Carrickalinga
title: "Carrickalinga" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coastal-towns-in-south-australia", "fleurieu-peninsula", "gulf-st-vincent"] topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrickalinga" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Carrickalinga |
| state | sa |
| image | P4240008.JPG |
| caption | North Carrickalinga Beach |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_label_position | top |
| lga | District Council of Yankalilla |
| postcode | 5204 |
| est | 1958 |
| pop | 364 |
| pop_year | |
| pop_footnotes | |
| region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island |
| stategov | Mawson |
| fedgov | Mayo |
| 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 |
| footnotes | Location |
| Adjoining localities | |
| :: |
| name = Carrickalinga | state = sa | image = P4240008.JPG | caption = North Carrickalinga Beach | coordinates = | pushpin_label_position = top | lga = District Council of Yankalilla | postcode = 5204 | est = 1958 | pop = 364 | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | region = Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island | stategov = Mawson | fedgov = Mayo | 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 |footnotes=Location Adjoining localities Carrickalinga (from Kaurna Karrakardlangga / Karragarlangga) is a small coastal town in South Australia about 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. 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'".
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.
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.
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, with the beach north of the point and running up to Carrickalinga Head described as Carrickalinga Beach by Beachsafe. There was a jetty constructed there in April 1923, later demolished owing to its poor siting, being exposed to wind and constant sea swell.
Carrickalinga Creek, also spelt Carricalinga Creek, discharges into the sea just south of Riverview Drive, although beach sand often covers the river mouth.
References
References
- "Postcode for Carrickalinga, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com.
- "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]].
- {{Census 2016 AUS
- "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region". The Government of South Australia.
- (2016). "Mawson". Electoral District Boundaries Commission.
- "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011". Australian Electoral Commission.
- Amery, Rob. (2016). "Warraparna Kaurna!: Reclaiming an Australian language". [[University of Adelaide]] Press.
- Manning, Geoff. "Place Names of South Australia – C". State Library of South Australia.
- Malone, Gavin Damien Francis. (2012). "Phases of Aboriginal Inclusion in the Public Space in Adelaide, South Australia, since Colonisation". [[Flinders University]].
- "Haycock Point".
- "Carrickalinga – Beach in Carrickalinga Yankalilla SA".
- "Jetty at Haycock Point".
- (7 May 2007). "Developing Trade and port histories: Outports – Fleurieu Peninsula ports continued". [[State Library of South Australia]].
- "Carrickalinga Creek".
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