Minlaton is a town in central

Yorke Peninsula The Yorke Peninsula, known as Guuranda by the original inhabitants, the Narungga people, 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 ...

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. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich

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production in the region. Minlaton was the hometown of

Harry Butler William Henry 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 household name ...

, a

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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

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run from

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across

Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger Sp ...

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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and the

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Climate

Minlaton, like most of the Yorke Peninsula, has a dry

mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

bordering on

semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a aridity, dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below Evapotranspiration#Potential evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration, but not as l ...

. 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

References

External links

Yorke Peninsula: Minlaton Harvest Corner website
Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre at Minlaton {{authority control Towns in South Australia Yorke Peninsula

Climate

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See also

References

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