PORT ELLIOT
Port Elliot is the next town on the Fleurieu Peninsula
heading to Kangaroo Island It is situated on the sheltered Horseshoe
Bay, although this section of the coast
is
now built up almost all the way from Goolwa to Victor Harbour. That
said Port Elliot is an independent town with most essential services.
Horseshoe Bay was proclaimed in 1851 and the
settlement above the bay was named Port Elliot in 1852 after Charles
Elliot the Governor of Bermuda, the who was a friend of the then
Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Young... The port was
established to provide a safe seaport for the Murray River trade which
terminated at the Murray Mouth was deemed too treacherous and
unpredictable for safe navigation. Goods and passengers were carried
between Goolwa and Port Elliot on the first public railway in
Australia that was completed in 1854.
The two hotels in Port Elliot are over 100 years old. 
The Port Elliot Museum is the ‘in use’ railway
station.
The Port Elliot War Memorial is partway up the hill
towards the coast.  
The United and Anglican Churches are old and heritage
listed. In fact there are a number of heritage buildings in Port
Elliot.  
This coastal port town is historic and more than a
cursory look over is warranted.
Heritage diary 
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