Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula

Yorke Peninsula

The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...

, South Australia

South Australia

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. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Minlaton had a population of 773. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world".

Minlaton was the home town of Harry Butler, a World War I

World War I

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 flying ace. His Bristol M1C Monoplane

Bristol M.1

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 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

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

 across Gulf St Vincent to Minlaton in 1919, it was the first over-water flight in the Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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Minlaton is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula

District Council of Yorke Peninsula

The District Council of Yorke Peninsula is a local government area responsible for most of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. The Council has 3 wards , Kalkabury, Gum Flat and Innes Pentonvale wards....

, the federal

Australian House of Representatives

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 Division of Grey

Division of Grey

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 and the state electoral district of Goyder

Electoral district of Goyder

Goyder is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a 10,406.4 km² rural electorate based around the Yorke Peninsula and taking in the towns of Ardrossan, Bute, Corny Point, Edithburgh, Maitland, Minlaton, Moonta, Owen, Port Wakefield,...

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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.

External links

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