Sellicks Beach, South Australia

{{confuse|Sellicks Hill}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2013}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Sellicks Beach

| state = sa

| image = Sellicks Beach.jpg

| caption = Sellicks Beach south

| coordinates = {{coord|35.337101|S|138.455596|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref ={{cite web|title=Search results for 'Sellicks Beach, SUB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'|url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=138.4706&y=-35.33417&z=14&uids=19,2,115,8,11,20,105&pinx=138.456970&piny=-35.335650&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Sellicks+Beach,+Sub |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|access-date=2 October 2019}}

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pop =

| established = 1925 (sub-division)

| established_footnotes =

| postcode = 5174{{cite web |title=(postcode for) Sellicks Beach, South Australia |url=https://postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/sellicks+beach |publisher=Postcodes Australia |access-date=10 October 2019}}

| elevation =

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| area =

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| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst =ACDT

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 47

| dir1 = S

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 =

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| location2 =

| lga = City of Onkaparinga

| region = Southern Adelaide{{cite web|title=Southern Adelaide SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/24082/Southern_Adelaide_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=17 April 2017}}

| county = Adelaide{{cite web|title=Search result for "County of Adelaide, CNTY" with the following data sets selected – "Counties" and "Local Government Areas" |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ |work=Property Location SA Map Viewer |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=24 April 2017}}

| stategov = Finniss{{cite web|title=2014 State election boundaries|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=216|publisher=ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA|access-date=17 October 2014}}

| fedgov = Mayo{{cite web|title=Profile of the electoral division of Mayo (SA) |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/mayo.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=26 September 2019}}

| maxtemp = 19.4

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Summary (climate) statistics Myponga (nearest weather station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_023738.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=2 October 2019}}

| mintemp = 7.5

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| rainfall = 756.3

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| near-nw = Gulf St Vincent

| near-n = Aldinga Beach

| near-ne = Sellicks Hill

| near-w =Gulf St Vincent

| near-e = Sellicks Hill

| near-sw = Gulf St Vincent

| near-s = Sellicks Hill

| near-se =Sellicks Hill

|footnotes=Adjoining suburbs{{cite web|title=City of Onkaparinga suburb boundaries map|url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/public/download.jsp?id=61222&sstat=503543|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060506/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/public/download.jsp?id=61222&sstat=503543|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|publisher=City of Onkaparinga|access-date=8 October 2014|date=9 January 2014}}

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Sellicks Beach, formerly spelt Sellick's Beach, is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located within Adelaide metropolitan area about {{convert|47|km}} from the Adelaide city centre. It is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide and is located in the local government area of the City of Onkaparinga at the southern boundary of the metropolitan area.{{cite web|title=Metropolitan Adelaide Boundary|url=http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/resources/metropolitan-adelaide-boundary|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=9 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410040740/http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/resources/metropolitan-adelaide-boundary|archive-date=10 April 2013}} It is known as Witawali or Witawodli{{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|type=PhD|chapter=Chapter 10: 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|others=[https://flex.flinders.edu.au/file/ae876628-4508-4c12-a442-ad22e8e56fdb/1/Thesis-Malone-2012-11Chapter10.pdf Chapter 10 PDF]}} by the traditional owners, the Kaurna people, and is of significance as being the site of a freshwater spring said to be created by the tears of Tjilbruke, the creator being.{{cite web | title=Tjilbruke Dreaming Tracks| website=Kaurnaculture | url=https://kaurnaculture.wordpress.com/tjilbruke-dreaming-tracks/ | access-date=16 November 2020}}

The beach lies within Aldinga Bay. The suburb consists of land bounded in the north by Button Road, in the east by the Main South Road, to the south by the boundary of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Willunga and to the west by the coastline with Aldinga Bay. The 2016 Australian census reported that Sellicks Beach had 2,616 people living within its boundaries.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC41314 | name = Sellicks Beach (State Suburb) | access-date = 21 July 2019 | quick = on}}