Matta Flat, South Australia
Town in South Australia
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Matta Flat is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.[2] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.[5]
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| Coordinates: 33.974°S 137.705°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 82 (SAL 2016)[3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5554[2] | ||||||||||||
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History
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]
