014 to 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) on 24 January 2019. Port Augusta has desert vegetation, although the city maintains with governmental aid with some plants adapted to aridity . Port Augusta
602-635: The Mattiri and Karraru . This was criticized by the ethnographer R. H. Mathews , who, surveying South Australian tribes, argued that Schürmann had mixed them up, and that the proper divisions, which he called phratries shared by all these tribes was as follows: The Barngarla practised both circumcision and subincision . On 22 January 2015 the Barngarla people were granted native title over much of Eyre Peninsula . They had applied for 44,500 square kilometres (11,000,000 acres) and received most of it. On 24 September 2021 they were granted native title over
645-525: The North Western Star (or North Western Star and Frome Journal ) published in Wilmington from 1912 to at least 1916. Agnes Barclay, and perhaps James Barclay, moved to Brisbane , Queensland, where their daughter Dulcie Elma Barclay was crowned "Miss Queensland" by Smith's Weekly in 1926. In 1929, at age 20, she took her own life after being abandoned by her boyfriend. Mrs Barclay was later involved in
688-592: The Waterloo Bay massacre , where up to 260 Barngarla, Nauo, Kokatha and Wirangu may have been driven off cliffs into the sea. In 1850 both the Barngarla School, operated by Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann , and the first Anglican mission were set up at Poonindie on the Tod River within barngarla land. Living conditions at Pooninidie were basic with no running water, over-crowding and a lack of food and medicine. In 1894
731-562: The federal government took over this 1067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) narrow gauge railway in 1911 and named it the " Central Australia Railway " in 1926. In 1929, it was extended to its last terminus at Alice Springs . Between 1913 and 1917, a 2000 km (1200 mi) long, east–west transcontinental railway, the Trans-Australian Railway , was built from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia . It
774-578: The traditional owners of much of Eyre Peninsula . Their language, Barngarla is a Yura language and part of a revival effort by the University of Adelaide . Their traditional land encompassed much of the upper Eyre peninsula, including Port Lincoln , Whyalla and the lands west of Port Augusta . The Barngarla people traditionally lived by the coast and visited inland seasonally and for ceremonial and special purposes. The Barngarla native title claim compromises 44,481 square km, or about two-thirds of
817-592: The Australian outback. The centre recorded over 500,000 visitors in 2006. North of the town, on the Stuart Highway, is the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden , a unique and award-winning garden, opened in 1996, which "showcases a diverse collection of arid zone habitats in a picturesque setting of more than 250 hectares". The gardens have a cafe/restaurant with views across the saltbush plains to
860-503: The Eyre Peninsula derive their names. A practice known as "singing to the sharks" was an important ritual in Barngarla culture. The performance consisted of men lining the cliffs of bays in the Eyre peninsula and singing out, while their chants were accompanied by women dancing on the beach. The aim was to enlist sharks and dolphins in driving shoals of fish towards the shore where fishers in
903-509: The Eyre peninsula. In 2015 this claim was upheld and in 2023 the barngarla people won a federal court decision to prevent a nuclear waste disposal facility from being built on their land. Barngarla people traditionally wore cloaks made from kangaroo skin and mainly hunted for seafood, but also caught kangaroo , emu , snakes and various lizards depending on seasonality. Nondo beans (thought to be Acacia sophorae seeds ) and pigface ( carpobrotus modestus ) were especially prized food items.
