Minlaton, South Australia

Minlaton
South Australia

War memorial on Main St.
Minlaton
Coordinates 34°46′17″S 137°35′44″E / 34.77139°S 137.59556°E / -34.77139; 137.59556Coordinates: 34°46′17″S 137°35′44″E / 34.77139°S 137.59556°E / -34.77139; 137.59556
Population 773 (2006 census)[1]
Established 1876[2]
Postcode(s) 5575
Location
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
Region Yorke and Mid North[3]
County Fergusson[2]
State electorate(s) Goyder[4]
Federal Division(s) Grey[5]
Localities around Minlaton:
Bluff Beach Koolywurtie Curramulka
Spencer Gulf Minlaton Curramulka
Ramsay
Spencer Gulf Brentwood
Yorketown		 Yorketown
Footnotes Adjoining localities[2]

Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Minlaton had a population of 773.[1] It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich Barley production in the region.

Minlaton was the home town of Harry Butler, a World War I flying ace. His Bristol M1C monoplane has been restored and is preserved in pride of place in a building the centre of the town. When he flew an air mail run from Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent to Minlaton in 1919, it was the first over-water flight in the Southern Hemisphere.

Minlaton is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula, the federal Division of Grey[6] and the state electoral district of Goyder.[4]

Thirteen miles to the west is Brown Point, commonly known as "The Bluff" or "Bluff Beach", where the boat winching system is a tourist attraction.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Minlaton (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Search result(s) for Minlaton (LOCB) (Record No. SA0045172) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2014". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Localities". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
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