Didicoolum, South Australia
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Didicoolum is a homestead located in the gazetted locality of Petherick in the Australian state of South Australia.[1]
Location
[edit]Didicoolum is located within the state government region of the Limestone Coast at 36º 25' 24.06"S 140º 13' 55.51"E.[2][3]
It is at an altitude of 32.59 metres above sea level,[4] and is in the Hundred of Petherick.
Name
[edit]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.[5]
Mining Activities
[edit]Gold drew the attention of gold prospectors as early as 1886,[6] 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.[7] However, the search quickly turned to the discovery of petroleum between Lake Albert station and Didicoolum station.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Search result for Didicoolum, HMSD with following datasets selected - Suburbs and Localities and SA Government Regions". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Didicoolum SA".
- ^ "Map of Didicoolum Drain, South Australia, Drain - Australian Place Names, coordinates".
- ^ "Didicoolum SA".
- ^ "A Compendium of the Place Names of South Australia - D - page 15" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. p. 15. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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