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{{Distinguish|text=the [[Cape York Peninsula]] in [[Queensland]]}}
{{Other uses|Yorke Peninsula (disambiguation){{!}}Yorke Peninsula}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = region
| name   = Yorke Peninsula
| state  = sa
| image  = Ardrossan.jpg
| caption = The town of [[Ardrossan, South Australia|Ardrossan]], located in Yorke Peninsula
| pop   = 25,143| pop_year = 2005
| pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population health profile of the Yorke Peninsula |url=http://www.publichealth.gov.au/pdf/profiles/2007/507_Yorke_Peninsula_supp.pdf |access-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317015723/http://www.publichealth.gov.au/pdf/profiles/2007/507_Yorke_Peninsula_supp.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2012 }}</ref> 
| area   = 8900
| est   = 1840s
| logo   = Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.png
| url   = http://www.yorkepeninsula.com.au/
| lga   = Yorke Peninsula Council
| lga2   = Copper Coast Council
| lga3   = District Council of Barunga West
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Frome|Frome]]<ref>{{cite web|title=District of Frome Background Profile|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=553|publisher=ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103070802/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=553|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>[[Electoral district of Narungga|Narungga]]<ref>{{cite web|title=District of Goyder Background Profile|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=555|publisher=ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103075358/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/?task=document.download&id=555|url-status=live}}</ref>
| fedgov  = [[Division of Grey|Grey]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Grey|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=24 July 2015|archive-date=26 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326131054/http://aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-grey.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{coord|34|21|0|S|137|37|0|E|display=inline,title}}
}}

The '''Yorke Peninsula''', known as '''Guuranda''' by the original inhabitants, the [[Narungga people]], is a [[peninsula]] located northwest and west of [[Adelaide]] in [[South Australia]], between [[Spencer Gulf]] on the west and [[Gulf St Vincent]] on the east. The peninsula is separated from [[Kangaroo Island]] to the south by [[Investigator Strait]]. 

The most populous town in the region is [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]]; [[Maitland, South Australia|Maitland]] is the most central town; and the south-western tip is occupied by [[Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park]].

==History==
[[File:Australia.A2010283.0435.250m.jpg|thumb|right|Yorke Peninsula is the central, boot-shaped peninsula above the island and between the two inlets]]
Prior to European settlement of the area commencing around 1840, following the [[British colonisation of South Australia]], Yorke Peninsula was the home to the [[Narungga]] people. This [[Aboriginal Australian]] nation are the [[traditional owners]] of the land, and comprised four [[clan]]s sharing the peninsula, known as Guuranda: Kurnara in the north, Dilpa in the south, Wari in the west, and Windarra in the east.<ref name=windaravi>{{cite web | title=Windara reef | website=Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information | url=https://www.visityorkepeninsula.com.au/explore/windara-reef | access-date=28 February 2021 | archive-date=28 February 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228060425/https://www.visityorkepeninsula.com.au/explore/windara-reef | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=South Australian Reef Reviving the Gulf | website=The Nature Conservancy Australia | date=20 November 2020 | url=https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-priorities/oceans/ocean-stories/restoring-shellfish-reefs/gulf-st-vincent/ | access-date=29 February 2024 | archive-date=29 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229235647/https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-priorities/oceans/ocean-stories/restoring-shellfish-reefs/gulf-st-vincent/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The Narungga people also had names for the locations of many towns on the peninsula, such as Maggiwarda for [[Maitland, South Australia|Maitland]].<ref>{{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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214170638/http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n2179/pdf/article04.pdf |date=14 February 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Today the descendants of these people still live on Yorke Peninsula, supported by the Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association in [[Maitland, South Australia|Maitland]], and in the community at [[Point Pearce, South Australia|Point Pearce]].

It was named  "Yorke's Peninsula"<ref name=slsa>{{cite web | title=Plan of Yorke's Peninsula showing mineral claims, townships, runs, etc.;cartographic material&;/ by J.B. Poole C.E., Licensed Surveyor | website=[[State Library of South Australia]] | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/C+406 | access-date=28 February 2021 | archive-date=30 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030111111/https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/C+406 | url-status=live }}</ref> by Captain [[Matthew Flinders]], after [[Charles Philip Yorke]] (later Lord Hardwicke), narrowly beating French navigator Captain [[Nicolas Baudin]], who preferred the name "Cambaceres Peninsula".<ref>{{cite web | title=History of Yorke Peninsula | website=.. Yorke Peninsula: Past and Present .. | date=28 April 1923 | url=https://veryphotographic.com.au/history-of-yorke-peninsula | access-date=29 February 2024 | archive-date=19 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019000958/https://veryphotographic.com.au/history-of-yorke-peninsula | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Geography==

===Physiography===
[[Image:Central-and-southern-Yorke-Peninsula-aerial-view-1228.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Yorke Peninsula, looking south from around Ardrossan. Gulf St Vincent is in the foreground, Spencer Gulf in the background. The "foot" of the "boot" can be discerned near the horizon]]

The area is also known as the '''Yorke Horst''', which is distinct [[physiographic]] section of the larger [[South Australian Shatter Belt]] province, which in turn is part of the larger [[Australian Shield|West Australian Shield]], a physiographic division describing a geological feature known as a [[shield (geology)|shield]]. Along with Cape Eyre the peninsula is also part of the [[Eyre Yorke Block]] [[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia|bioregion]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

