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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PROMNITZ, Walter Herbert

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

CATES, Harley Hamilton

Service number 416485
Warrant Officer
No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 21 Aug 1921

JOHNS, Roy James

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

MATSCHOSS, Hugo Benno

Service number S62002
Private
Born 17 Oct 1905

HOLMES, Reuben Ray

Service number PA2587
Able Seaman
HMAS Melville
Royal Australian Navy
Born 7 Sep 1918

EKINS, Ashley Kent

Service number 135
Corporal
13th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 23 Nov 1890

PASCHKE, Arthur Harold

Service number SX37074
Private
Born 15 Jul 1920

MATSCHOSS, Alexander Roy

Service number SX14602
Private
Born 18 May 1908

Memorials

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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 Institute Soldiers Memorial Hall

White Street
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

Waikerie Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice

Strangman Road
Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie - South Australia, Australia

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