Minlaton, South Australia

Minlaton South Australia
War memorial on Main St.
Minlaton
Population:	773[1]
Postcode:	5575
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
Location:	198 km (123 mi) W of Adelaide 96 km (60 mi) S of Kadina 46 km (29 mi) S of Maitland
LGA:	District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State District:	Goyder
Federal Division:	Grey
Localities around Minlaton: Port Victoria Maitland Curramulka, Ardrossan Brown Point Minlaton Port Vincent Warooka Yorketown, Stansbury

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".

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^[2] and the state electoral district of Goyder.

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.

Gallery

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  Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton

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  Harry Butler memorial

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  Main street

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  St Benedict's Anglican church, built in 1886

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Minlaton (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL415800&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
2. ^ "Localities". Australian Electoral Commission. http://apps.aec.gov.au/eSearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=5575&filterby=Postcode. Retrieved 2010-07-13. 

External links

• Yorke Peninsula: Minlaton
• Harvest Corner website Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre at Minlaton