Maitland South Australia
Maitland
Population:	1000
Established:	1872
Postcode:	5573
Elevation:	160 m (525 ft)
Location:	168 km (104 mi) west of Adelaide 164 km (102 mi) south of Port Pirie
LGA:	District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State District:	Goyder
Federal Division:	Grey

Maitland is a town in South Australia located 168 km west of Adelaide 164 km south of Port Pirie near the centre of northern Yorke Peninsula.

The town was named in 1872 after Lady Jean Maitland, the wife of the First Lord of Kilkerran, a family connection of the governor of South Australia at this time, Sir James Fergusson; the local aborigines calling it "madu waltu", meaning white flint.

Maitland has a grain receiving depot operated by AWB Limited, serviced only by road.^[1] Maitland is also the home base of the Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association.

Maitland's urban design is patterned after Adelaide's central business district: a neat grid of streets surrounded on all four sides by parkland.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Maitland GrainFlow Centre". AWB Limited. http://www.awb.com.au/growers/awbgrainflow/grainflowcentres/Maitland.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-15. 

[edit] External links

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

Coordinates: 34°22′S 137°40′E / 34.367°S 137.667°E / -34.367; 137.667

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