Port Adelaide - Civic Affairs
- Comment on the Settlement
- Communications
- Corporation and Allied Matters
- Fires & Fire-Fighting
- Law and Order
- Lighting the Town
- Water Supply and Allied Matters
Communications
Information on postal arrangements is in the Register,
22 November 1845, page 2e and
on the electric telegraph from Adelaide on
13 March 1856, page 2c.
Information on the electric telegraph from Adelaide is in the Register,
18 August 1855, page 2f,
8 and 22 November 1855,
3 and 12 December 1855, pages 2c and 3c,
18, 29 and 31 January 1856, pages 2e-g, 2f and 2h,
6 February 1856, page 2d,
3 and 13 March 1856, pages 3h and 2c,
Observer,
28 July 1855, page 5c,
19 January 1856, page 5c,
15 March 1856, page 6g.
The new telegraph station is described in the Register,
8 October 1866, page 2f; also see
Parliamentary Paper
64/1855-56,
Advertiser,
29 April 1864, page 3b,
Register,
11 October 1867, page 2d.
An obituary of a former telegraph master, Edward Phillips, is in the Observer,
5 June 1897, page 14d.
Also see South Australia
- Communications - Telegraphic.
The establishment of a telephone exchange is reported in the Register,
8 September 1883, page 4g; also see
5 November 1903, page 4f,
4 February 1904, page 4f,
30 May 1904, page 6e,
4 and 21 November 1905, pages 6i and 3c,
19 December 1905, page 6g,
15 October 1907, page 4f,
3 February 1909, page 4f,
7 May 1909, page 5a,
Express,
20 November 1905, page 1g,
14 October 1907, page 1e.
"Telephone System at Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
25 November 1905, page 38b,
Register,
7 May 1909, page 5a,
18 November 1915, page 7b,
1 and 7 April 1926, pages 10f and 8e.
Also see South Australia
- - Communications - Telephones.
An obituary of a postmaster, E.W. Gray, is in the Observer,
2 and 9 November 1901, pages 30d and 30b,
of John Bastard, postmaster, on
20 June 1908, page 40b,
of W.J. Baker, postmaster, on
16 August 1919, page 12e.
"The Mail Steamers and the Port River" is in the Observer,
2 November 1901, page 30e.
Also see South Australia - Communications
- Sea Mail.
"Early Port Adelaide - Recollections of a Postmaster" is in the Register,
19 May 1905, page 6f.
Information on a wireless station is in the Register,
23 September 1912, page 7c,
2 October 1912, page 12g.
Also see South Australia
- Communications - Wireless and Radio.
Fires & Fire-Fighting
Also see Adelaide - Fires and the Fire Brigade.
"Conflagration at the Port" is in the Register,
25 March 1857, page 3d,
Observer,
28 March 1857, page 7g-2 (supp.),
"Destructive Fire at the Port" on
10, 11, 12 and 17 November 1857, pages 2g, 3c, 2h and 2b-3b.
