Waikerie

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Wailerie is a South Australian town and crossing point on the south bank of the River Murray in what is known as "The Riverland" district of the State.

Before European settlement, the Ngawait tribe inhabited the area. The river and surrounding land provided everything they could possibly need - fish, shellfish, birds, kangaroos, and native fruits. Now, Waikerie is well known for citrus growing and gliding, as the flat dry terrain provides good thermals. Waikerie hosted the 14th World Gliding Championships in 1974.

The town of Waikerie derives its name from Weikari, which is claimed to mean 'the rising'. However some linguistic anthropologists argue that the name refers to the spider creator god from local creation myths.[3] The Waikerieness was said to fend off monthly centipede infestations by leaking seeds all over the area. This refers to the emergence of many ghost moths (especially Trictena argentata : Hepialidae) from the ground among the river red gums after heavy rain.

Waikerie is in the District Council of Loxton Waikerie, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Chaffey and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker. The historic former Irrigation Pumping Station Chimney in Scenic Lookout Reserve is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from Waikerie

POPE, Vivian Lewis

Service number 416993
Flight Sergeant
11 Personnel Depot and Receiving Centre
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 20 Aug 1923

TREBILCOCK, Colin Eric

Service number 417678
Flight Sergeant
No. 10 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 20 Sep 1921

JOHNS, Roy James

Service number SX8212
Private
2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 24 Nov 1919

PROMNITZ, Walter Herbert

Service number SX8094
Corporal
2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 6 Jan 1918

ZYGAS, Stanley

Service number 5103A
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 14 Apr 1887

PACKER, Edgar Reginald

Service number 353
Private
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Jul 1889

READ, Graham Sydney

Service number 417118
Flight Sergeant
Born 20 Jul 1923

MORTIMER, Arthur Thomas Lort

Service number 407247
Born 29 Dec 1920

Memorials

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Waikerie Institute Soldiers Memorial Hall

White Street
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

Waikerie Primary School Old Scholars Roll of Honor

Waikerie Primary School, 22 Coombe Terrace
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

Waikerie Ramco Men Roll of Honor WW1

10 Thompson Street
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

Waikerie Soldiers Memorial Park

Lawrie Terrace
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

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