Minlaton

Minlaton South Australia
War memorial on Main St.
Minlaton
Coordinates	34°46′17″S 137°35′44″E / 34.77139°S 137.59556°E / -34.77139; 137.59556Coordinates: 34°46′17″S 137°35′44″E / 34.77139°S 137.59556°E / -34.77139; 137.59556
Population	773 (2006 census)
Established	1876
Postcode(s)	5575
Location	198 km (123 mi) W of Adelaide 96 km (60 mi) S of Kadina 46 km (29 mi) S of Maitland
LGA(s)	Yorke Peninsula Council
Region	Yorke and Mid North
County	Fergusson
State electorate(s)	Goyder
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Localities around Minlaton: Bluff Beach Koolywurtie Curramulka Parsons Beach Minlaton Curramulka Ramsay Spencer Gulf Brentwood Yorketown Yorketown
Footnotes	Adjoining localities

Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Minlaton had a population of 773. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich Barley production in the region.

Minlaton was the home town 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 and the state electoral district of Goyder.

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.

Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton

Harry Butler memorial

Main street

St Benedict's Anglican church, built in 1886