Dingabledinga, South Australia

Dingabledinga
South Australia
Dingabledinga is located in South Australia
Dingabledinga
Dingabledinga
Coordinates35°16′S 138°38′E / 35.26°S 138.63°E / -35.26; 138.63
Postcode(s)5172
Elevation290 m (951 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council
State electorate(s)Heysen
Federal division(s)Mayo
Localities around Dingabledinga:
The Range Kuitpo
Montarra Dingabledinga Kyeema
Hope Forest
Footnotes[1]

Dingabledinga is a locality in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. It is on the ridge southeast of McLaren Vale and south of Adelaide. The name is supposed to be derived from an Aboriginal name meaning "water everywhere".[1][2]

Dingabledinga settlement was established in the 1930s by the Unemployment Relief Council.[1] Seventeen families were settled on land at Dingabledinga and Hope Forest in 1931 by the South Australian government prior to receiving that grant from the Australian government.[3] The locality existed before that as it was designated as a polling place in 1912.[4] It had been identified as suitable land for fruit orchards by 1904.[5]

The Hope Forest-Dingabledinga Memorial Hall was erected in memory of those who served in Australia's armed forces.[6]

Notable People

  • Richard Jolly, Horse Trainer
  • Angus Dawson, Australian Rower, Olympian

References

  1. ^ a b c "Placename Details: Dingabledinga". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 2 May 2007. SA0003893. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ "The Naming of Dingabledinga". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 29, no. 1, 469. South Australia. 20 July 1940. p. 3 (THE MAIL MAGAZINE). Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "LAND SETTLEMENT SCHEMES". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 12 July 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "APPOINTMENT OF POLLING PLACES". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 66. Australia. 19 October 1912. p. 2303. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LXI, no. 3, 291. South Australia. 29 October 1904. p. 35. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Hope Forest-Dingabledinga Memorial Hall". Retrieved 19 January 2018.


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