page_title: Port Augusta West, South Australia
section_title: Location, description and land use
hierarchical_section_title: Port Augusta West, South Australia / Location, description and land use
caption_attribution_description: English: Highway sign at the junction of the Eyre Highway, Stuart Highway and Augusta Highway near the western edge of Port Augusta, South Australia, showing the directions to Perth and Darwin
context_page_description: Port Augusta West is a suburb of Port Augusta, South Australia.
  However, it has a separate early colonial history to Port Augusta, because it is on the Eyre Peninsula, while the rest of Port Augusta is on the east side of Spencer Gulf. It was not until 1926 that a bridge was built across the head of the Spencer Gulf to connect them, replacing a punt.
  The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was gazetted on 6 October 1887, and only merged into the Corporate Town of Port Augusta on 28 April 1932.
  Port Augusta West contains the junction of the Eyre Highway, Stuart Highway, and Augusta Highway.
context_section_description: Port Augusta West is the only part of Port Augusta that is located on the western side of Spencer Gulf on the Eyre Peninsula. It is about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) west of the centre of Port Augusta and about 280 kilometres (170 miles) north of Adelaide city centre.
  Port Augusta West consists of an urban area on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula, immediately west of the centre of Port Augusta. It is dissected by the Augusta Highway, which branches in the middle of the suburb, to become the Stuart Highway which heads north, and the Eyre Highway which heads west. The Whyalla-Port Augusta railway line passes to the north and west of the suburb’s urban area.
  The suburb is mainly residential on the eastern side of the suburb. The area between the Eyre Highway and the Stuart Highway on the west side of the suburb’s built area is zoned for industrial use. The Port Augusta Airport is located to the south end of the suburb and is separated from the residential area by open space and a “vegetation buffer”.
  The suburb includes the Port Augusta Golf Club and Port Augusta West Primary School. The suburb also contains the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, West Side Foreshore, Westside Lookout Tower, Rotary Park, Northey Crescent and Sid Welk Park.
  The historic Port Augusta West Water Tower in Mitchell Terrace is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.
caption: Signs at the junction of the three highways
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