Point Turton, South Australia
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| caption = Part of Point Turton
| lga = Yorke Peninsula Council
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| established = 1876
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| stategov = Narungga{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/narungga-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Narungga |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=1 March 2018}}
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| near-n = Spencer Gulf
| near-s = Warooka
| near-w = Point Souttar{{cite web|title=New Ward Structure 2014|url=http://www.yorke.sa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,3366/Itemid,99999999/|publisher=Yorke Peninsula Council|access-date=21 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115173253/http://www.yorke.sa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,3366/Itemid,99999999/|archive-date=15 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}
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Point Turton is a coastal town {{convert|114|km}} west of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Yorke Peninsula Council.
History
The town was named by a marine surveyor, Captain John Hutchinson, as a commemoration of a double wedding of two daughters of the then Governor of South Australia, Dominick Daly, at Government House. In August 1866, Daly's youngest daughter, artist Caroline Louisa Daly, married Henry Hobhouse Turton, manager of the Savings Bank of South Australia, while the eldest daughter, Joanna, married John Souttar,{{Cite web |url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1513 | work = [Photograph collection]| title= Daly family: Summary Record [PRG 1513] • Mixed material|publisher=State Library of South Australia | date= 1999 |access-date=3 May 2021}} Manager of the Bank of Adelaide.{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralia.com/9006435.aspx|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090802033821/http://www.southaustralia.com/9006435.aspx| title=Point Turton| website=South Australia.com| archive-date=2 August 2009}}
The jetty at Point Turton was built in 1876{{Cite web |title=Point Turton {{!}} Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |url=https://yorkepeninsula.com.au/point-turton |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Yorke Peninsula Tourism |language=English}} to ship out the local barley and stone. The quarrying of stone ended in 19173.
Facilities
The Point Turton General Store is the main shopping facility in the town.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
The Tavern on Turton is a hotel that opened in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Duong |first=Aesha |date=2021-01-24 |title=Tavern on Turton {{!}} Family Dining in Point Turton {{!}} South Australia {{!}} Review |url=https://playandgo.com.au/tavern-on-turton-family-dining-in-point-turton-south-australia-review/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Play & Go Adelaide |language=en}}
The town also has a caravan park and some holiday cottages houses along the beachfront.{{Cite web |title=About The Park |url=https://pointturtoncp.com.au/about-the-park/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Point Turton Caravan Park |language=en-AU}}
Attractions
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Point Turton Jetty: This is a popular spot for fishing and offers a great view of the surrounding area.{{Cite web |title=THE BEST Things to Do in Point Turton - 2024 (with Photos) |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g1744424-Activities-Point_Turton_South_Australia.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Tripadvisor |language=en}}
Flaherty Beach: Known for its clear water and white beach sand.{{Citation |last=Flemming |first=Burghard |title=Beach sand and its origins |date=2020 |work=Sandy Beach Morphodynamics |pages=15–37 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-102927-5.00002-3 |access-date=2024-02-14 |publisher=Elsevier|doi=10.1016/b978-0-08-102927-5.00002-3 |isbn=978-0-08-102927-5 }}
Walk the Yorke: A walking and bike riding trail located along the Point Turton foreshore.{{Cite web |title=Things to do around Point Turton, Yorke Peninsula |url=https://pointturtonbeachhouse.weebly.com/local-attractions.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=POINT TURTON BEACH HOUSE HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION |language=en}}
Captain Harry Butler Memorial: A tribute to the famous Australian aviator.{{Cite ODNB |last=Jones |first=H. A. |editor-first1=Julian |editor-last1=Lock |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32210 |title=Butler, Frank Hedges (1855–1928), motorist and aviator |date=2004-09-23 |series=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32210 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://yorke.sa.gov.au/ Yorke Peninsula Council]
{{Yorke Peninsula Council localities |state=collapsed}}
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Category:Coastal towns in South Australia