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Nuclear energy inquiry draws emotional response in Port Augusta • Dec. 6, 2024, 10:07 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))

Port Augusta, city and former port, South Australia, at the head of Spencer Gulf. Founded in 1852 and named for the wife of Sir Henry Fox Young, an early colonial governor of South Australia, Port Augusta was incorporated as a town in 1875 and in 1878 was linked by rail to Adelaide, 191 miles (307 km) southeast; it became a city in 1963. Port Augusta is a terminus of both the Central and Trans-Australian railways, and its port facilities, somewhat restricted by a shallow approach, still serve some coastal shipping, but it ceased to be registered as a port in ...(100 of 198 words)

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