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

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FRANCIS, Kenneth Jack

Service number SX14320
Private
Born 16 Jun 1922

PIKE, Clarence James

Service number 6313A
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Dec 1890

FRANCIS, Max Gordon

Service number 417356
Flight Sergeant
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 20 Aug 1923

PACKER, Edgar Reginald

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

SEARLE, Douglas Henry

Service number S75060
Private
8th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 10 Jul 1894

MATSCHOSS, Alexander Roy

Service number SX14602
Private
Born 18 May 1908

KIRBY, Thomas Edward

Service number 1854
Private
36th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Dec 1890

REDMAN, Robert Ambrose

Service number 416032
Sergeant
No. 14 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 20 Nov 1919

Memorials

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Waikerie Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice

Strangman Road
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 War Memorial

Lawrie Terrace
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

Waikerie Ramco Men Roll of Honor WW1

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

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