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Port Pirie is a city located in South Australia, Australia, with a population of 15,200. It was founded in 1845 as a settlement. Located 225 kilometres north of Adelaide, Australia.

Port Pirie is located at 33°10′S 138°10′E, at an elevation of 4 metres above sea level. It is located approximatly 8 km inland, as it located on the Pirie River, which is a tidal saltwater inlet from Spencer Gulf.

Port Pirie is the site of the world's largest lead smelter, operated by Zinifex Limited [1], also producing refined silver, zinc, copper and gold. The smelter was originally built in 1889 by BHP to process ore from the Broken Hill lead and zinc mines.

From 1938 to 1970, Port Pirie had the dubious distinction of being a break-of-gauge railway junction between railways of three different gauges:

In 1970, the line from Port Pirie to Broken Hill was converted to standard gauge, reducing Port Pirie to having two gauges, but creating three-gauge stations at Gladstone and Peterborough. In 1982, the line to Adelaide was also converted to standard gauge.