Minlaton South Australia
Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton
Population:	750
Postcode:	5575
LGA:	District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State District:	Goyder
Federal Division:	Grey

Minlaton is a town in the centre of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It is known as the 'Barley capital of the world.

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 Saint 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 state electoral district of Goyder and federal Division of Wakefield.

[edit] External links

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

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