Port Julia, South Australia

Port Julia
Port Julia Jetty
Port Julia
Coordinates: 34°39′50″S 137°52′41″E / 34.6638°S 137.877990°E / -34.6638; 137.877990
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
LGA
Location
Established1999
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total59 (SAL 2021)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5575
Mean max temp22.6 °C (72.7 °F)
Mean min temp10.9 °C (51.6 °F)
Annual rainfall353.9 mm (13.93 in)
Suburbs around Port Julia
Curramulka Pine Point
Black Point
Gulf St Vincent
Curramulka Port Julia Gulf St Vincent
Curramulka Sheaoak Flat Gulf St Vincent
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Port Julia (also known as Port Curramulka) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about 72 kilometres (45 miles) northwest of the Adelaide city centre.

Its boundaries were created in May 1999 for the “long established name” and includes both the former Port Julia Shack Site and the former Dipper Shack Site. The name is reported as being derived from a Mrs Julia Wurm (née Crush) whose husband and sons had acquired land in what is now the locality.

As of 2015, the majority land use within the locality is agriculture. A secondary land use is conservation which concerns the strip of land immediately adjoining the coastline. A third use of land along the coastline is for residential use at the sites of the former shack sites.

The locality contains the Port Julia Jetty and Cargo Shed, which is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

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