Population 268 (2006 census) Postcode(s) 5560 Bute Snowtown Postal code 5560 Federal division Division of Grey | Established 1884 State electorate(s) Frome Founded 1884 Local time Wednesday 3:00 AM | |
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Location 40 km (25 mi) east of Wallaroo
24 km (15 mi) west of Snowtown
142 km (88 mi) from Adelaide Weather 19°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 87% Humidity Lga District Council of Barunga West | ||
Bute is a town in the Mid North of South Australia, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Wallaroo and 24 kilometres west of Snowtown. It was proclaimed as a town in 1884 and named after the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Attractions to the town include the nearby Bute tannery, Bute Hobbies Bromeliad Display Gardens and the Bute Hotel The town is surrounded by agricultural and pastoral land.
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Map of Bute SA 5560, Australia
Bute was the original site of the Yorke Peninsula Field Days in 1895; they are now held outside Paskeville.
Railways
Bute is situated on the disused Brinkworth–Kadina railway line. This line was originally narrow gauge (1067mm) but was converted to broad gauge (1600mm) in 1927. From the late 1990s until 2009 a tourist train traversed the line from Wallaroo to Bute. The next siding towards Kadina on the railway was originally called "16-mile Siding" and later Mona, but is now included in the bounded Locality of Bute.