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Mount Rat, South Australia

Coordinates: 34°37′40″S 137°35′53″E / 34.627696°S 137.597998°E / -34.627696; 137.597998
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Mount Rat
Wauraltee[1]South Australia
St Raphael's Anglican church
Mount Rat is located in South Australia
Mount Rat
Mount Rat
Coordinates34°37′40″S 137°35′53″E / 34.627696°S 137.597998°E / -34.627696; 137.597998[1]
Established1850s
Elevation134 m (440 ft)[2]

Mount Rat is a former subdivision in South Australia located in the locality of Wauraltee on the Yorke Peninsula.[1] It is located near the junction of the Spencer Highway and Mount Rat Road about halfway between the centres of Maitland and Minlaton.[1] 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. There are two water tanks and a telecommunications tower at Mount Rat.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Search result for "Mount Rat, Subd" with the following datasets being selected -"Suburbs and Localities" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Josh, The (7 August 2007). "Mount rat info sign close". Wikimedia. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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