Matta Flat, South Australia

Matta Flat is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council.^[2] The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.^[7]

It was the location of the Matta Matta Mine, which operated from 1860 until 1870.^[8] In the 1860s, the mining company built an "elaborate underground drain" to remove mine seepage water from the low-lying Matta Flat area.^[9] 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.^[10][11] Later, in 1871, the Matta Flat area was surveyed as one of four "occupation blocks" to meet high demand for housing near Wallaroo Mines.^[12] The Matta enginehouse chimney was demolished in May 1932, leading a newspaper correspondent to complain about the demolition of local landmarks.^[13][14]