PORT LINCOLN

city, south central South Australia, on the east shore of Eyre Peninsula, west of Adelaide. Visited in 1802 by the explorer Matthew Flinders, this fine natural harbour with deepwater anchorage was named by him after his native English county of Lincoln. The town was surveyed in 1839. Lying on Spencer Gulf, the port is the principal outlet for wheat, barley, wool, and mutton produced on the peninsula. It is also one of Australia's largest fishing centres, with catches of tuna, whiting, and salmon, and holds a popular annual Tunarama Festival. The town is a rail terminus and has fish canneries, railway workshops, a fertilizer factory, an abattoir, butter and bacon works, engineering works, and timber mills. Pop. (1981) 10,675.