Maryvale is a rural locality in the Eyre and Western regions of South Australia. It lies within the

District Council of Streaky Bay The District Council of Streaky Bay is a local government area in South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula. Streaky Bay is the main population centre of about 1,200 people serving an agricultural district based on farming wheat and other ...

. The locality was created in April 2001, and was named after the Maryvale Homestead. The historic

Maryvale Station Maryvale Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated about south of Alice Springs and east of Yulara. The ephemeral Finke and the Hugh River both flow through the pro ...

, from which it derives its name, has been in occupation since at least the 1860s; from 1863, it was owned by prominent colonists

William Austin Horn William Austin Horn (1841–1922) was an Australian mining magnate, pastoralist, politician, author, sculptor and philanthropist. Somewhat eccentric, in 1892 he was the donor of a copy of Antonio Canova's Venus, Adelaide's then controversial f ...

and John Morphett. The station complex, including the homestead, school, shearing shed and shearers' quarters, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

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