Cooke Plains, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 35°22′41″S 139°33′40″E / 35.378°S 139.561°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 69 (SAL 2016)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5261 | ||||||||||||
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Cooke Plains is a settlement in South Australia.[4] It is adjacent to the Dukes Highway on the Adelaide–Melbourne railway about halfway between Tailem Bend and Coomandook, however trains no longer stop there. The town has several businesses and a Soldier's Memorial Hall (emblazoned with the possessive "Cooke's Plains" in the stonework).[5]
Cooke Plains township was originally a private subdivision, named after the pastoralists James and Archie Cooke.[6] Cooke Plains boundaries now also include the former government town of Bedford which was surveyed in August 1871 and declared ceased to exist on 28 April 1960.[7]
History
A Christian Chapel opened in Cooke Plains around 1869[8]
A social event was held in the locality on October 27, 1911[9]
Cooke Plains used to have an active tennis club, with match records showing a loss in 1923 against Tailem Bend.[10] Despite this, the tennis court is currently disused and appears to be used for storing pallets and miscellaneous agricultural equipment.
Geography
Cooke Plains sits within the Murray Basin sedimentary groundwater system, consisting of thick Cainozoic limestones.[11]
In 1979, Researchers at Flinders University found evidence that around 6,500-7,000 years ago, sea levels were slightly higher than today (by about 1 meter) after the last Ice age which caused Lake Alexandrina to grow bigger and flood the area, due to its low elevation.[12]
Economy
Cooke Plains is home to Cooke Plains Gypsum, which, as the name suggests, supplies Gypsum. The company owns a fleet including some Mack Trucks.[13]
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooke Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooke Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Placename Details: Cooke Plains Railway Station". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 21 April 2008. SA0015303. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ↑ "Cooke Plains Memorial Hall". Monument Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Placename Details: Cooke Plains". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 31 March 2010. SA0015297. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Placename Details: Bedford". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 12 May 2011. SA0005478. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Cooke Plains - Cootra". manning.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "COOKE'S PLAINS". Observer. 4 November 1911. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "TAILEM BEND V. COOKE'S PLAINS". The Register. 4 December 1923. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ Barnett, S.R. (1992). Regional hydrogeology of the Cooke Plains – Coomandook area, Murray Basin (PDF) (Report). Report Book. Vol. 92/14. Department of Mines and Energy (South Australia). Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ Bourman, R. P.; Murray-Wallace, C. V.; Wilson, C.; Mosley, L.; Tibby, J.; Ryan, D. D.; De Carli, E. D.; Tulley, A.; Belperio, A. P.; Haynes, D.; Roberts, A.; Westell, C.; Barnett, E. J.; Dillenburg, S.; Beheregaray, L. B. (4 July 2022). "Holocene freshwater history of the Lower River Murray and its terminal lakes, Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia, and its relevance to contemporary environmental management". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 69 (5): 605–629. doi:10.1080/08120099.2022.2019115. hdl:10072/416638. ISSN 0812-0099.
- ↑ "Paterson Bulk Transport". www.cookeplainsgypsum.com. Retrieved 21 June 2026.