Mount Rat, South Australia

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Mount Rat
South Australia

The "historical marker" at Mount Rat.
Established: 1850s
Elevation: 134 m (440 ft)
LGA: District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State District: Goyder
Federal Division: Wakefield

Mount Rat is an almost non-town in the Yorke Peninsula. It is halfway between Maitland and Minlaton. It was first founded in the 1850s, and by 1882 had a school, hotel, blacksmiths, chapel and a large water tank. By 1905 the school had closed, and now the town is barely a blip on the radar.[1]

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  1. ^ The sign (as per image above)

Coordinates: 34°38′S 137°35′E / -34.633, 137.583