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LOCATION
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Address 74 Esplanade SEMAPHORE
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Port Adelaide Enfield Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Former Semaphore Customs Boarding Station
Registered Name Former Customs House
Significance The Semaphore Customs Boarding Station is significant for representing the period prior to the opening of the Outer Harbor (1908), when the Semaphore Anchorage in Largs Bay was the 'outer harbour' for the Port of Adelaide. Customs boarding officers, postal workers, pilots and signal station staff and journalists were all based at Semaphore to serve the vessels at the Anchorage. The Signal Station, pilots' accommodation and Mailing Station have long since been demolished, leaving the Boarding Station, Timeball Tower (registered place 10930) and Jetty (registered place 14360) as the most significant relics of Semaphore's former shipping functions.
Subject Index Government - Custom House; Transport (Water) - Custom House [Transport (Water)]
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 26-NOV-1981
REFERENCE
LGA Port Adelaide Enfield
State Heritage ID 10922
Heritage Number 1785
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5110/273 F20681 A142

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