 Rosetta Head, colloquially known as The Bluff, is one of the popular tourist attractions in the town. The causeway to Granite Island is in the foreground. Victor Harbor (35°33′S 138°37′E) is a city on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, located 80km out of Adelaide, South Australia. Image File history File links Thebluff. ...
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The Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. ...
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It is a popular resort and tourist destination, only an hour's drive from the capital city of Adelaide. A popular site for visitors is Granite Island, which is connected to the mainland by a short tram/pedestrian causeway. The tram service is provided by the Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram, one of the very few horse-drawn tram routes remaining in public transit service. Another popular attraction is the Cockle Train historic railway operated by SteamRanger to Goolwa. Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...
Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...
Granite Island (35°33′S 138°37′E) is a small island next to Victor Harbor, South Australia, not far from South Australias Capital city, Adelaide. ...
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The Hindenburgdamm rail causeway across the Wadden Sea to the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ...
The Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram is located in the city of Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia. ...
Steamranger is a historic train society in South Australia. ...
Goolwa (35°30′ S 138°46′ E, population approx 2400) is an historic river port on the River Murray near the Murray Mouth in South Australia, and joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island. ...
History
Victor Harbor was originally called Port Victor, but its name was changed in 1921, as a result, it is said, of a near shipwreck blamed on confusion with Port Victoria in the Yorke Peninsula. Despite the fact that harbour is normally spelt with a u in Australian English, the name of the city is spelt Harbor. This spelling, found in several geographical names in South Australia, including Adelaide Outer Harbor, is said to reflect the use of American shipping charts by the State Government in the late 19th and early 20th century. Port Victoria (34°29′ S 137°29′ E) is a town on the Spencer Gulf coast of 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. ...
Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia. ...
Outer Harbor is an north-western suburb of Adelaide 22km from the CBD, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. ...
Government The area has a population of around 15,000, that can swell to close to 50,000 in summer time, and was declared a city in 2000. As a Local Government Area, the City of Victor Harbor includes the surrounding rural area and the contiguous township of Encounter Bay as well as the town of Victor Harbor itself; its total area is 34,463 hectare. It shares boundaries with the District Councils of Yankalilla and Alexandrina Councils. The city is in the state electoral district of Finniss and the federal Division of Barker. This article is about the year 2000. ...
Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ...
A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ...
The District Council of Yankalilla is a Local Government Area centred on the town of Yankalilla on South Australias Fleurieu Peninsula. ...
Alexandrina Council is the local government area covering the north east portion of Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. ...
Finniss is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. ...
The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ...
Festivals and Events This town hosts a four day schoolies festival in late November mainly for South Australian school leavers. The centre of the town is a dry zone and hosts various live music and other events for participants. Schoolies or Schoolies week (known as Leavers or Leavers week in Western Australia) refers to the Australian tradition of high-school graduates (known as Schoolies) having week-long holidays following the end of their final exams in late November and early December. ...
References - Charles R. Hodge, Guide-book to Victor Harbour (the miniature Naples of Australia) and the South Coast, Adelaide: The Advertiser, 1930, OCLC 37077169.
The Advertiser is the only local daily newspaper published in Adelaide, South Australia. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
External links - City of Victor Harbor
- South Australia Central
- Tourism South Australia
- Schoolies website
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