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]
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.
36°25′18″S 140°13′54″E / 36.4217542°S 140.2317392°E