Maitland, South Australia
{{distinguish|Maitland, New South Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Maitland
| state = sa
| image = MaitlandRobertStreet.JPG
| caption = Robert St in Maitland
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|22|0|S|137|40|0|E|display=inline,title}}
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| established = 1872
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| postcode = 5573
| elevation = 160
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| dist1 = 168
| dir1 = west
| location1 = Adelaide
| dist2 = 164
| dir2 = south
| location2 = Port Pirie
| dist3 = 50
| dir3 = south
| location3 = Kadina
| dist4 = 46
| dir4 = north
| location4 = Minlaton
| lga = Yorke Peninsula Council
| region =Yorke and Mid North{{cite web|title= Yorke and Mid North SA Government region|url=https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/12793/Yorke_Mid_North_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=28 April 2017}}
|county = Fergusson
| stategov = Narungga{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/narungga-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Narungga |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=1 March 2018}}
| fedgov = Grey
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| maxtemp = 22.5
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| mintemp = 11.7
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| rainfall = 482.5
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| near-e = Winulta
Petersville
| near-se = Cunningham
| near-s = South Kilkerran
Yorke Valley
Cunningham
| near-sw = Point Pearce
| near-w = Balgowan
| near-nw = Balgowan
| near = Maitland
| footnotes = Adjoining localities
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Maitland ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|t|l|ə|n|d}}) is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. By road, it is {{cvt|168|km}} west of Adelaide, {{cvt|164|km}} south of Port Pirie and {{cvt|46|km}} north of Minlaton. The town lies in the traditional lands of the Narungga, whose name for the district is Maggiwarda.
History
The town was established on the Yorke Peninsula, the traditional lands of the Narungga, an Aboriginal Australian people, who had lived there for thousands of years. Their name for the peninsula is Guuranda, and the Maitland district was Maggiwarda.{{cite journal | last=Liebelt | first=Belinda | last2=Roberts | first2=Amy | last3=O'Loughlin | first3=Clem | last4=Milera | first4=Doug | title=‘We had to be off by sundown’: Narungga contributions to farming industries on Yorke Peninsula (Guuranda), South Australia | journal=Aboriginal History | publisher=ANU Press | volume=40 | date=6 December 2016 | issn=0314-8769 | doi=10.22459/ah.40.2016.04 | doi-access=free | page=}} [https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n2179/pdf/article04.pdf PDF]{{cite web | title=Figure 1: Yorke Peninsula (Guuranda) and relevant placenames. | website=ResearchGate | date=1 June 2019 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Yorke-Peninsula-Guuranda-and-relevant-placenames-Source-Produced-by-Belinda-Liebelt_fig1_311572132 | access-date=29 February 2024}}
The town was named in 1872 after Lady Jean Maitland,{{Cite web|url=https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I58803&tree=CC|title=Jean Maitland, only child b. 7 Dec 1703 d. 29 Mar 1766: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy}} the wife of James Fergusson, Lord Kilkerran and great-great grandmother of the governor of South Australia at that time, Sir James Fergusson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I58790&tree=CC|title=Sir James Fergusson [Ferguson], of Kilkerran, 6th Baronet b. 18 Mar 1832 d. 14 Jan 1907 Jamaica, West Indies: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy}}
In October 1884 the Adelaide Observer noted:
Maitland in situated about twenty-three miles from Moonta, on Yorke's Peninsula, and is about equidistant between the two Gulfs. The town stands about 490 feet above the sea, and is surrounded by some of the richest soil on the Peninsula. The township is only about nine years old, and has made steady progress, and bids fair to be the next largest town to Moonta on the Peninsula.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160102338 |title=MAITLAND. |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |volume=XLI |issue=2246 |location=South Australia |date=18 October 1884 |access-date=13 May 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Agriculture was developed on lands formerly used as hunting grounds for the Narungga people, and they were employed in agricultural work from where they were moved to at Point Pearce (Burgiyana) mission.
