Port Broughton is a small South Australian town located at the northern extent of the Yorke Peninsula on the east coast of Spencer Gulf.

[4] The close proximity to Adelaide (two hours' drive) makes it a popular tourist destination, with the number of people in town swelling to over 4,000 in the summer holidays.

Built in 1876, the T-shaped jetty was serviced by an isolated 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge railway line from Mundoora, 16 km inland and uphill.

The service ceased altogether on 3 August 1942, but the tractor continued to shunt wheat wagons between the station yard and the jetty until moved elsewhere.

[6] In June 1943, Edward Gage, an electrical fitter who worked for BHP in Whyalla, was killed after his Tiger Moth plane ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Spencer Gulf.

[9] Lying on the eastern side of Spencer Gulf, Port Broughton's coastline is relatively protected, resulting in large expanses of shallow water and seagrasses, tidal flats and vast areas of mangroves that flank the inlet on which the town is built.

Between the mouth of Fisherman Bay and Port Broughton lies Shag Island, an important breeding site for several species of cormorant.

Port Broughton was briefly home to a short lived newspaper published by William John George and James Sisely.

[12] Like many towns on the Yorke Peninsula, Port Broughton is a tourist destination, with activities such as fishing, crabbing and a variety of watersports being popular.