Waddikee, South Australia

Waddikee is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is on the Eyre Peninsula Railway southwest of Kimba.

Waddikee
South Australia
Waddikee is located in South Australia
Waddikee
Waddikee
Coordinates33.32°S 136.25°E / -33.32; 136.25
Population21 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)5640
Location
  • 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Kimba
  • 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Cleve
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Waddikee:
Caralue Solomon Kelly
Waddikee Mangalo
Darke Peak Jamieson
Footnotes[2]

The former railway stations of Waddikee and Caralue are both in the current locality of Waddikee. Caralue siding opened in 1915.[3] Waddikee siding opened in 1921.[4] The current locality of Caralue is north and west of these stations. The stations had government towns surveyed around them in 1926 and 1927.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Waddikee". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. "Placename Details: Waddikee (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 28 May 2012. SA0015630. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. "CARALUE SIDING OPENED". Daily Herald. Vol. 6, no. 1720. South Australia. 25 September 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "WADDIKEE SIDING". The Chronicle. Vol. LXIV, no. 3, 393. South Australia. 1 October 1921. p. 37. Retrieved 20 March 2019 via National Library of Australia.


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