Port Adelaide - Civic Affairs
- Comment on the Settlement
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- Corporation and Allied Matters
- Fires & Fire-Fighting
- Law and Order
- Lighting the Town
- Water Supply and Allied Matters
Comment on the Settlement
"From Mangrove Swamp to Modern Waterfront" is in the Advertiser,
24 January 1934, page 32 and
"Shadows of the Waterfront" on
1 September 1936 (special edition), page 40.
"The Man Who Bought Port Adelaide and Lost It" is in the Advertiser,
8 September 1936, page 10e.
"75 Years Growth at Port Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
12 July 1933, page 8d.
An 1844 sketch map is in the Pictorial Australian in
May 1879.
Historical notes are in the Observer,
17 May 1924, page 49.
"Port Adelaide in 1846" is in the Register,
2 December 1903, page 7g.
"A Glimpse of Port Adelaide in 1847" is in the Observer,
12 October 1907, page 32c,
2 November 1907, page 24b.
The settlement of 1838 is described in the Express,
14 October 1881, page 3c.
"Early Port Adelaide", including information on its water supply and postal
services, is in the Register,
16 October 1902, page 4f; also see
Observer,
8 June 1844, page 5c,
South Australian,
24 October 1850, page 2e,
Register,
11 November 1904, page 6g.
"From Creek to River" is in the Observer,
24 November 1906, page 48a.
The reminiscences of J.R.W. Donald are in the Register,
17 July 1896, page 6f.
"Port Adelaide Was Built on a Swamp" is in The News,
28 January 1933, page 4e.
"Port Adelaide Sees Great Changes in Hundred Years" is in The News,
2 October 1936, page 6f.
"Early Days at Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
25 July 1896, page 42d,
18 October 1902, page 33b.
"Odd Notes on Old Times" is in the Observer,
14 and 21 November 1903, pages 5a and 4a,
"Port Adelaide in 1846" on
5 December 1903, page 31e.
The reminiscences of J.H. Cranna are in the Express,
17 July 1906, page 1d,
of Mrs Phoebe Hall in the Register,
10 October 1914, page 10g.
"Old Port Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
10 February 1914, page 11e,
Register,
12 July 1920, page 11f,
"Old Port Adelaide, Old Ships and Old Identities" on
2 November 1927, page 16d.
Information on an immigrants' depot, etc, is in the Observer,
14 April 1849, page 2d.
"Modern Port Adelaide is Soon to Celebrate 97th Birthday" is in The News,
7 May 1936, page 21c.
The Register of 25 June 1904 at page 6e has a description of the village in 1846:
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[It] was a straggling inferno in its infancy without the innocence of the infant.
It consisted of a Custom House and a grog shanty, 17 bullock drivers and
a few other vagabonds...
"Strange Doings in the Fifties", the reminiscences of Henry McArthur, is in
the Advertiser,
20 September 1913, page 6f; also see
30 January 1924, page 9e.
"Port Adelaide in 1848" is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1910, page 9a.
"Pig Nuisance at the Port" is in the Observer,
27 April 1850, page 3c.
"The Trade and Commerce of Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
6 October 1850, page 2a (supp.).
"Port Adelaide in the Early Days - A Chat With Mr John Cleave" is in the Advertiser,
29 January 1912, page 14g; also see
3 February 1912, page 7h.
"The Land Sale at Port Adelaide [subdivision of section 2112]" is reported
in the Observer,
19 October 1850, page 1e (supp.).
The "mode" in which Port Adelaide was converted into a mud-hole is traversed
in the Register,
16 February 1854, page 3h.
The poor condition of local streets was the cause for concern in 1856 - see Register, 9 June, page 2g:
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There is hardly a single street of the Port in which their is not a pool of
water of small or large extent and there is not one street which is not entirely
unmade, muddy and dirty... It is only by taking zigzag and circuitous ways
a foot-passenger can, without getting ankle-deep into the mud, get from Calton's
Hotel to the Custom House.
