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Adelaide (138.60E
34.93S) was founded in 1836 as the first white settlement in
South Australia. The city was
carefully surveyed
by William Light and retains much of its original plan. It is
the
communications center of South Australia and a major trade center for
the
surrounding rich agricultural region. The port,
located around a bend
in the River Torrens (138.516E
34.774S), is
sizeable and had
modest industrial support in 1941. The population was about 330,000 in 1941.
In 2002, the harbor had 22 berths and a channel with a minimum depth of 36 feet (11 meters).
Elevation 140'
Temperatures: Jan 86/61, Apr 73/55, Jul 59/45, Oct 73/51, record 118/32
Rainfall: Jan 5/0.8, Apr 10/1.8, Jul 16/2.6, Oct 10/1.7 == 21.1" per annum
References
Flinders Ports South Australia (accessed 2007-3-21)
Populstat.info (accessed 2014-6-8)
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