"The Late Fire at the Port" on
21 November 1857, page 6d.
A proposed fire brigade is discussed in the Observer,
22 January 1859, page 8c.
"Fire at the Port" is in the Register,
13, 14 and 17 January 1859, pages 3b, 2h and 3h,
2 February 1859, page 3g,
21 November 1859, page 3c,
28 September 1861, page 2d; also see
7 May 1866, page 3f.
A fire at Mrs Walkley's millinery shop is reported in the Register,
4 January 1867, page 2d.
"Fire Alarm Bell" is in the Register,
7 December 1867, page 2f.
Information on fire-fighting in the district is in the Observer,
14 April 1883, page 34b,
Express,
29 November 1893, page 4b.
A proposed fire brigade is discussed in the Observer,
20 January 1883, page 36e,
14 April 1883, page 34b,
Advertiser,
27 November 1884, page 5g,
"Extinguishing Fires at Port Adelaide" in the Register,
26 November 1884, page 5g; also see
27 November 1884, page 6d.
Information on a proposed fire brigade is in the Register,
9, 12, 22, 26 and 27 January 1886, pages 5c, 5b-d-6h, 4h, 7f and 4h; also see
1 July 1886, page 6g,
27 March 1891, page 5c,
29 November 1893, page 6c,
Express,
8 July 1886, page 2c,
12 January 1891, page 3e,
8 April 1892, page 2f,
25 October 1894, page 3f,
9 November 1894, page 2c,
4 October 1900, page 3b,
Register,
4 October 1900, page 4g,
31 January 1903, page 3i,
16 January 1923, page 9a and
The News,
22 December 1925, page 6f.
"Disastrous Fire at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
21 December 1885, page 6h,
Observer,
26 December 1885, page 33,
"Large Fire" in the Chronicle,
3 July 1886, page 7c.
The resignation of the local brigade is reported in the Observer,
29 September 1888, page 29b,
Register,
17 October 1888, page 5a.
A trial of fire engines is reported in the Register,
17 April 1896, page 6e.
"Fire Engines at Port Adelaide" is in the Express,
17 April 1896, page 3f; also see
21 March 1899, page 2c.
Information on a fire brigade station is in the Register,
25 August 1896, page 5c,
3 December 1896, page 5d.
A fire at the Adelaide Milling Company is reported in the Register,
16 March 1905, page 6c.
"Blocks of Stores Endangered" is in the Register,
29 July 1905, page 9f.
"Floating Fire Engine for Port Adelaide" is in the Express,
26 January 1906, page 4d.
"The Fire Float Ada" is in the Express,
8 June 1906, page 2b,
Register,
12 June 1906, page 3f.
A photograph of a fire float is in the Chronicle,
17 November 1906, page 28.
A fire at Crooks and Brooker's furniture store is reported in the Express,
29 January 1906, page 1f.
Information on the brigade is in the Express,
15 September 1908, page 1c,
21 January 1909, page 1g,
6 September 1911, page 1g,
Observer,
20 January 1923, page 53c.
"Firemen's Hot Work [on the South Africa]" is in the Register,
22 August 1910, page 5c.
"New Fire Station" is in the Register,
4 and 6 April 1911, pages 4d and 4e,
7 September 1911, page 6e,
3 December 1912, page 9c.
The destruction of the Vacuum Oil Company's premises is reported in the Register,
12 January 1916, page 5b.
The destruction of Darling & Sons mill by fire is reported in the Observer,
10 January 1920, page 44e.
"The Fire Fiend - Serious Position at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
13 and 19 January 1923, pages 11c and 9a.
Information on a new fire float is in the Observer,
6 June 1925, page 36a.
Law and Order
Also see:
South Australia - Police
South Australia - Crime, Law & Punishment.
"The Port Special Magistrate and the Press" is in the Register,
31 January 1850, page 2e,
2 February 1850, page 4a.
"Conduct of the Police" is in the Register,
10 November 1854, page 3f.
The "Dog Nuisance" is in the Register,
16 March 1857, page 3f:
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The shooting of unRegistered dogs commenced on Saturday morning. Whether
the policemen were afflicted with obliquity of vision, or whether their muskets
were of the same species as that of the Esmeralders that shot round the corner,
it cannot be averred, but certainly... there was an awful disproportion between
the sacrifice of powder and shot and the sacrifice of canine vitality.
(Also see Register,
2 June 1859, page 3d,
Observer,
7 April 1860, page 3f.)
Also see Adelaide - Public Nuisances.
"Murder in the Roadstead" is in the Register,
29 July 1873, page 6a,
10 August 1873, page 4f.
"Murder at Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
16 March 1878, page 9f.
Also see South Australia - Crime,
Law and Punishment - Crime - Murders.
Crimes by seamen are discussed in the Advertiser,
25 March 1874, page 2b,
29 March 1876, page 4d,
26 August 1876, page 4c.
Information on the River Police is in the Register,
29 April 1886, page 4h; also see
4 May 1886, page 3h.
"An Old Offender [Sarah Francisco]" is in the Register,
23 September 1892, page 5d; also see
16 November 1900, page 4f,
3 November 1902, page 4e,
18 November 1903, page 4f,
2 March 1905, page 6g,
2 December 1905, page 7a,
26 June 1906, page 4g,
6 July 1907, page 5g,
13 September 1907, page 6f,
14 March 1908, page 9b,
23 October 1909, page 6f,
12 March 1913, page 6f.
An obituary of John Carson is in the Register,
17 October 1893, page 5b.
"A Raid on Tote Shops" is in the Register,
18 April 1900, page 3f.
Also see South Australia
- Social Matters - Gambling - Totalizator.
"Robbery Under Arms" and the aftermath is reported in the Register,
24, 25 and 31 January 1902, pages 4e-5c, 5e and 4f,
5 March 1902, page 4d,
Observer,
1 February 1902, page 34a,
8 March 1902, page 34.
Biographical details of Corporal A. Cornell are in the Register,
1 February 1905, page 5c.
"Disturbing the Police [at the Globe Hotel]" is in the Register,
26 October 1907, page 14h.
"Police Stoned and Assaulted" is in the Express,
24 April 1911, page 4i,
Register,
24 and 25 April 1911, pages 7b and 10f.
Information on a "Black Maria" is in the Register,
21 April 1915, page 6e.
An obituary of Senior Constable T. O'Halloran is in the Observer,
27 September 1919, page 36a.
"Police Cells as Morgue" is in the Register,
7 June 1923, page 6e.
A robbery at the ES&A Bank is reported in the Observer,
19 June 1930, page 12a.
Lighting the Town
Also see Adelaide - Lighting the City and Homes.
Information on the gas works is in the Register,
9 March 1866, page 2f,
Observer,
3, 10 and 24 November 1866, pages 5c, 2g and 5c.
