Maitland () is a town in
South Australia known as the "heart of
Yorke Peninsula" due to it being near the centre of the region. By road, it is 168 km west of
Adelaide, 164 km south of
Port Pirie and 46 km north of
Minlaton. At the , Maitland had a population of 1,029.
Maitland is within a short driving distance of coastal towns on either side, with
Port Victoria to the west and
Ardrossan to the east, each within 25 km. It has a grain receiving depot operated by
AWB Limited, serviced only by road. Maitland is also the home base of the
Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association.
History
The town was named in 1872 after Lady Jean Maitland, who died in 1766 and was the wife of the
2nd Lord of Kilkerran, Sir James Fergusson, 1688-1759 2nd Baronet of Kilkerran, the Great-Great Grandmother of the
governor of South Australia
The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-gene ...
at that time,
Sir James Fergusson 1832–1907. The local aborigines calling it "madu waltu", meaning white flint. Maitland's urban design is patterned after Adelaide's central business district: a neat grid of streets surrounded on all four sides by parkland.
In October 1884 the Adelaide Observer noted:
Maitland in situated about twenty-three miles from Moonta Moonta may refer to:
Places
*Moonta, South Australia, a locality in the Copper Coast Council including:
** East Moonta
** Moonta Bay
** Moonta Cemetery
** Moonta Mines
** North Moonta
*Corporate Town of Moonta
The Corporate Town of Moonta was ...
, on Yorke's Peninsula, and is about equidistant between the two Gulfs. The town stands about 490 feet above the sea, and is surrounded by some of the richest soil on the Peninsula. The township is only about nine years old, and has made steady progress, and bids fair to be the next largest town to Moonta on the Peninsula.
Climate
Maitland experiences a
hot-summer mediterranean climate (
Köppen climate classification: ''Csa''),
Trewartha: ''Csal''); with hot, dry summers; mild to warm, relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild, winters with moderate precipitation.
Media
Maitland was home to a newspaper called the ''Maitland Watch'' (22 December 1911 – 26 June 1969). In 1969, the newspaper merged with
Yorketown's the ''
Pioneer'' (1898–1969) to become the short-lived ''Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial'' (3 July 1969 – 28 May 1970), which was then incorporated into the ''
Yorke Peninsula Country Times'' from June 1970.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in South Australia
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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John Shannon (Australian politician)
John Wallace Shannon (28 April 1862 – 30 January 1926) was an Australian politician. Born in Angaston, South Australia, where he was educated, he became a farmer on the Yorke Peninsula and an auctioneer. He served on Maitland Council, of wh ...
References
External links
Harvest Corner WebsiteYorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre at Minlaton
Towns in South Australia
1872 establishments in Australia
Yorke Peninsula
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