Carrickalinga

Carrickalinga (from Kaurna Karrakardlangga / Karragarlangga) is a small coastal town in South Australia about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula overlooking Gulf St Vincent. The town has no shops, with the nearest being in Normanville, one kilometre away. Haycock Point separates two beaches, sometimes referred to as North Carrickalinga and South Carrickalinga beaches, both on Yankalilla Bay. Carrickalinga Creek discharges into the sea south of the town.

Carrickalinga South Australia
North Carrickalinga Beach
Carrickalinga
Coordinates	35°26′0″S 138°19′0″E
Population	364 (2016 census)[1]
Established	1958[2]
Postcode(s)	5204[3]
Location	61 km (38 mi) South of Adelaide
LGA(s)	District Council of Yankalilla
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
State electorate(s)	Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)	Mayo[6]
Suburbs around Carrickalinga: Gulf St Vincent Myponga Beach Myponga Beach Gulf St Vincent Carrickalinga Wattle Flat Normanville Normanville Yankalilla Wattle Flat
Footnotes	Location[3] Adjoining localities[2]

History

Aboriginal use

Before British colonisation of South Australia, the Kaurna people occupied the land from the Adelaide plains and southwards down western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula. The Kaurna name was Karrakardlangga.^[7] According to Geoff Manning, the name is "a corruption of the name of a former Aboriginal camp on section 1018 meaning 'place for redgum firewood'".^[8]

The Tjilbruke Dreaming Track, based on the story of the Kaurna creator ancestor Tjilbruke's journey down the Fleurieu Peninsula, follows the coastline through Carrickalinga. There is a commemorative plaque on Gold Coast Drive on the foreshore.^[9]

European settlement

Information on a silver/lead mine in the area was reported in newspapers in 1862 and 1880, and a 1913 article refers to "mineral wealth".^[8]

Carrickalinga first appeared in 1958 as the name of a private subdivision developed by a George Lewis of Waterloo Corner in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Myponga. The name was "used in preference to Gold Coast".^[2]

Boundaries were established in respect to the Geographical Names Act 1988, with a portion being added in 1994 and then "redefined" in 1999.^[2] George Lewis is remembered in the naming of Lewis Road, whilst a former Town Clerk of the District Council of Yankalilla, Tom Lyddon, has Lyddon Place named after him. The original sales agent, Cliff Hawkins, placed a flagpole on the hill adjoining Solitude Drive, which remains in place today.^{[citation needed]}

Governance

Carrickalinga is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the District Council of Yankalilla.^[6][5][2]

Description

The beaches are wide with white sand that stretches down to the pristine water. Haycock Point separates two beaches,^[10] with the beach north of the point and running up to Carrickalinga Head described as Carrickalinga Beach by Beachsafe.^[11] There was a jetty constructed there in April 1923,^[12] later demolished owing to its poor siting, being exposed to wind and constant sea swell.^[13]

Carrickalinga Creek, also spelt Carricalinga Creek, discharges into the sea just south of Riverview Drive, although beach sand often covers the river mouth.^[14]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carrickalinga". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
2. "Search result for "Carrickalinga (Locality Bounded)" (Record no. SA0012659) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
3. "Postcode for Carrickalinga, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
4. "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
5. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
6. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
7. Amery, Rob (2016). Warraparna Kaurna!: Reclaiming an Australian language (PDF). University of Adelaide Press. pp. 4, 204. doi:10.20851/kaurna. ISBN 978-1-925261-25-7. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
8. Manning, Geoff. "Place Names of South Australia – C". Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
9. Malone, Gavin Damien Francis (2012). "Kaurna Ancestor Being Tjilbruke: Commemorations" (PDF). Phases of Aboriginal Inclusion in the Public Space in Adelaide, South Australia, since Colonisation (PhD thesis). Flinders University. p. 217. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
10. "Haycock Point". Google Maps. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
11. "Carrickalinga – Beach in Carrickalinga Yankalilla SA". SLS Beachsafe. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
12. "Jetty at Haycock Point". State Library of South Australia. Collections. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
13. "Developing Trade and port histories: Outports – Fleurieu Peninsula ports continued". SA Memory. State Library of South Australia. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
14. "Carrickalinga Creek". Google Maps. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

External links

• "Carrickalinga becomes Australia’s first International Dark Sky Community", DarkSky International (May 30, 2024)