rive Road Commercial and Street Nile of corner on Sign astal D ic Co Scen Tel: 8405 6560 or Email: [email protected] Email: or 6560 8405 Tel: on Centre Information Visitor Adelaide Port the contact - essential Bookings 16 permitting) (weather 17 Thursday & Sunday every 2pm at Offered Port Walks - let a local be your guide your be local a let - Walks Port 15 Walks Guided 20 19 13 21 18 www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage Website: 8 Australia South of Areas Heritage State 14 Wauwa st Dept for Environment, Water and Natural Resources Natural and Water Environment, for Dept 7 23 27 24 22 25 6 9 exhibition permanent Adelaide Port of History 12 day) Christmas (closed 5pm to 10am from Daily Open: 42 26 11 32 5 10 28 1 Adelaide Port 4 Street Lipson 126 31 3 34 33 South Australian Maritime Museum Maritime Australian South 2 41 29 30 2-5pm 39 Friday 2-5pm 35 Thursday 10am-1pm Wednesday rive 40 Coastal D 36 Researchers for Open Scenic 6580 8405 Tel: Port Adelaide Port Street Church 2 Library Adelaide Port 38 Room History Local Port Adelaide visit: Adelaide Port historic about more out find To 37 Adelaide Port Historic Map Legend Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Walk The Port Port Adelaide is a sea port city with a How to get there… Heritage Walking Tour of Port Adelaide unique, salty tang to its environs. 1 Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre, ◆ 15 Dockside Tavern, c1898 29 Nile Street Power Station - 1860 Footpath Plaque It is the historic maritime heart of South Australia and home to some of the finest 16 SS Admella Memorial - The Navigator historic buildings in the State. 2 Workers Memorial 30 Town Hall, 1866-1884 - Council Offices ◆ Officially established in 1840, only four 17 The Waterfront Bus 3 Port Admiral Hotel, 1849 31 Annie Duncan Soundpost years after the foundation of the State, Port Adelaide played an integral role in the Adelaide to Port Adelaide - direct route from North Tce, 18 The Adelaide Steamship Building colonial development of South Australia. opposite the Adelaide Railway Station: Bus 150 to Osborne - 4 Warehouses, 1865 32 Courthouse, 1882 ◆ alight in Port Adelaide at bus stop A The first migrants though, wading through 19 Lighthouse, 1869 ◆ mud of nearby “Port Misery”, had a daunting Train 5 Coach House, Port Admiral Hotel, 1849 33 Port Adelaide Railway Station Site - start to a new life in the fledgling colony. from Adelaide: Outer Harbor Line to Port Adelaide Footpath Plaque 20 Boer War Memorial ◆ By the 1870s however, wharves were By Car 6 Sailmakers Buildings, 1864 built, solid stone warehouses and homes • From Adelaide via Port Rd (Route A7) 34 Memorial Fountain for Mayor Formby ◆ were erected and signs of Port Adelaide’s 21 Queens Wharf • From Glenelg via Tapleys Hill Rd (Route A15) or Military Rd prosperity were evident. 7 Poverty Corner Soundpost • From northern suburbs via Port River Expressway (A9) 35 Savings Bank of South Australia 1905 22 Telegraph Office, 1868 ◆ The Port has played host to the dashing The Bond & Free Stores, 1857 ◆ sailing ships of yesteryear, steamships and, 8 Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre South Australian Maritime Museum 36 National Railway Museum in recent times, sophisticated container and 23 First Bridge in Port Adelaide - cruise ships. 66 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide SA 5015 Footpath Plaque Open 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm 9 The Banks ◆ 37 Port Adelaide Uniting Church Port Adelaide has retained many of its impressive 19th Century buildings, which, (closed Christmas Day) 24 King Rodney Soundpost within the boundaries of Nelson Street, Tel: (08) 8405 6560 10 Railway Hotel, 1856 ◆ 38 St Mary’s Catholic Church St Vincent Street, Todd Street and McLaren Website: www.portenf.sa.gov.au/tourism 25 Institute Buildings, 1876 ◆ Parade, form the State’s first Heritage Area. Email: [email protected] ◆ Custom House, 1879 ◆ 39 11 St Vincent Chambers, 1883 Ozone Picture Theatre - Footpath Plaque A treasure trove of South Australia’s heritage awaits you in Port Adelaide. The 12 Royal Arms Hotel, 1878 ◆ 26 Government Office and Store, 1882 ◆ 40 St Paul’s Anglican Church best way to discover its delights is to Walk the Port! 13 Port Dock Brewery Hotel ◆ 27 Township of Port Adelaide Plaque 41 Waterside Workers Federation Hall U T O R I S D M E T B 28 Jervois Bridge Control Tower I U 14 Divett Street Buildings ◆ 42 Professional Fishermen’s Memorial D S E I N R E C S C S A • M • A U A ◆ S T R A L I PortM Adelaide Visitor Information Centre Heritage Listed Buildings State Heritage Area Date of issue: April 2013 Photography by: Johnny Kamma, Trevoar Fox, Milton Wordley and Council Staff. Designed by Publications Team. $ $ Heritage “Walk round corners” and discover The Port’s treasures Walking Tour 13 Port Dock Brewery Hotel ◆ 34 Memorial Fountain for Mayor Formby 8 The Bond & Free Stores, 1857 ◆ First known as the Wharf Dock Hotel from 1855 to “Erected by public subscription to John Formby Esq Mayor, South Australian Maritime Museum 1860, then as the Dock Hotel from 1860 to 1909. 