| Cooke Plains South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Cooke Plains | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°22′41″S 139°33′40″E / 35.378°S 139.561°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 69 (SAL 2016)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5261 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 18 km (11 mi) SE of Tailem Bend | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Coorong District Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Elevation[3] | ||||||||||||||
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]
- ^ 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.
