Cooke Plains
South Australia
Cooke Plains is located in South Australia
Cooke Plains
Cooke Plains
Coordinates35°22′41″S 139°33′40″E / 35.378°S 139.561°E / -35.378; 139.561
Population69 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)5261
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Location18 km (11 mi) SE of Tailem Bend
LGA(s)Coorong District Council
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Cooke Plains:
Tailem Bend Elwomple Moorlands
Wellington East Cooke Plains
Ashville Malinong Coomandook
FootnotesElevation[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]

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooke Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooke Plains (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Cooke Plains Memorial Hall". Monument Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.


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