Hallett Cove is a coastal suburb of

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located in the

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south of the

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and

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to the east and Lonsdale to the south. The name Kareildung has been mistakenly ascribed to Hallett Cove as an

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name. The

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name of Murrkangga was derived from the meaning of Kareildung and applied specifically to the Amphitheatre in the

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. Sites within the conservation park are of great

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and

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significance, as well as containing sites of great cultural significance to the

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, including a significant site on the

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. The park features Aboriginal artefacts used by the Kaurna people about 2,000 and the

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up to 40,000 years ago. Geological features include

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s on the clifftop which form part of the evidence for the

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glaciation of southern Australia, then part of

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. Hallett Cove itself is a small rocky beach, named after John Hallett, who came across it in 1837 whilst searching for missing stock. The

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runs out to sea at the southern end. The cliffs to the north are part of the conservation park. The Hallett Cove Shopping Centre is the suburb's largest shopping centre, and includes underground parking, a food court, a

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department store, and

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supermarkets.

History

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settlement of the Hallett Cove area is among the earliest documented in Australia. Archaeological evidence in the form of more than 1700 large

stone tool A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric (particularly Stone Ag ...

s near the coast and at a campsite at Waterfall Creek, north of Black Cliff, shows the presence of the

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...

, shows a settlement dating back to 40,000 years BP. More recently, the

lived on two campsites dating back 2,000 years. The site of a

freshwater spring A spring is a point of exit at which groundwater from an aquifer flows out on top of Earth's crust (pedosphere) and becomes surface water. It is a component of the hydrosphere. Springs have long been important for humans as a source of fresh w ...

said to be created by the tears of

Tjilbruke Tjilbruke (also Tjirbruki, Tjilbruki, Tjirbruke, Tjirbuk or Tjirbuki,) is an important creation ancestor for the Kaurna of the Adelaide plains in the Australian state of South Australia. Tjilbruke was a Kaurna man, who appeared in Kaurna Dream ...

, the

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, is of particular significance. The spring, and Hallett Cove more broadly, has in the past mistakenly been ascribed the place name Krildhung (by Albert Karlowan) or Ka`reildung (

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); however, this word is derived from a verb in the

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, and found to be the result of mistaken location. A Kaurna version of the meaning of this word ("crying place") was created in 2008 as Murrkangga, and applied to the Amphitheatre. The small rocky beach was named Hallett Cove after John Hallett, who came across it in 1837 whilst searching for missing stock.

Geology

Geological features include

s on the clifftop discovered by Professor

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in 1877, which along with similar striations found earlier at Selwyn's Rock at Inman Valley, to the south in 1859, provide evidence for the

glaciation of southern Australia, then part of

. There are also a number of large

glacial erratic A glacial erratic is glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word ' ("to wander"), are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundred ...

s on the beach.McBriar, E.M. & Mooney, P.A. (Eds. 1977): ''Geological Monuments in South Australia'', Part 1. Geological Monuments Subcommittee of the S.A Division of the Geological Society of Australia Inc. pp32-39.

Schools

The suburb has three schools. Hallett Cove School was established in 1987 and is situated in the middle of the suburb. Hallett Cove East Primary School is in the Karrara estate on the northern side of the suburb. The Hallett Cove South School is the oldest school in the suburb and is situated near the Hallett Cove School.

Transport

Hallett Cove railway station Hallett Cove railway station is located on the Seaford line. Situated in the southern Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove , it is 21.4 kilometres from Adelaide station. History A station opened in 1915 as Hallett's Cove as part of the former W ...

is on top of the cliffs to the north of the beach, and services the greater Hallett Cove area. Originally the line ran inland from there to

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and ultimately to Willunga but the section from Hallett Cove onwards was closed in the 1960s. The

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is a cycle and pedestrian path that now follows the old line. A new railway extension was built south along the coast to Noarlunga; Hallett Cove Beach is the first station on this line. Both stations underwent a refurbishment in 2011, giving them a more modern look. Bus routes serviced by the

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run through Hallett Cove, terminating at the Hallett Cove Shopping Centre and Hallett Cove Beach Station.

References

{{City of Marion suburbs Suburbs of Adelaide Gulf St Vincent

History

Geology

Schools

Transport

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