26 Government Office and Store, 1882 ◆ 1869-1873”, this drinking fountain was designed for human Elder & Co built the southern store in 1857 and the The hotel lost its licence in 1909 during a crusade 18 The Adelaide Steamship Building use. It nevertheless complemented the horse troughs ...Discover another side of Port Adelaide! A dignified building that housed the Waterworks until corner building was added at a later date. against the large number of hotels in The Port. Later The Adelaide Steamship Company building was opened on that once stood on almost every corner in The Port. The The State Heritage Area walk takes approximately 1914 and passed to the control of the Harbors Board These buildings, excellent examples of early Victorian it became a bordello of some repute. Restoration of 15 January 1936. As headquarters of a powerful shipping memorial fountain is a cast iron structure that sits on a base one hour to complete. To explore more sites take after World War 2. For many years the Store was a warehouse construction with massive timber floors the hotel and construction of the micro brewery were firm, its architecture includes many luxurious nautical of Macclesfield marble and Mintaro slate. the extended walk which commences in front of lighthouse store. In recent times both buildings were and posts, now house the main displays of the South completed in1986, the State’s Jubilee year. features. It now houses the Country Arts SA. the Police Station in St Vincent Street and finishes incorporated into the Customs complex. 35 Savings Bank of South Australia, 1905 ◆ Australian Maritime Museum. A replica of the ketch at the waterfront, west of the Birkenhead Bridge. 14 Divett Street Buildings ◆ 19 Lighthouse, 1869 ◆ This red brick building was originally built for the Savings Active forms a major display - a reminder of the ships 27 Township of Port Adelaide Plaque Allow two hours to complete both walks. Start at • Australasia Chambers, built in 1891 for the Bank of First erected at the entrance to the Port River, this Bank of South Australia and the architectural detailing on the that once sailed along the South Australian coastline. On the 8th of January 1856 the town of Port Adelaide the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre and Australasia which later united with the Union Bank attractive marine signal was re-erected on South Neptune was proclaimed and its first Council elected. facade gives the building an unusual oriental style. follow the numbers. to form the ANZ. Island in 1901. The lighthouse was dismantled in 1985 and This plaque was erected in 2006 to celebrate the 150th 36 National Railway Museum ◆ Heritage Listed Buildings placed on its present site in 1986. It can be climbed • Divett Chambers, Port Adelaide’s only example anniversary of this significant event which marked the The National Railway Museum has the finest collection of and inspected. formal start of a glorious history that saw the town grow rolling stock and artefacts in Australia. Located on the site of Port Adelaide Visitor Information of secular Gothic revival architecture, built for the 1 Advertiser Newspapers about 1881. 20 Boer War Memorial ◆ and prosper to become a city and a major regional the 1856 Port Adelaide Railway yard, it includes the original Centre, 1860 ◆ centre, eventually to amalgamate in 1996 with the City Adjacent to this wharf, the first contingent of the South goods shed and many vehicles used in The Port. Completed in 1860 at a cost of 7,000 pounds, the • The building at No. 9 was originally yet another bank, of Enfield to form the city as it is known today. Australian Infantry (SAI) boarded the “PS Yatala” for building was designed to house the Customs, Police and opening in 1866 for the National Bank. Remember, 37 Port Adelaide Uniting Church transfer and embarkation on the troopship “Medic”. 28 Jervois Bridge Control Tower ◆ Courts. Externally, it has changed little since then, though when admiring this streetscape, the buildings span This fine building, which is the fourth church of the The contingent sailed for the war in South Africa on The Control Tower (Bridge Keeper’s Gallery and Box) the original slate roof has been replaced with iron and twenty-five years. Would buildings of the last Congregationalists in The Port, was completed in 1868 31 October 1899. was part of the old Jervois Bridge. The structure was a central dome removed. The Governor, Sir Eric Neale, twenty-five years be such compatible neighbours? with the capacity to seat 750 people.