For pedestrians to attempt to pick their way through the Port in cleanliness
would be an act of futility.
(Register, 2 July 1857, page 3d.)
The condition of the streets is execrable. From one end they are covered
with mud almost ankle deep... Horses flounder through [it] up to their
bellies in mire, their drivers bespattered from head to foot, uttering
unrepeatable adjurations.
(Observer, 4 July 1857, page 5b.)
"Improvements at the Port" is in the Register,
1 and 2 January 1857, pages 4b and 3c,
9 May 1857, page 3d.
"The Port Streets" is in the Register,
2 July 1857, page 3d,
19 July 1858, page 2h.
The reminiscences of J.C. Haddy are in The Mail,
11 April 1925, page 1g.
The Register of 12 December 1860 at page 3a has an article entitled "Adelaide and Port Adelaide in 1859".
The filling in of Simpson's Creek is reported in the Advertiser,
29 July 1859, page 3f.
The grievances of seamen in respect of "the disorderly and unenviable condition
of sailors' boarding houses" are aired in the Advertiser,
29 July 1861, page 3d.
The reminiscences of Mr Henry Graves are in the Observer,
9 September 1922, page 50d and
of Mrs Elizabeth Smith in The News,
6 September 1923, page 8f.
The "welfare of the Port" is discussed in the Observer,
31 December 1854, page 2a (supp.),
7 and 14 January 1854, pages 5d and 6a,
4 February 1854, page 1a (supp.),
15 and 22 April 1854, pages 6a and 5b.
"The State of Port Adelaide" is in the Observer,
14 June 1856, page 5g.
"Improvements at the Port" is in the Observer,
10 January 1857, page 3f.
The town, etc, are described in the Register,
12 December 1860, page 3a,
18 December 1865, page 3c and
9 July 1866, page 3d,
"Port Adelaide in 1854" on
6 July 1928, page 6e,
"Port Adelaide in 1863" on
2 December 1925, page 18a.
"Port Adelaide - Present and Future" is in the Observer,
5 May 1860, page 1g (supp.),
"Improvements at Port Adelaide" on
27 June 1863, page 4h.
"Port Adelaide in 1863" is in the Observer,
26 December 1925, page 16a.
A comprehensive article entitled " Port Adelaide - As it Was and As it Is" is
in the Advertiser,
30 January 1867, page 2f.
"Holiday at the Port" is in the Observer,
14 November 1863, page 1f (supp.).
"The Manners and Custom of Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
9 and 11 April 1864, pages 3b and 3e.
A ministerial visit is reported in the Register,
18 December 1865, page 3c.
"Improvement of Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
1 March 1866, page 2f,
10 May 1866, page 2f.
"Port Adelaide Improvement Bill" is in the Register,
11 December 1866, page 2c.
"Port Adelaide Sixty Years Ago - Old Scenes Described" is in the Register,
21 April 1927, page 10e.
The town and wharfs are described in the Register,
3 April 1873, page 6d,
7 August 1874, page 5c,
8 October 1874, page 5f; also see
1 January 1877, page 7c,
Observer,
6 January 1877, page 19c; also see
Register,
19 December 1876, page 6d for a report on an inspection of the town by members
of the corporation.
