Minlaton, South Australia

Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich Barley production in the region.

Minlaton
South Australia
War memorial on Main St.
Minlaton is located in Yorke Peninsula Council
Minlaton
Minlaton
Coordinates34°46′21″S 137°35′39″E[1]
Population759 (UCL 2021)[2]
Established1876 (town)
1999 (locality)[1][3]
Postcode(s)5575
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
CountyFergusson[1]
State electorate(s)Narungga[4]
Federal division(s)Grey[5]
Localities around Minlaton:
Bluff Beach Koolywurtie Curramulka
Parsons Beach Minlaton Curramulka
Ramsay
Spencer Gulf Brentwood
Yorketown		 Yorketown
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Minlaton was the hometown 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[6] and the state electoral district of Narungga.[4]


Climate

Minlaton, like most of the Yorke Peninsula, has a dry mediterranean climate bordering on semi-arid. Annual rainfall is around 360 millimetres or 14 inches, most of which falls in the winter months.

Climate data for Minlaton Aero
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 45.6
(114.1)		 44.1
(111.4)		 41.0
(105.8)		 37.4
(99.3)		 30.9
(87.6)		 25.9
(78.6)		 23.0
(73.4)		 29.3
(84.7)		 33.0
(91.4)		 38.7
(101.7)		 44.3
(111.7)		 45.9
(114.6)		 45.6
(114.1)
Average high °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3)		 28.6
(83.5)		 26.7
(80.1)		 23.4
(74.1)		 19.5
(67.1)		 16.3
(61.3)		 15.3
(59.5)		 16.4
(61.5)		 19.1
(66.4)		 22.6
(72.7)		 26.0
(78.8)		 27.6
(81.7)		 22.6
(72.7)
Average low °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7)		 15.3
(59.5)		 14.1
(57.4)		 11.9
(53.4)		 10.0
(50.0)		 7.8
(46.0)		 7.0
(44.6)		 6.8
(44.2)		 7.9
(46.2)		 9.3
(48.7)		 12.0
(53.6)		 13.5
(56.3)		 10.9
(51.6)
Record low °C (°F) 6.4
(43.5)		 8.0
(46.4)		 6.0
(42.8)		 5.0
(41.0)		 3.0
(37.4)		 0.0
(32.0)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 0.5
(32.9)		 0.2
(32.4)		 0.8
(33.4)		 2.1
(35.8)		 3.7
(38.7)		 −0.3
(31.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 14.5
(0.57)		 18.1
(0.71)		 16.1
(0.63)		 24.5
(0.96)		 39.5
(1.56)		 52.5
(2.07)		 50.0
(1.97)		 46.1
(1.81)		 35.4
(1.39)		 22.8
(0.90)		 21.8
(0.86)		 19.6
(0.77)		 360.3
(14.19)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 4.6 3.4 5.2 8.6 13.1 17.6 18.5 18.6 14.6 8.3 6.9 6.9 126.3
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) 36 39 40 47 49 67 70 63 58 47 39 39 50
Source: [7]
  • Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton
    Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton
  • Harry Butler memorial
    Harry Butler memorial
  • Main street
    Main street
  • St Benedict's Anglican church, built in 1886
    St Benedict's Anglican church, built in 1886

See also

References
  1. "Search results for 'Minlaton, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns','Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Minlaton (Urban Centre and Locality)". Australian Census 2021. 
  3. Kentish, Peter McLaren (27 May 1999), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 2696, retrieved 14 December 2022 – via AustLII
  4. Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. "Localities". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  7. "MINLATON AERO (nearest Weather Station)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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