Before British colonisation of South Australia, the Kaurna people occupied the land from the Adelaide plains and southwards down western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula.

[9] Information on a silver/lead mine in the area was reported in newspapers in 1862 and 1880, and a 1913 article refers to "mineral wealth".

[8] Carrickalinga first appeared in 1958 as the name of a private subdivision developed by a George Lewis of Waterloo Corner in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Myponga.

[2] Boundaries were established in respect to the Geographical Names Act 1988, with a portion being added in 1994 and then "redefined" in 1999.

[11] There was a jetty constructed there in April 1923,[12] later demolished owing to its poor siting, being exposed to wind and constant sea swell.