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Didicoolum is a homestead located in the gazetted locality of Petherick in the Australian state of South Australia.[1]
Location
editDidicoolum 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
editThe 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