Minlaton is a town in central
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Str ...
,
South Australia
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. At the
2016 census, Minlaton had a population of 800.
It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich
Barley
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production in the region.
Minlaton was the hometown of
Harry Butler
William Henry "Harry" Butler (25 March 1930 – 11 December 2015) was an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant, best known as the presenter of the popular ABC television series ''In the Wild'' from 1976 to 1981. He was a househo ...
, a
World War I
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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
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across
Gulf St Vincent
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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
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Division of Grey and the
state
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electoral district of Narungga
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.
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Climate
Minlaton, like most of the Yorke Peninsula, has a dry mediterranean climate
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bordering on semi-arid
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. Annual rainfall is around , most of which falls in the winter months.
Gallery
File:'Red Devil' plane at Minlaton.jpg, Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton
File:MinlatonButlerMemorial.JPG, Harry Butler memorial
File:MinlatonMainStreet.JPG, Main street
File:MinlatonAnglicanChurch1.JPG, St Benedict's Anglican church, built in 1886
See also
* List of cities and towns in South Australia
References
External links
Yorke Peninsula: Minlaton Harvest Corner website
Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre at Minlaton
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Towns in South Australia
Yorke Peninsula