Waddikee, South Australia

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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°19′S 136°15′E / 33.32°S 136.25°E / -33.32; 136.25
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[1]

The former railway stations of Waddikee and Caralue are both in the current locality of Waddikee. Caralue siding opened in 1915.[2] Waddikee siding opened in 1921.[3] 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 edit

  1. ^ "Placename Details: Waddikee (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 28 May 2012. SA0015630. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.