Didicoolum is a

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located in the gazetted locality of Petherick in the Australian state of

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Location

Didicoolum is located within the state government region of the

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at 36º 25' 24.06" S 140º 13' 55.51" E. It is at an altitude of 32.59

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s above

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, and is in the Hundred of Petherick.

Name

The name Didicoolum is considered to be derived from the Aboriginal word ''didikalam'', referring to waterholes. However Professor

Norman Tindale Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...

believed it is related it to tartankaram, referring to a smoke fire of the ancestral being, Karam.

Mining Activities

Gold drew the attention of gold prospectors as early as 1886, and in 1899 a vein of goldbearing quartz was discovered which raised hopes for the further expansion of gold mining activities in the South-East of Australia. However, the search quickly turned to the discovery of petroleum between Lake Albert station and Didicoolum station.

References

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