Parham,_South_Australia
Parham, South Australia
Town in South Australia
Parham (also known as Port Parham in some sources) is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 63 kilometres (39 miles) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 23 kilometres (14 miles) west of the municipal seat of Mallala.[1]
Parham was proclaimed as a government town on 7 July 1876 with its boundaries being extended on 24 January 1980.[3][1][8] The boundaries for the locality of same name and which includes the extent of the government town were proclaimed on 5 June 1997.[4][1][9][10] It is reported as being named after John Pocock Parham,[11] an early settler who arrived in South Australia in 1839. It was also historically known locally as Dublin Beach.[12] It was known as the Dublin landing place as early as 1871.[13] with shipping recorded from 1870s.[14][15] Prior to the Government Town and well before the railway reaching Calomba and Long Plains, Parham was the site of a major port for shipping grain to Port Adelaide from the Northern Adelaide Plains.[13]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Parham had a population of 216 people.[16]
Today, Parham is a holiday and recreational fishing settlement, famous for blue swimmer crabs.[citation needed] In the past was a port for Ketches shipping grain and for shell grit.[17][18]
Parham is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district Narungga, and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[1][6][7]