Port Arthur, South Australia

Port Arthur
South Australia
Mangroves and intertidal flats at Port Arthur in the Clinton Conservation Park
Port Arthur
Coordinates34°08′56″S 138°03′49″E / 34.148980°S 138.063680°E / -34.148980; 138.063680
Population0 (SAL 2021)
Established1999
Postcode(s)5552
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
RegionYorke and Mid North
CountyDaly
State electorate(s)Narungga
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Port Arthur:
Kulpara South Hummocks Beaufort
Kainton
Kulpara
Port Arthur Beaufort
Port Wakefield
Kainton Gulf St Vincent Port Wakefield
FootnotesAdjoining localities

Port Arthur is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula at the northern end of Gulf St Vincent about 105 kilometres (65 miles) north west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) north of the town of Port Wakefield.

Its boundaries were created in May 1999 for the "long established name." Port Arthur was used from 1861 to 1863 as a minor port for an enterprise moving passengers between Port Adelaide and the towns of Moonta and Wallaroo using the steam tug, Eleanor, and coach services operated by both "Mr Opie's Horse Conveyances" and W. Rounsevell.

Port Arthur is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga, and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.