Matta Flat South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°58′26″S 137°42′18″E / 33.974°S 137.705°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 82 ( SAL 2016) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5554 [3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Copper Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga [4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey [3] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [5] |
Matta Flat is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. [3] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area. [5]
It was the location of the Matta Matta Mine, which operated from 1860 until 1870. [6] In the 1860s, the mining company built an "elaborate underground drain" to remove mine seepage water from the low-lying Matta Flat area. [7] The historic Matta House, now operated by the National Trust of South Australia as part of The Farm Shed Museum, was built just south of the mine as a house for mine manager Edward Austin Horn. [8] [9] Later, in 1871, the Matta Flat area was surveyed as one of four "occupation blocks" to meet high demand for housing near Wallaroo Mines. [10] The Matta enginehouse chimney was demolished in May 1932, leading a newspaper correspondent to complain about the demolition of local landmarks. [11] [12]
Matta Flat South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°58′26″S 137°42′18″E / 33.974°S 137.705°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 82 ( SAL 2016) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5554 [3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Copper Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga [4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey [3] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates [5] |
Matta Flat is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. [3] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area. [5]
It was the location of the Matta Matta Mine, which operated from 1860 until 1870. [6] In the 1860s, the mining company built an "elaborate underground drain" to remove mine seepage water from the low-lying Matta Flat area. [7] The historic Matta House, now operated by the National Trust of South Australia as part of The Farm Shed Museum, was built just south of the mine as a house for mine manager Edward Austin Horn. [8] [9] Later, in 1871, the Matta Flat area was surveyed as one of four "occupation blocks" to meet high demand for housing near Wallaroo Mines. [10] The Matta enginehouse chimney was demolished in May 1932, leading a newspaper correspondent to complain about the demolition of local landmarks. [11] [12]