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Homestead in Petherick, South Australia
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Didicoolum is a homestead located in the gazetted locality of Petherick in the Australian state of South Australia.

Location

Didicoolum is located within the state government region of the Limestone Coast at 36º 25' 24.06"S 140º 13' 55.51"E.

It is at an altitude of 32.59 metres above sea level, and is in the Hundred of Petherick.

Name

The name Didicoolum is considered to be derived from the Aboriginal word didikalam, referring to waterholes. However Professor Norman Tindale believed it is related it to tartankaram, referring to a smoke fire of the ancestral being, Karam.

Mining Activities

Gold drew the attention of gold prospectors as early as 1886, and in 1899 a vein of goldbearing quartz was discovered which raised hopes for the further expansion of gold mining activities in the South-East of Australia. However, the search quickly turned to the discovery of petroleum between Lake Albert station and Didicoolum station.

References

  1. "Search result for Didicoolum, HMSD with following datasets selected - Suburbs and Localities and SA Government Regions". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. "Didicoolum SA".
  3. "Map of Didicoolum Drain, South Australia, Drain - Australian Place Names, coordinates".
  4. "Didicoolum SA".
  5. "A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia - D - page 15" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. p. 15. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. "COUNTRY NEWS. COUNTRY LETTERS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LIII, no. 2, 872. South Australia. 17 October 1896. p. 9. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "LATEST MINING". Evening Journal. Vol. XXXI, no. 8941. South Australia. 2 August 1899. p. 2 (ONE O'CLOCK EDITION). Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "PETROLEUM IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LX, no. 14, 183. Queensland, Australia. 29 June 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

36°25′18″S 140°13′54″E / 36.4217542°S 140.2317392°E / -36.4217542; 140.2317392


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