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Coordinates: 35°22′41″S 139°33′40″E / 35.378°S 139.561°E / -35.378; 139.561
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|footnotes=Elevation<ref name="PLB-RSTA">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work= Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Cooke Plains Railway Station |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=21 April 2008 |id=SA0015303}}</ref>
|footnotes=Elevation<ref name="PLB-RSTA">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Cooke Plains Railway Station |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=21 April 2008 |id=SA0015303 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archivedate=12 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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'''Cooke Plains''' is a [[List of cities and towns in South Australia|settlement]] in [[South Australia]].<ref name="APPENDIX STATE SUBURBS 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=|title=2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=8 December 2009}}</ref> It is adjacent to the [[Dukes Highway]] on the [[Adelaide–Melbourne railway]] about halfway between [[Tailem Bend, South Australia|Tailem Bend]] and [[Coomandook, South Australia|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).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/50623-cooke-plains-memorial-hall |title=Cooke Plains Memorial Hall |publisher=Monument Australia |accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref>
'''Cooke Plains''' is a [[List of cities and towns in South Australia|settlement]] in [[South Australia]].<ref name="APPENDIX STATE SUBURBS 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=|title=2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=8 December 2009}}</ref> It is adjacent to the [[Dukes Highway]] on the [[Adelaide–Melbourne railway]] about halfway between [[Tailem Bend, South Australia|Tailem Bend]] and [[Coomandook, South Australia|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).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/50623-cooke-plains-memorial-hall |title=Cooke Plains Memorial Hall |publisher=Monument Australia |accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref>


Cooke Plains township was originally a private subdivision, named after the pastoralists James and Archie Cooke.<ref name="PLB">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work= Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Cooke Plains |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=31 March 2010 |id=SA0015297}}</ref>
Cooke Plains township was originally a private subdivision, named after the pastoralists James and Archie Cooke.<ref name="PLB">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Cooke Plains |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=31 March 2010 |id=SA0015297 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archivedate=12 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Bedford">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work= Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Bedford |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=12 May 2011 |id=SA0005478 }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Bedford">{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser Report |title=Placename Details: Bedford |access-date=15 June 2017 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=12 May 2011 |id=SA0005478 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archivedate=12 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


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Revision as of 20:22, 12 August 2017

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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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