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Sellicks Beach, South Australia

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nameSellicks Beach
cityAdelaide
statesa
imageSellicks Beach.jpg
captionSellicks Beach south
alternative_location_mapAustralia SA metro Adelaide
pushpin_map_captionLocation in greater metropolitan Adelaide
coordinates
local_mapyes
zoom12
pop
established1925 (sub-division)
established_footnotes
postcode5174
timezoneACST
utc+9:30
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utc-dst+10:30
dist147
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location1Adelaide
lgaCity of Onkaparinga
regionSouthern Adelaide
countyAdelaide
stategovFinniss
fedgovMayo
maxtemp19.4
maxtemp_footnotes
mintemp7.5
mintemp_footnotes
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near-nwGulf St Vincent
near-nAldinga Beach
near-neSellicks Hill
near-wGulf St Vincent
near-eSellicks Hill
near-swGulf St Vincent
near-sSellicks Hill
near-seSellicks Hill
footnotesAdjoining suburbs

NOTOC | timezone-dst =ACDT | utc-dst = +10:30

| near-nw = Gulf St Vincent | near-n = Aldinga Beach | near-ne = Sellicks Hill | near-w =Gulf St Vincent | near-e = Sellicks Hill | near-sw = Gulf St Vincent | near-s = Sellicks Hill | near-se =Sellicks Hill

Sellicks Beach, formerly spelt Sellick's Beach, is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located within Adelaide metropolitan area about 47 km from the Adelaide city centre. It is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide and is located in the local government area of the City of Onkaparinga at the southern boundary of the metropolitan area. It is known as Witawali or Witawodli by the traditional owners, the Kaurna people, and is of significance as being the site of a freshwater spring said to be created by the tears of Tjilbruke, the creator being.

The beach lies within Aldinga Bay. The suburb consists of land bounded in the north by Button Road, in the east by the Main South Road, to the south by the boundary of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Willunga and to the west by the coastline with Aldinga Bay. The 2016 Australian census reported that Sellicks Beach had 2,616 people living within its boundaries.

History

Before the British colonisation of South Australia, the Sellicks Beach area, along with most of the Adelaide plains area and down the western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula, was inhabited by the Kaurna people. There is a significant site associated with the Kaurna Dreaming of the creator ancestor Tjilbruke, with a commemorative plaque on the end of Francis Street on the Esplanade. This was unveiled in 1986, the year of the South Australian sesquicentenary, as part of the Tjilbruke Dreaming Track.

The name originated in 1925 as a sub-division of part of section 665 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Willunga called "Sellicks Beach Estate", which was developed by George and Robert Herrick, two farmers who lived at Aldinga.

Sellicks Beach was gazetted as a place on 28 October 1993.

Description and facilities

There is a post office, delicatessen and a wholesale nursery. Sellicks Beach is also close to Aldinga Beach, which has three petrol stations, two supermarkets, bakery, doctor's surgery, two chemists and other various shops.

Motor vehicles on the beach

Organised motorcycle racing on the beach was held as early as 1917, with annual speed trials being held during summer until 1953 and with re-enactments in both 1986 and 1992. Annual racing resumed in 2017 after a 20-year period of no activity.

Driving motor vehicles onto the beach is permitted free of charge for residents, while non-residents are charged a small fee.

References

  1. "(postcode for) Sellicks Beach, South Australia". Postcodes Australia.
  2. "Search results for 'Sellicks Beach, SUB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". South Australian Government.
  3. "Southern Adelaide SA Government region". The Government of South Australia.
  4. "Search result for "County of Adelaide, CNTY" with the following data sets selected – "Counties" and "Local Government Areas"". Government of South Australia.
  5. "2014 State election boundaries". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA.
  6. "Profile of the electoral division of Mayo (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission.
  7. "Summary (climate) statistics Myponga (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.
  8. (9 January 2014). "City of Onkaparinga suburb boundaries map". City of Onkaparinga.
  9. "Metropolitan Adelaide Boundary". The Government of South Australia.
  10. Malone, Gavin Damien Francis. (2012). "Phases of Aboriginal Inclusion in the Public Space in Adelaide, South Australia, since Colonisation". [[Flinders University]].
  11. "Tjilbruke Dreaming Tracks".
  12. {{Census 2016 AUS
  13. Malone, Gavin Damien Francis. (2012). "Phases of Aboriginal Inclusion in the Public Space in Adelaide, South Australia, since Colonisation". [[Flinders University]].
  14. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names – S". State Library of South Australia.
  15. (18 March 1925). "Sellick Beach Estate". [[The News (Adelaide).
  16. (28 October 1993). "Geographical Names Act, 1991; Notice of Declaration of Names of Places". Government of South Australia.
  17. (13 October 1917). "Sellick's Beach Speed Trials". [[The Mail (Adelaide).
  18. (9 June 2016). "Beach motorcycle racing to return to Sellicks". In Daily.
  19. "Vehicles on beaches". [[City of Onkaparinga]].
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