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#1732890863487946-773: The Government schooner Yatala , captained by Edward Dowsett. The port was named after Augusta Sophia, Lady Young, the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young . Lady Young was the daughter of Charles Marryat Snr., who had been a slaveholder in the British West Indies . Her brother was the Anglican minister Dean of Adelaide Charles Marryat . Marine species include resident species and migrating visitors. Occasional sightings are made of whales, sunfish, swordfish and turtles. The city and its surrounds had
989-599: The Quorn column in The Transcontinental . In 2007, the paper, acquired earlier by Rural Press , was among the stable of publications in a merger between Rural Press and John Fairfax & Sons . Papers from Rural Press were then published under the Fairfax Regional Media brand, which later became Australian Community Media . In December 2022 it was sold to the Star News Group . Like other SA Today publications,
1032-589: The airport. Port Augusta has a hot desert climate ( Köppen: BWh), with hot summers, mild winters and minimal precipitation year-round. Some authors define it as hot semi-arid climate (BSh). Temperatures vary throughout the year, with average maxima ranging from 34.1 °C (93.4 °F) in January to 18.0 °C (64.4 °F) in July, while average minima fluctuate between 19.5 °C (67.1 °F) in January and 4.6 °C (40.3 °F) in July. Mean annual rainfall
1075-419: The city is part of the division of Grey , and has been represented by Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey since 2007. Grey is held with a margin of 8.86% and is considered safe-liberal. The results shown are from the largest polling station in Port Augusta – which is located at Port Augusta TAFE college. Port Augusta is in the City of Port Augusta local government area . The City of Port Augusta is believed to have had
1118-422: The colonisation of the state. During the decade following the establishment of Port Lincoln in 1839 the barngarla attacked pastoral stations with local settlers conducting vigilante killings and police retaliating indiscriminately. This undeclared war between white sellers and the barngarla people continued until at least 1862. Barngarla people are one of the many indigenous groups which contain an oral-history of
1161-496: The death of a man from caustic soda burns received at her home on Hope Street, South Brisbane . The newspaper was first published on 7 November 1914, and subtitled " The Only Federal Newspaper in the Commonwealth. ", reflecting the view that the paper will "work for the development of the north, and for amelioration of the conditions of the workers." From Vol. 1, No.3, the proprietor was John Ernest Edwards (died 1955), previously on
1204-529: The electricity required by the state government's offices from this power project. Separately, Sundrop Farms has a combined solar power tower , greenhouse and desalination plant which is used to produce tomatoes near the old power station site. It opened in October 2016 and produces 39MW of thermal energy from over 23,000 mirrors and a 127 metres (417 ft) tower, used for heating, electricity, and desalination to irrigate tomatoes in greenhouses. Sundrop has
1247-591: The escarpment of the Flinders Ranges. The PACC annual report shows more than 100,000 people visited the gardens in 2006. Southwest of town is the El-Alamein army base. In February 2019, the site of the former Playford power stations was sold by Alinta Energy to Cu-River Mining as a prospective port development site. The company intended to construct a transshipment facility suitable for the export of iron ore, wheat and other commodities. The major publication of
1290-611: The last fluent speaker was reported to have died in the 1960s. although some barngarla members of the Stolen Generation retained knowledge of their language through lyrics in songs Israeli linguist Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann contacted the Barngarla community in 2011 proposing to revive it, the project of reclamation being accepted enthusiastically by people of Barngarla descent. Workshops to this end were started in Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Port Augusta in 2012. The reclamation
1333-607: The literary staff of The Advertiser and editor was Maurice Henry Hill (died 1957). Lindsay Riches was editor from 1927. Another newspaper, the North Western Star and Frome Journal (30 August 1912 – 27 July 1917), a sister publication in Wilmington with mirrored content and also run by Barclay, was stopped and replaced by the main publication. In 1945, the newspaper took control of the Quorn Mercury (3 May 1895 – 11 October 1956), and after 1956, it continued by replacing
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1376-454: The local language is Barngarla . The last speaker of the language died in 1964, but successful efforts have been made to revive it based on a 3500-word dictionary compiled in the 1840s by German Lutheran pastor Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann . Its original Barngarla name is Goordnada . It is a natural harbour, which was proclaimed on 24 May 1852 by Alexander Elder (brother of Thomas Elder ) and John Grainger , having discovered it while aboard
1419-518: The longest serving mayor in Australia, Joy Baluch , who died after 30 years of service on 14 May 2013. The council is based at the Port Augusta Civic Centre; prior to 1983, it operated out of the now-disused Port Augusta Town Hall . Port Augusta has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Barngarla The Barngarla , (historically also spelled as Parnkalla or Pangkala ), are an Indigenous people of South Australia and
1462-521: The mission had closed and the majority of residents were moved onto Point Pearce and Point McLeay missions, although some stayed on their land. The barngarla community was deeply affected by the Aborigines Act 1911 which lead to the Stolen Generations and the loss of Barngarla as a first language . Barngarla was the dominant language of the eyre peninsula prior to European settlement.