The scene on an Easter Monday is reported on
23 April 1878, page 7d.
"A Ramble at the Port" is in the Advertiser,
30 March 1871, page 2g,
"A Day at Port Adelaide" on
6 February 1873, page 2d,
Register,
3 April 1873, page 6d.
"Growth of Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
9 February 1878, page 5b.
An inspection of the town by council members is reported in the Observer,
23 December 1876, page 10f.
A satirical poem is in the Observer,
27 January 1877, page 14a,
Register,
15 May 1877, page 6a.
Information on local oysters is in the Register,
14 November 1877, page 3e,
on a landing place for fishermen on
19 May 1887, page 4c.
"Dynamiting of Fish" is in the Register,
11 May 1906, page 4h,
"Explosives in the Port River" on
11 February 1914, page 5d.
Information on a market is in the Register,
6 and 17 July 1878, pages 5b and 2d,
17 November 1879, page 6d,
Observer,
13 July 1878, page 19a,
Express,
6 July 1878, page 2c,
27 September 1879, page 2d,
5, 17 and 29 November 1879, pages 3b, 3c and 3b,
15 April 1880, page 2d.
An editorial on the watering of the streets is in the Advertiser,
7 January 1879, page 4c; also see
Observer,
22 February 1879, page 14c.
A satirical poem on local streets entitled "Port Pleasures" is in the Observer,
19 May 1877, page 14b.
A sketch of Hamlyn & Murray's drapery shop is in Frearson's Weekly,
17 May 1879, page 111,
of Haddy's, cabinet maker and undertaker, on
19 July 1879, page 182.
The shocking condition of the streets is described in the Register,
16 September 1879, page 5b.
"Around and About Port Adelaide" is in the Register on
17 February 1880, page 5f; also see
24 March 1880, page 5d:
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I hope the Port of bygone days smelt a little sweeter than the Port of today
does. There are gutters full of unmentionable filth which lies sweltering
in the sun... There are miserable hovels that are a disgrace to South Australia;
and there are dirty, bare-footed children running about here and there who
appear neither to regard God nor fear man... If ever any place invited fever
and cholera and made their work easy for them, that place is Port Adelaide.
A sketch of "a bird's eye view of Port Adelaide" and other information are
in Frearson's
Weekly,
6 March 1880 (supplement) and
27 March 1880, page 75.
"Improvements at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
22 April 1880, page 5g.
A feature article headed "The Lost Landscape" is in the Register,
30 September 1880, page 6a - it traverses the countryside bounding the Port
Adelaide railway.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1880,
January 1886, pages 40-41,
September 1892, page 140.
An early history of the port is in the Register,
10 June 1881, page 6d; also see
30 June 1881, page 5g,
23 July 1881, page 6 and
1 August 1881, page 6a.
A Victorian's impression of the town is in the Register,
24 June 1881 (supp), page 2a.
A report on the drainage of the town is in the Register,
12 December 1881 (supp.), page 1e: "It surprised the Council to find foul smells
in the streets traceable to sheer neglect on their own part."
Proposed deep drainage is discussed on
5 June 1900, page 6c.
An inspection of the town by local councillors is reported in the Register,
8 January 1883, page 6f; also see
18 January 1884, page 6g,
5 January 1885, page 3d,
14 December 1885, page 7d.
A visit by the Governor is reported in the Register,
21 March 1883, page 6d.
Christmas Eve in the Port is described in the Register,
25 December 1883, page 6c.
"Decease of Old Portonians" is in the Express,
10 January 1884, page 3e.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in June 1884, page 96.
"The Poor of Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
10 and 19 June 1884, pages 6h and 5b.
A meeting of the Poor Fund Committee is reported in the Express,
4 and 18 August 1885, pages 3b and 3d; also see
15 and 22 September 1885, pages 2e and 2e.
Details of the "Port Adelaide Poor Relief Fund" are to be found in the Register,
31 July 1885, page 5b,
1 and 4 August 1885, pages 5b and 5a; also see
10, 12, 13, 18, 21 and 25 August 1885, pages 5b, 5c, 5b, 5c, 6h and 5b,
1, 8, 15 and 22 September 1885, pages 5b, 5d, 5b and 5a,
27 October 1885, page 4h.
Christmas cheer for poor children is discussed on
9 December 1891, page 5b-6c.
"Land Tax Assessment in Port Adelaide and District" is in the Register,
12 November 1885, page 7c.
"Reminiscences of the Old Port" by Edward Holthouse is in the Register,
25 October 1888, page 3d
(obit.
