Tickera, South Australia

Tickera South Australia
Beach looking north from Tickera
Tickera
Coordinates	33°47′13″S 137°42′47″E / 33.787°S 137.713°E / -33.787; 137.713Coordinates: 33°47′13″S 137°42′47″E / 33.787°S 137.713°E / -33.787; 137.713
Postcode(s)	5555
Location	20 km (12 mi) north of Wallaroo
LGA(s)	District Council of Barunga West
State electorate(s)	Frome
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Localities around Tickera: Spencer Gulf Port Broughton Spencer Gulf Tickera[1] Alford Wallaroo Kadina

Tickera is a settlement on the northern Spencer Gulf coast of Yorke Peninsula. It is located 20 km north of Wallaroo by road. It was surveyed in 1882, but experienced neither significant growth nor stability until the early 1970s. At this time, people started considering Tickera for holiday home purchases and retirement prospects.^[2] It has a football club called the Tickera Taipans.

The Tickera school opened in 1887, but the first teacher resigned on 30 September 1887 and the new teacher was not appointed until May 1892.^[2] There was another school at the locality of Brucefield half-way from the town of Tickera to Alford. The Inspector-General considered that Tickera and Brucefield schools were too close to both be supported by the Education Department.^[3] The Tickera school closed in 1933.

The school at Brucefield opened as "Tickera West" in 1883 and changed name to "Brucefield" in 1885. It closed in 1886.^[4] As there were only nine students at Brucefield at the time, the Minister for Education did not feel justified to appoint a replacement teacher.^[5] There was community discussion about which school should be kept.^[3]

A Methodist Church was built in 1889. The Tickera Hotel opened in September 1884. The hotel closed in October 1905 when it was purchased by the temperance movement.^[2]

References

1. ↑ "Property Location Browser". Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 30 September 2014. 
2. 1 2 3 SA Memory > Tickera State Library of South Australia. Accessed 2014-04-02.
3. 1 2 "WALLAROO SCHOOL BOARD OF ADVICE.". Wallaroo Times (Port Wallaroo, SA: National Library of Australia). 5 November 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2016. 
4. ↑ "Placename Details: Brucefield (LOCU)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 29 July 2010. SA0010112. Retrieved 6 January 2016. 
5. ↑ "OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.". Wallaroo Times (Port Wallaroo, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 June 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2016.