1505-518: The newspaper is available locally in print and by subscription online. The National Library of Australia has digitised photographic copies of most issues of The Transcontinental from 7 November 1914 (Vol. 1 No.3) to 8 June 1951, which may be accessed via Trove . Port Augusta Port Augusta ( Goordnada in the revived indigenous Barngarla language ) is a coastal city in South Australia about 310 kilometres (190 mi) by road from
1548-604: The northern Wartabanggala ranged from north of Port Augusta to Ogden Hill and the vicinity of Quorn and Beltana ; a southern branch, the Malkaripangala , lived down the western side of the Spencer Gulf . Referred to as Pangkala, the Barngarla have also been included in the grouping currently known as the Adnyamathanha people. In 1844 the missionary C. W. Schürmann stated that the Barngarla were divided into two classes,
1591-673: The shallows could make their catch. Just prior to invasion by the English 'free settlers', the Barngarla were under pressure from the Kokatha , who were on the move southwards, forcing the Barngarla to retreat from their traditional northern boundaries. One effect was to cut off their access to certain woods used in spear-making, so that they finally had to forage as far as Tumby Bay to get supplies of whipstick mallee ash . The barngarla and Nauo people were engaged in more clashes with European settlers then any other people in South Australia following
1634-460: The state capital, Adelaide . Most of the city is on the eastern shores of Spencer Gulf , immediately south of the gulf's head, comprising the city's centre and surrounding suburbs, Stirling North , and seaside homes at Commissariat Point , Blanche Harbor and Miranda . The suburb of Port Augusta West is on the western side of the gulf on the Eyre Peninsula . Together, these localities had
1677-462: The state's electricity, but over 50% of the state's CO 2 emissions from electricity generation. Playford B has not been operational since 2012. In October 2015, Alinta Energy announced the permanent closure of both Northern and Playford B in early 2016. The Northern Power Station went offline in May 2016. In 2016, a local community group was lobbying for assistance to replace the coal-fired plants with
1720-547: The town is The Transcontinental , a weekly newspaper that was first issued in October 1914 and continues to be located on Commercial Road. In 1971, a brief experiment, known as the Northern Observer (7 July 1971 – 30 August 1971), occurred when The Transcontinental and The Recorder from Port Pirie were published under a combined title in Port Pirie. Historically, the town published the Dispatch (1877–1916), which, as
1763-548: Was 6.5% (South Australia: 5.4%). The median weekly household income was A$ 1277 per week. Port Augusta is at the head of Spencer Gulf, a natural barrier to land transport, leading to the city being considered to be the "crossroads of Australia", the junction of major road and rail links. Port Augusta is located at the eastern end of the Eyre Highway to Perth and at the northern end of the Augusta Highway to Adelaide . It
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1806-418: Was built to 1435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge as part of a long-term plan to harmonise gauges between the mainland states. The choice created a break of gauge at Port Augusta until the standard gauge track was extended to Port Pirie in 1937. The last component of the all-through standard gauge line from Adelaide to Darwin was only completed in 2003. Port Augusta
1849-440: Was common at the time, evolved through a series of name changes: Port Augusta Dispatch (18 August 1877 – 6 August 1880); Port Augusta Dispatch and Flinders' Advertiser (13 August 1880 – 17 October 1884); Port Augusta Dispatch (20 October 1884 – 16 March 1885); and, Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (18 March 1885 – 21 April 1916). For a short period, due to the short-lived discovery of gold at Teetulpa ,
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