Minlaton, South Australia

Minlaton
	Minlaton; South Australia
	; War memorial on Main St.
	Minlaton
Population:	773
Postcode:	5575
Coordinates:	34°46′17″S 137°35′44″E / 34.77139°S 137.59556°ECoordinates: 34°46′17″S 137°35′44″E / 34.77139°S 137.59556°E
Location:	198 km (123 mi) W of Adelaide; 96 km (60 mi) S of Kadina; 46 km (29 mi) S of Maitland;
LGA:	District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State District:	Goyder
Federal Division:	Grey
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Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2006 census, Minlaton had a population of 773.^[1] 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 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^[2] 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.