Carrickalinga
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name = Carrickalinga
| state = sa
| image = P4240008.JPG
| caption = North Carrickalinga Beach
| coordinates = {{coord|35|26|0|S|138|19|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = top
| lga = District Council of Yankalilla
| est = 1958{{cite web|title=Search result for "Carrickalinga (Locality Bounded)" (Record no. SA0012659) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|archive-date=12 October 2016}}
| pop = 364
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id= SSC40228 |name= Carrickalinga |access-date=17 June 2021|quick=on}}
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| region = Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island{{cite web |title= Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region |url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher= The Government of South Australia |access-date= 17 April 2017 |archive-date= 21 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190321125647/https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf }}
| stategov = Mawson{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/mawson-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Mawson |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=2 March 2018}}
| fedgov = Mayo{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=2 August 2015}}
| dist1 = 61
| dir1 = South
| location1= Adelaide
| near-n = Myponga Beach
| near-ne = Myponga Beach
| near-e = Wattle Flat
| near-se = Wattle Flat
| near-s = Normanville
Yankalilla
| near-sw = Normanville
| near-w = Gulf St Vincent
| near-nw = Gulf St Vincent
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Carrickalinga (from Kaurna Karrakardlangga / Karragarlangga) is a small coastal town in South Australia about {{convert|60|km}} 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.
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.{{cite book|last=Amery|first=Rob|date=2016|title=Warraparna Kaurna!: Reclaiming an Australian language|pages=4,204|publisher=University of Adelaide Press|url= https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/system/files/2019-04/uap-kaurna-ebook.pdf|isbn=978-1-925261-25-7|doi=10.20851/kaurna|access-date= 17 November 2020}} 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'".{{cite web | title=Place Names of South Australia – C| website=Manning Index of South Australian History|publisher=State Library of South Australia|first=Geoff |last=Manning| author-link=Geoff Manning| url=https://manning.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/pn/c/c3.htm#carrickalinga| access-date=17 November 2020}}
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.{{cite thesis|title=Phases of Aboriginal Inclusion in the Public Space in Adelaide, South Australia, since Colonisation |first=Gavin Damien Francis |last= Malone |publisher=Flinders University |date=2012 |degree=PhD |chapter=Kaurna Ancestor Being Tjilbruke: Commemorations |page=217 |url=https://theses.flinders.edu.au/view/ae876628-4508-4c12-a442-ad22e8e56fdb/1 |access-date=17 November 2020 |chapter-url=https://flex.flinders.edu.au/file/ae876628-4508-4c12-a442-ad22e8e56fdb/1/Thesis-Malone-2012-11Chapter10.pdf}}
=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".
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".
Boundaries were established in respect to the Geographical Names Act 1988, with a portion being added in 1994 and then "redefined" in 1999. 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|date=April 2016}}
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.
Description
The beaches are wide with white sand that stretches down to the pristine water. Haycock Point separates two beaches,{{cite web | title=Haycock Point| website=Google Maps | url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir//Haycock+Point,+Carrickalinga+SA/@-35.4197548,138.2881706,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6ab1692bcc257143:0x86b3784496ee1bf4!2m2!1d138.32319!2d-35.4197599!3e0 | access-date=21 November 2020}} with the beach north of the point and running up to Carrickalinga Head described as Carrickalinga Beach by Beachsafe.{{cite web | title=Carrickalinga – Beach in Carrickalinga Yankalilla SA | website=SLS Beachsafe | url=https://beachsafe.org.au/beach/sa/yankalilla/carrickalinga/carrickalinga | access-date=21 November 2020}} There was a jetty constructed there in April 1923,{{cite web | title=Jetty at Haycock Point | website=State Library of South Australia|series=Collections | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+1254 | access-date=21 November 2020}} later demolished owing to its poor siting, being exposed to wind and constant sea swell.{{cite web | title=Developing Trade and port histories: Outports – Fleurieu Peninsula ports continued|publisher=State Library of South Australia | website=SA Memory | date=7 May 2007 | url=https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=693 | access-date=21 November 2020}}
Carrickalinga Creek, also spelt Carricalinga Creek, discharges into the sea just south of Riverview Drive, although beach sand often covers the river mouth.{{cite web | title=Carrickalinga Creek | website=Google Maps | url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir//Carrickalinga+Creek,+Carrickalinga+SA/@-35.4306127,138.3193592,508m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6ab16f2d4d8ce189:0x1894d59cd4c81203!2m2!1d138.3188!2d-35.4289299!3e0 | access-date=22 November 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://darksky.org/news/carrickalinga-becomes-australias-first-international-dark-sky-community/ "Carrickalinga becomes Australia’s first International Dark Sky Community"], DarkSky International (May 30, 2024)
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{{District Council of Yankalilla suburbs |state=collapsed}}