Read about our local history and heritage on the Yorke Peninsula website.
The Harry Butler Story
Henry John (Harry) Butler was born on 9 November 1889, at Yorketown, but the important years of his boyhood were spent on a small farm at Koolywurtie, a few kilometres from Minlaton. To appreciate the size of the miracle that turned a young South Australian farmer into a famous airman, it must always be born... [Continue reading]
Indigenous culture
Nharangga people have always lived on Yorke Peninsula. Their country extends as far north as Port Broughton and east to the Hummock Ranges.