Matta Flat, South Australia

Matta Flat South Australia
Matta Flat
Coordinates	33°58′26″S 137°42′18″E / 33.974°S 137.705°E / -33.974; 137.705
Population	82 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)	5554[3]
LGA(s)	Copper Coast Council
State electorate(s)	Narungga[4]
Federal division(s)	Grey[3]
Localities around Matta Flat: Kadina Kadina Kadina Wallaroo Mines Matta Flat Jerusalem Kadina Jerusalem Jerusalem
Footnotes	Coordinates[5]

Matta Flat is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.^[3] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.^[5]

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]