Cooke Plains, South Australia

Cooke Plains is a settlement in South Australia. 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).

Cooke Plains
South Australia
Cooke Plains
Coordinates35.378°S 139.561°E / -35.378; 139.561
Population69 (SAL 2016)
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

Cooke Plains township was originally a private subdivision, named after the pastoralists James and Archie Cooke. 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.

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