Mount Rat, South Australia

Mount Rat South Australia
St Raphael's Anglican church
Coordinates		34°38′0″S 137°35′0″E / 34.63333°S 137.58333°E / -34.63333; 137.58333Coordinates: 34°38′0″S 137°35′0″E / 34.63333°S 137.58333°E / -34.63333; 137.58333
Established	1850s
Elevation	134 m (440 ft)
LGA(s)	District Council of Yorke Peninsula
State electorate(s)	Goyder
Federal Division(s)	Wakefield

Mount Rat is a town in the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It is halfway between Maitland and Minlaton, South Australia. It was first founded in the 1850s, and by 1882 had a school, hotel, blacksmiths, chapel and a large water tank. By 1905 the school had closed, and now the town has mostly disappeared.^[1]

A close-up of the information sign.

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v t e Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Major Townships	Ardrossan Bute Kadina Maitland Minlaton Moonta Paskeville Port Broughton Wallaroo Yorketown

Councils	District Council of Yorke Peninsula District Council of the Copper Coast District Council of Barunga West

Islands	Goose Island Wardang Island Troubridge Island

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