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Cockaleechie, South Australia

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Town in South Australia
Cockaleechie
South Australia
Cockaleechie is located in South AustraliaCockaleechieCockaleechie
Coordinates34°12′34″S 135°50′34″E / 34.209562°S 135.842788°E / -34.209562; 135.842788
Population88 (2016)
Postcode(s)5631
Elevation115 m (377 ft)
LGA(s)District Council of Tumby Bay
RegionEyre Western
CountyFlinders
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey
Localities around Cockaleechie:
Yeelanna Brooker
Cummins Cockaleechie Ungarra
Yallunda Flat

Cockaleechie is a locality on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

It was served by a siding on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, but as it has no bulk silos, has not been used for some time. The town was named for the railway station, which in turn was named for the Cockaleechie Run pastoral lease held by James Anderson since 1860. Anderson was Scottish, and the run was probably named as a variant of cockaleekie, a Scottish soup of cock boiled with leeks. The siding opened in December 1913.


Famous Australian former tennis player John Fitzgerald was born and schooled in the nearby town of Cummins but was raised in Cockaleechie which is where he gets his nickname: the Cockaleechie Kid.

References

  1. ^ "Search results for 'Cockaleechie, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', "Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Gazetteer' and 'Roads'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. "2016 Census QuickStats: Cockaleechie". Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. "Placename Details: Cockaleechie". Property Location Browser Report. 26 October 2009. SA0014589. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. "FATHER TO SON". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXVIII, no. 20, 939. South Australia. 20 December 1913. p. 18. Retrieved 2 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
Towns and localities of the District Council of Tumby Bay


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