A meeting held to consider lighting the streets with gas is reported in the Register,
28 June 1877, page 5b.
The introduction of gas lights is reported in the Register,
22 September 1881 (supp.), page 2e.
Electric lighting of the town is discussed in the Register,
8 March 1895, page 7g,
27 September 1895, page 5f,
17 September 1897, page 4h,
29 November 1897, page 6d,
1 and 2 March 1898, pages 6c and 4h-7h,
26 August 1898, page 6e,
2 and 3 January 1899, pages 5h and 4f-5e,
1, 2 and 10 February 1899, pages 7c, 4g and 4h,
26 March 1900, page 7f.
Also see Express,
8 March 1895, page 2d,
5 April 1895, page 2c,
27 September 1895, page 4b,
16 August 1897, page 2e,
17 September 1897, page 2c,
1 October 1897, page 4c,
3 January 1899, page 2f,
1, 2 and 3 February 1899, pages 3h, 3g and 2c,
5 and 18 May 1899, pages 2e and 4c,
29 October 1900, page 2d,
19 March 1901, page 6e.
Also see Observer,
18 September 1897, page 28c,
5 March 1898, page 12b (includes a sketch),
4 February 1899, page 27d,
Register,
8 March 1895, page 7h,
26 June 1895, page 5b,
27 September 1895, page 3f,
16 August 1897, page 3h,
29 November 1897, page 6d,
1 and 2 March 1898, pages 6c and 4h-7h,
26 and 29 August 1898, pages 6e and 3h,
1 October 1898, page 4i,
6 December 1898, page 5c,
2 and 3 January 1899, pages 5h and 4f-5e,
1, 2 and 3 February 1899, pages 7c, 5h and 5h,
6 April 1899, page 4h,
6 June 1899, page 4i,
19 March 1901, page 6e,
30 and 31 July 1903, pages 4f and 4f,
11 September 1903, page 4h and 4f,
30 June 1905, page 4h.
"Lights That Fail" is in the Regsiter,
22 May 1903, page 4h.
"New Gasometer for Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
12 June 1909, page 8f.
Water Supply and Allied Matters
Also see:
Adelaide - Water Supply
South Australia - Water Conservation.
In respect of the town's water supply the Observer of 9 December 1843, page 4c says, inter alia:
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Somewhat more than two years ago, good fresh water was obtained in two wells
on the peninsula forming the western side of the harbour, through the instrumentality
of two intelligent natives, and the supply from the nearest of these wells
became so abundant that the SA Company was induced to get a section specially
surveyed...
(Also see Observer, 8 June 1844, page 5c.)
"When Water was Scarce at Port Adelaide" is in The News,
10 September 1934, page 4e.
Information on the water supply in 1838 is in the Observer,
18 October 1902, page 33b,
18 July 1903, page 3b (supp.).
Information on the supply of water from two wells by Edward Woodroffe is
reported in the Adelaide Times,
13 December 1849, page 3b; also see
South Australian,
27 July 1849, page 2f.
The operation of a water company is mentioned in the Observer,
14 September 1850, pages 1b (advt.)-3b.
In respect of local "water carriers" the Register of
30 January 1852, page 3e says:
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The yellow (gold) fever having been so very fatal as to take off the others
who were engaged in it, and the consequents that this monopolist has, at
one stroke, added 50 per cent on the price...
The untimely loss of the Spec, a vessel engaged as a water-carrier by
Mr Davies, is reported in the Observer,
18 December 1852, page 6a.
Information on the waterworks is in the Register,
7 December 1855, page 3e,
Observer,
8 December 1855, page 5h,
Register,
7 June 1856, page 3h,
13 August 1856, page 2e.
An editorial on the "Water Supply for Port Adelaide" is in Register,
4 March 1863, page 2c; also see
1 April 1863, page 2e, also see
14, 15, 22 and 28 May 1863, pages 2c, 2e, 2g and 3f,
9 March 1865, page 2h,
8 December 1865, page 2d,
12 May 1866, page 2e,
Observer,
4 April 1863, page 4g,
23 and 30 May 1863, pages 2d (supp.) and 3c,
12 May 1866, page 2g (supp.),
19 January 1867, page 8c,
23 February 1867, page 1d (supp.),
Register,
19 February 1867, page 2g.
The proposal to water the streets is discussed in the Register,
18 January 1879, page 5e,
12 and 13 February 1879, pages 4g and 6e; also see
6 August 1907, page 4e.
An editorial on the watering of the streets is in the Advertiser,
7 January 1879, page 4c; also see
Observer,
18 January 1879, page 14c,
22 February 1879, page 14c.
A proposal to apply salt water to the streets is discussed in the Register,
7 January 1881, page 5d.
Information on its water supply is in the Express, 21 May 1906, page 1g.
An obituary of T.H. Sanders, superintendent of waterworks, is in the Observer,
1 April 1922, page 31b.
Also see a note under Place Names - Woodville.