8 December 1890, page 5b),
7 November 1888, page 3e; also see
12 September 1893, page 6h,
"The Port as it Was" on
6 July 1901, page 9i.
"Distress at Port Adelaide" is in the Express,
7 July 1893, page 4a,
Register,
19 July 1894, page 4h.
"Condition of Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
12 September 1893, page 6h.
The growth of the town is discussed in the Register on
7 and 8 May 1896, pages 5g and 6f and
"Port Adelaide's Sixtieth Year" on
14, 16, 18, 21 and 28 October 1899, pages 7d, 7h, 7d, 9e and 11a.
An obituary of Henry Lillia is in the Express,
18 August 1897, page 4c.
Marston's grocery is described in the Register,
20 November 1897, page 6f,
S.J. Hamlyn's on
12 February 1898, page 10e.
"Port Adelaide Relics", history of Melsome's lodging house and relics found
when demolished, is in the Register,
29 August 1901, page 4f.
"An Interview with an Old Portonian", John Ottoway, is in the Register,
5 August 1907, page 6f,
19 June 1908, page 6e and
"Prosperous Port Adelaide" on
9 April 1908, page 7b.
The reminiscences of John R. McDonald are in the Register,
11 and 16 May 1905, pages 6e and 8e,
Observer,
20 May 1905, page 42a.
"Old Landmarks" is in the Chronicle, 20 May 1876, page 6a.
"Remarkable Record of Progress" is in the Advertiser, 31 December 1908, page 9b.
Reminiscences of John Ottoway are in the Observer,
10 August 1907, page 50d,
J. Cleave appear in the Register,
29 January 1912, page 9a,
John Sweeney in The News,
7 January 1925, page 6e and
Charles J.T. Foster on
25 August 1927, page 4d.
"An Interview with an Old Portonian", John Ottoway[sic - Ottaway?], is in
the Register,
5 August 1907, page 6f,
19 June 1908, page 6e; also see
Observer<,
10 August 1907, page 50d.
"Port Adelaide in the Early Days - A Chat With Mr John Cleave" is in the Advertiser,
29 January 1912, page 14g; also see
3 February 1912, page 7h,
Register,
29 January 1912, page 9a,
Observer,
3 February 1912, page 44c;
an obituary is in the Observer,
4 May 1918, page 18e.
John Sweeney's reminiscences are in The News,
7 January 1925, page 6e and
Charles J.T. Foster's on
25 August 1927, page 4d.
"Old Times at the Port" is in the Register,
13 June 1903, page 10e.
"Old Port Adelaide" by A.T. Saunders on
7 and 11 July 1903, pages 7h and 6b,
4, 12 and 18 November 1903, pages 6g, 6a and 6d,
"Old Memories" by A.T. Saunders, is in the Register,
31 July 1918, page 9f,
2, 3 and 6 August 1918, pages 6g, 9e and 6h,
8 January 1919, page 10c, 12 July 1920, page 11f.
Reminiscences of early Port Adelaide by Charles W. Webb are in the Register,
5 March 1906, page 5h; also see
5 April 1906, page 6g.
"A Veteran Portonian - Interesting Reminiscences" by John Robert McDonald
is in the Register,
11 May 1905, page 5e; also see
16 May 1905, page 8e,
20 May 1905, page 5e,
9 August 1905, page 3h,
5 September 1905, page 6f.
Mr McDonald's obituary is in the Observer,
10 July 1909, page 40a.
"Prosperous Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
9 April 1908, page 7b.
The reminiscences of Thomas H. Parker are in the Register,
27 July 1908, page 6e,
Observer,
1 August 1908, page 51a.
"Larrikins at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
4 and 5 August 1908, pages 7b and 3e.
"Proposals from the Port - Shall Manly be Emulated" is in the Register,
27 January 1910, page 6e,
"The State's Front Door - A Record of Progress" on
8 July 1911, page 8b,
"Port Adelaide's Moods" on
27 and 30 September 1911, pages 9f and 7a.
"Seaport Sketches - Port Adelaide's Moods" is in the Register,
27 and 30 September 1911, pages 9f and 7a,
4, 5 and 11 October 1911, pages 9b, 9a and 8d.