Location and description
Maitland is within a short driving distance of coastal towns on either side, with Port Victoria to the west and Ardrossan to the east, each within 25 km.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} It has a grain receiving depot operated by AWB Limited, serviced only by road.{{cite web |url=http://www.awb.com.au/growers/awbgrainflow/grainflowcentres/Maitland.htm |title=Maitland GrainFlow Centre |publisher=AWB Limited |access-date=2006-10-15 }}
Climate
Maitland has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with very warm, dry summers and mild, wetter winters. Temperatures vary throughout the year, with average maxima ranging from {{convert|29.3|C}} in January to {{convert|14.3|C}} in July, and average minima fluctuating between {{convert|15.9|C}} in February and {{convert|7.0|C}} in July. Annual precipitation is moderately low, averaging {{convert|502.5|mm|in|abbr=on}}, with a maximum in winter. There are 109.8 precipitation days, 95.8 clear days and 133.4 cloudy days annually. Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|46.3|C}} on 24 January 2019 to {{convert|0.0|C}} on 29 June 1958 and 9 July 1959.{{cite web
|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=22008 |title = Maitland Climate (1879-2024) |website = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = August 10, 2024}}
{{Weather box
|location = Maitland (34º22'12"S, 137º40'12"E, 185 m AMSL) (1879-2024 normals, extremes 1957-2024)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 46.3
|Feb record high C = 43.5
|Mar record high C = 40.7
|Apr record high C = 37.0
|May record high C = 29.0
|Jun record high C = 25.0
|Jul record high C = 21.8
|Aug record high C = 28.0
|Sep record high C = 33.8
|Oct record high C = 37.9
|Nov record high C = 42.4
|Dec record high C = 46.0
|Jan high C = 29.3
|Feb high C = 28.5
|Mar high C = 25.9
|Apr high C = 22.4
|May high C = 18.2
|Jun high C = 15.5
|Jul high C = 14.3
|Aug high C = 15.5
|Sep high C = 18.1
|Oct high C = 21.6
|Nov high C = 24.9
|Dec high C = 26.4
|Jan low C = 15.8
|Feb low C = 15.9
|Mar low C = 14.5
|Apr low C = 12.6
|May low C = 10.0
|Jun low C = 7.9
|Jul low C = 7.0
|Aug low C = 7.2
|Sep low C = 8.5
|Oct low C = 10.1
|Nov low C = 12.3
|Dec low C = 13.8
|Jan record low C = 7.7
|Feb record low C = 8.9
|Mar record low C = 7.2
|Apr record low C = 4.4
|May record low C = 4.0
|Jun record low C = 0.0
|Jul record low C = 0.0
|Aug record low C = 1.1
|Sep record low C = 1.1
|Oct record low C = 1.8
|Nov record low C = 4.4
|Dec record low C = 6.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 18.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 21.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 20.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 42.3
|May precipitation mm = 62.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 68.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 65.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 61.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 49.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 41.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 28.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 23.9
|year precipitation mm = 502.5
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 3.9
|Feb precipitation days = 3.6
|Mar precipitation days = 4.6
|Apr precipitation days = 8.3
|May precipitation days = 12.1
|Jun precipitation days = 14.2
|Jul precipitation days = 15.3
|Aug precipitation days = 14.6
|Sep precipitation days = 11.7
|Oct precipitation days = 9.7
|Nov precipitation days = 6.5
|Dec precipitation days = 5.3
|Jan afthumidity = 35
|Feb afthumidity = 39
|Mar afthumidity = 42
|Apr afthumidity = 48
|May afthumidity = 59
|Jun afthumidity = 64
|Jul afthumidity = 66
|Aug afthumidity = 62
|Sep afthumidity = 56
|Oct afthumidity = 46
|Nov afthumidity = 40
|Dec afthumidity = 39
|Jan dew point C = 9.4
|Feb dew point C = 10.4
|Mar dew point C = 9.6
|Apr dew point C = 8.5
|May dew point C = 8.1
|Jun dew point C = 7.3
|Jul dew point C = 6.7
|Aug dew point C = 6.5
|Sep dew point C = 6.9
|Oct dew point C = 6.6
|Nov dew point C = 7.1
|Dec dew point C = 8.3
|year dew point C = 7.9
|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1879-2024 normals, extremes 1957-2024){{cite web
|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022008_All.shtml
|title = Maitland Climate Statistics (1879-2024)
|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology
|access-date = August 10, 2024}}
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Media
Maitland was home to a newspaper called the Maitland Watch (22 December 1911 – 26 June 1969). In 1969, the newspaper merged with Yorketown's the Pioneer (1898–1969) to become the short-lived Yorke Peninsula News Pictorial (3 July 1969 – 28 May 1970), which was then incorporated into the Yorke Peninsula Country Times from June 1970.{{Cite web|url=http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410317&p=2796365|title=LibGuides: SA Newspapers: M-N|last=Laube|first=Anthony|website=guides.slsa.sa.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2018-08-18}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.harvestcorner.com.au Harvest Corner Website] Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre at Minlaton
{{Yorke Peninsula}}
{{Yorke Peninsula Council localities |state=collapsed}}
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Category:Towns in South Australia
Category:1872 establishments in Australia
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