Yorke Peninsula

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Yorke Peninsula

Yorke Peninsula is in South Australia, and should not be confused with Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland Queensland, Australia. This remote peninsula is one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth....
, in Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
.

The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
in South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, between Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight....
on the west and Gulf St. Vincent
Gulf Saint Vincent

St Vincent's Gulf is a large inlet of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia. It is bordered by two peninsulas: the Yorke Peninsula to the west, and the Fleurieu Peninsula to the south east....
on the east. It has geographic coordinates of . The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island, Northern Territory. It is 112 kilometres southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf Saint Vincent....
to the southeast by Investigator Strait
Investigator Strait

'Investigator Strait' is a body of water lying between Yorke Peninsula, on the Australian mainland, and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his ship, H.M.S....
.

Before white settlement around 1840, Yorke Peninsula was the home to the Narungga people.

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Yorke Peninsula is in South Australia, and should not be confused with Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland Queensland, Australia. This remote peninsula is one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth....
, in Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
.

The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
in South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, between Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight....
on the west and Gulf St. Vincent
Gulf Saint Vincent

St Vincent's Gulf is a large inlet of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia. It is bordered by two peninsulas: the Yorke Peninsula to the west, and the Fleurieu Peninsula to the south east....
on the east. It has geographic coordinates of . The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island, Northern Territory. It is 112 kilometres southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf Saint Vincent....
to the southeast by Investigator Strait
Investigator Strait

'Investigator Strait' is a body of water lying between Yorke Peninsula, on the Australian mainland, and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his ship, H.M.S....
.

Before white settlement around 1840, Yorke Peninsula was the home to the Narungga people. Today the descendants of these people still live on Yorke Peninsula, supported by the Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association in Maitland
Maitland, South Australia

Maitland is a town in South Australia located 168 km west of Adelaide 164 km south of Port Pirie, South Australia near the centre of northern Yorke Peninsula....
, and in the community at Point Pearce near the northern end of Gulf Saint Vincent
Gulf Saint Vincent

St Vincent's Gulf is a large inlet of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia. It is bordered by two peninsulas: the Yorke Peninsula to the west, and the Fleurieu Peninsula to the south east....
.

Principal towns include the Copper Triangle towns of Kadina
Kadina, South Australia

Kadina is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, approximately 144 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide....
, Moonta
Moonta, South Australia

Moonta is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns known as "Little Cornwall" and for their shared copper mining history....
and Wallaroo
Wallaroo, South Australia

Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It is 160 kilometres north-northwest of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as "Little Cornwall"....
; farming centres of Maitland
Maitland, South Australia

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

Minlaton is a town in the centre of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. The welcome sign entering the town describes it as the Barley capital of the world....
and Yorketown
Yorketown, South Australia

Yorketown is the largest town in southern Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia. It is most famous for its Cornish pasties and "Y" shaped bar....
; and the port
Port

||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo. They are usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake....
of Ardrossan
Ardrossan, South Australia

Ardrossan is a small town on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150 km from Adelaide, South Australia.The town was largely initiated by wheat farmers and wheat transporters in the late 19th century who needed infrastructure to ship their produce across the Gulf St....
. A number of smaller coastal towns are popular destinations for fishing and holidays, particularly from Adelaide. The south-western tip is occupied by Innes National Park
Innes National Park

Innes is a national park on the southwest tip of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia , 160 km west of Adelaide, Australia. Innes is the largest area of native vegetation remaining on the Yorke Peninsula, providing habitat for 115 species of conservation significance....
.

Yorke Peninsula is a major producer of grain, particularly barley
Barley

Barley is an annual plant cereal grain derived from the grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food, as well as the making of alcoholic beverages beer and whisky....
. Historically this has been sent out by sea because there are no rail services. Most coastal towns on the peninsula have substantial jetties. In the past these were used by ketch
Ketch

A ketch is a sailing craft with two Mast : a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder. Both masts are rigged mainly Fore-and-aft rig....
es, schooner
Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
s, and later steamships, to collect the grain in bags, and deliver fertiliser and other supplies. As roads in the region improved, and freight-handling techniques changed from bags to bulk, this became obsolete. A deep-water port was opened in 1970 near the south-eastern tip at Port Giles
Port Giles, South Australia

Port Giles is the newest port on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, between Stansbury, South Australia and Edithburgh, South Australia. Port Giles is not a town, but simply a large jetty equipped for bulk handling of grain, operated by Flinders Ports, and a similarly large grain storage facility operated by ABB Grain Limited....
to export grain in bulk), and almost all the other ports ceased to be used for freight in the 1950s and 1960s. The only other ports with bulk-handling facilities are Wallaroo
Wallaroo, South Australia

Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It is 160 kilometres north-northwest of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as "Little Cornwall"....
at the north-western side, and Ardrossan
Ardrossan, South Australia

Ardrossan is a small town on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula, about 150 km from Adelaide, South Australia.The town was largely initiated by wheat farmers and wheat transporters in the late 19th century who needed infrastructure to ship their produce across the Gulf St....
at the top of Gulf Saint Vincent
Gulf Saint Vincent

St Vincent's Gulf is a large inlet of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia. It is bordered by two peninsulas: the Yorke Peninsula to the west, and the Fleurieu Peninsula to the south east....
, also used to ship dolomite
Dolomite

Dolomite is the name of a sedimentary carbonate rock and a mineral, both composed of calcium magnesium carbonate calciummagnesium2 found in crystals....
from a nearby mine for OneSteel
OneSteel

OneSteel is an Australian-based mining, ore processing and steel manufacturing company specialising in steel-long products for the construction, mining, transport and agricultural industries....
. Maitland has a grain-receiving depot operated by AWB
AWB Limited

AWB Limited is the Australian former monopoly company that oversees the exports of grain, particularly wheat.The AWB was a government body known as the Australian Wheat Board until 1 July 1999, when the AWB was transformed into a private company, owned by wheat growers....
, serviced only by road.

Physiography
The area is also known as the Yorke Horst, which is distinct physiographic section of the larger South Australian Shatter Belt province, which in turn is part of the larger West Australian Shield
Australian Shield

The Australian Shield, also called the Western Australian Shield or Western Plateau, occupies more than half of the continent of Australia. It occupies the portion of Australia west of a line running north-south roughly from the eastern shore of Arnhem Land on the Bay or Gulf of Carpentaria to the Eyre Peninsula in the state of South Austral...
physiographic division.

See also

Copper Coast
Copper Coast

Copper Coast is a region of South Australia situated in Northern Yorke Peninsula and comprising the towns of Wallaroo, South Australia, Kadina, South Australia, Moonta, South Australia, Paskeville, South Australia and Port Hughes, South Australia....
Kernewek Lowender
Kernewek Lowender

The Kernewek Lowender is a Cornwall biennial festival held in the Copper Triangle towns of Kadina, South Australia, Moonta, South Australia and Wallaroo, South Australia on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia....

External links

Official SA Website