"A New Industry - Manufacture of Wooden Pipes" on
30 November 1912, page 18c,
Observer,
14 December 1912, page 19a.
Sewerage works are discussed in the Register,
31 May 1913, page 11h,
Observer,
7 June 1913, page 49d.
"Old Port Memories" is in The Mail,
19 and 26 July 1913, pages 9e and 9a,
9 August 1913, page 9c,
8 November 1913, page 9d.
The reminiscences of Mrs Marie Smith are in the Register,
7 October 1913, page 8e.
"Port Adelaide Evils Denounced" is in the Register,
15 December 1913, page 6i; also see
17 and 25 December 1913, pages 9g and 7e,
13 and 14 January 1914, pages 8c and 6d-8c,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 and 13 February 1914, pages 7b, 8h, 9c, 7c, 13e, 5f and 7d-9d,
3 and 18 March 1914, pages 9g and 10g.
"Port Adelaide Morality " is in the Express,
13 January 1914, page 4h,
2 and 5 February 1914, pages 4a and 4c.
"The Morals of Port Adelaide" is in the Express,
26 December 1913, page 3g; also see
13 January 1914, page 4h,
2 and 5 February 1914, pages 4a and 4c,
Register,
13 and 14 January 1914, pages 8c and 6d-8c,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13 and 27 February 1914, pages 7b, 8h, 9c, 7c, 13e, 7d,
5f, 7d-9d and 8d,
3 March 1914, page 9g,
19 and 21 April 1915, pages 4h and 10f.
The reminiscences of Mrs Hall are in the Register,
10 October 1914, page 10g
John Ottaway on
29 April 1918, page 5c,
Robert Quin in the Advertiser,
5 December 1929, page 23a.
"Oysters and Typhoid - Beds Must be Moved" is in the Register,
28 December 1916, page 5b.
The local fishing industry is discussed in the Register,
23 June 1919, page 4d.
A proposed harbour for fishermen's boats is discussed in the Register,
23 February 1920, page 4i.
"Wanted - A Fish Market!" is in The News,
4 June 1931, page 19e.
Also see SA - Industries
- Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fishing.
"Old Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
14 August 1919, page 5f,
12 July 1920, page 11f;
local banks are reminisced upon on
16 July 1921, page 5b.
"Port Adelaide's Neglected Condition" is in The Mail,
25 February 1922, page 3d,
"Its Name is Mud" on
15 July 1922, page 13c.
"Roads at Port Adelaide - Complaints by Carriers " is in the Advertiser,
25 July 1922, page 8e,
4 and 14 August 1922, pages 12g and 6g.
"Progress of the Port" is in the Register,
8 February 1923, page 7c.
"Port Adelaide and Vicinity - Past and Present" is in the Register,
12 April 1923, page 10a,
"At the Port - Abode of Dust and Smoke" on
17 January 1925, page 18a.
"Street Stalls Opposed" is in the Register,
9 June 1923, page 9f.
"Fighting for the Port - Fine Work of Retail Traders" is in The News,
26 July 1923, page 11c.
"Progressive Port Adelaide" is in The News,
18 February 1925, page 9c,
"Families in Hulks" on
2 August 1926, page 6e.
"Port Adelaide Pioneers - A Remarkable Gathering" is in the Register,
25 August 1926, page 10a; also see
26 August 1926, page 12h and
Advertiser,
25 August 1927, page 10g.
An obituary of Vickery Y. Jones, draper, is in the Observer,
23 June 1928, page 57d.
"Port Adelaide Distress" is in The News,
17 January 1929, page 16f,
"Children Gnawing Dry Crusts in Street" in The Mail,
19 January 1929, page 3f,
"Dread Spectre of Want" on
26 January 1929, page 3f,
2 and 9 February 1929, pages 10c and 6a,
"Striking Cases of Destitution" in The News,
23 May 1935, page 3a.
