Didicoolum, South Australia

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

References[edit]

  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.

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