PORT JULIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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Once a port for ketches to load bagged wheat and barley, it is now home to a few fishermen and numerous holiday homes.
Location: 28 km south of Ardrossan.
Origin of name: named after Mrs. Julia Wurm, wife of Louis Frederick Wurm who arrived on Yorke Peninsula about 1875 Port Julia was first known as Curramulka Harbour, for it was used as a port by that nearby town.
Brief history: Louis Frederick Wurm started in business at Stansbury as a wheat buyer, builder and general store keeper. After settling here he planted 80 acres of olive trees and made some first class olive oil. Some of the trees still remain. He also planted vines and mulberry trees for silkworms in an endeavour to produce silk.
Natural features: Black Point; Gulf St Vincent.
Built features: settlement of Sheoak Flat
Heritage features: Port Julia jetty