Waddikee, South Australia

Waddikee
Waddikee; South Australia
	Waddikee
Coordinates	33°19′S136°15′E / 33.32°S 136.25°E Coordinates: 33°19′S136°15′E / 33.32°S 136.25°E
Population	21 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s)	5640
Location	30 km (19 mi) southwest of Kimba ; 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Cleve ;
LGA(s)	District Council of Kimba ; District Council of Cleve ;
State electorate(s)	Giles ; Flinders ;
Federal Division(s)	Grey
	Localities around Waddikee:
Footnotes	[2]

Last updated May 21, 2019

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

The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges.

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

The Eyre Peninsula Railway is a 1,067 mm gauge railway located on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. The system is is isolated from the rest of the South Australian railway network and is approximately 600 kilometres (370 mi) in length.

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.

Caralue is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is approximately coincident with the Hundred of Caralue except for the southeastern corner and a notch in the north side of the hundred that are in the localities of Waddikee and Panitya respectively.

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References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Waddikee". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
↑ "Placename Details: Waddikee (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 28 May 2012. SA0015630. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
↑ "CARALUE SIDING OPENED". Daily Herald . 6, (1720). South Australia. 25 September 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "WADDIKEE SIDING". The Chronicle . LXIV, (3, 393). South Australia. 1 October 1921. p. 37. Retrieved 20 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Waddikee". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[PLB-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 . 6, (1720). South Australia. 25 September 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.

[4] "WADDIKEE SIDING". The Chronicle . LXIV, (3, 393). South Australia. 1 October 1921. p. 37. Retrieved 20 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.