Port Giles, South Australia
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Port Giles is the newest port on Yorke Peninsula
in South Australia
, between Stansbury
and Edithburgh
. Port Giles is not a town, but simply a large jetty equipped for bulk handling of grain, operated by Flinders Ports, and a similarly large grain storage facility operated by ABB Grain
. It was opened by the then Premier of South Australia, Steele Hall
in 1970, and led to the closure of many of the smaller ports on the peninsula. Port Giles was deliberately built to be able to handle bulk grain, and load it onto larger modern ships. Many of the other ports were not deep enough for larger ships, and could only be serviced by small ketch
es and coastal steamships. They only handled grain in bags, not in bulk.
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...
in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, between Stansbury
Stansbury, South Australia
Stansbury is a small town, located in the southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Stansbury had a population of 522. It is located south of Minlaton and east of Yorketown. It faces the Gulf St Vincent across Oyster Bay, where shellfish were originally harvested in the...
and Edithburgh
Edithburgh, South Australia
Edithburgh is a small town on the south-east corner of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Edithburgh is about west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent, but away by road...
. Port Giles is not a town, but simply a large jetty equipped for bulk handling of grain, operated by Flinders Ports, and a similarly large grain storage facility operated by ABB Grain
ABB Grain Limited
ABB Grain was Australia's largest agribusiness. Founded in 1939, the company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange until its takeover by Viterra in 2009. Until recently, the company focused solely on grain accumulation and marketing. It expanded its focus to other activities, such as...
. It was opened by the then Premier of South Australia, Steele Hall
Steele Hall
Raymond Steele Hall was the 36th Premier of South Australia 1968-70, a senator for South Australia 1974-77, and federal member for the Division of Boothby 1981-96.-Biography:...
in 1970, and led to the closure of many of the smaller ports on the peninsula. Port Giles was deliberately built to be able to handle bulk grain, and load it onto larger modern ships. Many of the other ports were not deep enough for larger ships, and could only be serviced by small ketch
Ketch
A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
es and coastal steamships. They only handled grain in bags, not in bulk.