Mount Rat, South Australia
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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. In 1877, Church of England services commenced at the Mount Rat Post Office as there was no church building.[2]
The success of the area in the growing of wheat helped to make the case for a much needed jetty at nearby Port Rickaby.[3][4]
By 1905 the school had closed, and now the town has mostly disappeared.
The Anglican church was dedicated to the Archangel Raphael in 1945 by the Rt. Rev. B. P. Robin.[5]
There are presently two water tanks and a telecommunications tower at Mount Rat.[6]
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A close-up of the information sign.
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