===Topography===
Most of Yorke Peninsula is prime agricultural land, with mostly small rolling hills and flat plains. The southern end of the [[Hummocks Range]] partially extends down the top of the Peninsula, flattening out near [[Clinton, South Australia|Clinton]]. The highest point{{how much|date=April 2021}} on the Peninsula is {{convert|5|km}} north-east of [[Maitland, South Australia|Maitland]], although there is some debate as to where the Peninsula borders the Mid-North, and part of the steep Hummocks terrain may be considered part of the Peninsula.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

A series of shallow valleys line the interior of the Peninsula, with the main one called the Yorke Valley extending roughly from Sunnyvale, south of [[Paskeville, South Australia|Paskeville]] through to Ramsey, between [[Minlaton, South Australia|Minlaton]] and [[Stansbury, South Australia|Stansbury]]. The predominant Yorke Valley area lies roughly in the area between [[Arthurton, South Australia|Arthurton]], Maitland, [[Ardrossan, South Australia|Ardrossan]] and [[Curramulka, South Australia|Curramulka]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

The southern tip, sometimes termed the "foot", is surrounded on three sides by the ocean, and forms a {{convert|170,000|ha|adj=on}} isolated "mainland island", with large tracts of excellent native vegetation.<ref name=marnalandscape/>

===Towns===

Principal towns include the [[Copper Coast]] towns of [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]], [[Moonta, South Australia|Moonta]] and [[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]]; [[farming]] centres of [[Maitland, South Australia|Maitland]], [[Minlaton, South Australia|Minlaton]] and [[Yorketown, South Australia|Yorketown]]; and the port of [[Ardrossan, South Australia|Ardrossan]]. A number of smaller coastal towns are popular destinations for fishing and holidays, particularly for people from [[Adelaide]].

The south-western tip is occupied by [[Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park]].

==Climate==
Typical of the southern coastal areas of the state and influenced by the surrounding bodies of water, Yorke Peninsula has a [[Mediterranean climate]], ([[Köppen climate classification|Koppen]]: borderline Csa/Csb), with some areas bordering a [[semi-arid climate]], with hot, dry summer and cool, wet winter seasons. Maximum temperatures in summer average around 30°C  and in winter average around 12–15°C.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Due to the surrounding bodies of water, winter temperatures are moderated and milder than most of the state, with overnight temperatures rarely falling below zero, making [[frost]] relatively uncommon in the region. Northerly winds from the [[desert]] can bring temperatures above 40°C in summer and occasionally bring very warm winter days well into the 20s. Average precipitation is 4–600&nbsp;mm, most of which falls from mid-April through to September, though total and seasonal rainfall can vary greatly from year to year. Along with most of southern Australia, [[monsoon]]al lows from the north occasionally bring heavy storm events during spring and summer; rainfall is otherwise light and unreliable due to [[high pressure system]]s dominating the area.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

== Agriculture ==
Yorke Peninsula is a major producer of grain, particularly [[barley]]. Historically this has been sent out by sea because there are no rail services. Most coastal towns on the peninsula have substantial jetties. In the past these were used by [[ketch]]es, [[schooner]]s, and later [[steamships]], to collect the grain in bags, and deliver fertiliser and other supplies. As roads in the region improved, and freight-handling techniques changed from bags to bulk, this became obsolete. A deep-water port was opened in 1970 near the south-eastern tip at [[Port Giles, South Australia|Port Giles]] to export grain in bulk, and almost all the other ports ceased to be used for freight in the 1950s and 1960s. The only other ports with bulk-handling facilities are Wallaroo at the north-western side, and Ardrossan at the top of [[Gulf St Vincent]], also used to ship [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]] from a nearby mine for [[OneSteel]]. Maitland has a grain-receiving depot operated by [[AWB Limited|AWB]], serviced only by road.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Wine production commenced on the Peninsula during the 1990s, taking advantage of the rich grey, [[limestone]]-based soil.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barley Stacks Wines |url=http://www.barleystackswines.com/about/ |publisher=Barley Stacks Wines |access-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130092006/http://www.barleystackswines.com/about/ |archive-date=30 November 2014 }}</ref>

=== Yorke Peninsula Field Days ===
{{Further|Yorke Peninsula Field Days}}
Acknowledged as Australia's oldest Field Days, the Yorke Peninsula Field Days have been held since 1894.  The Field Days site just outside [[Paskeville]] is a hive of agricultural activity every 2 years, at the end of September.<ref name="Yorke Peninsula Field Days">[http://www.ypfielddays.com.au/html/about_us.html Yorke Peninsula Field Days website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604002751/http://www.ypfielddays.com.au/html/about_us.html |date=4 June 2010 }}, The Yorke Peninsula Field Days are acknowledged as the oldest in Australia with the first trial held near Bute, SA, on 31 July 1895.</ref>

==Transport==
Access from Adelaide is by road, and a regular bus service operates from the capital to main towns on the peninsula and between some of the towns. It takes an estimated two and a half hours to drive from end to end, and about 30–40 minutes across the peninsula. There are no [[traffic lights]] on the peninsula.<ref>{{cite web | title=Getting Here & Around | website=Yorke Peninsula Tourism | url=https://yorkepeninsula.com.au/getting-here-and-around | access-date=7 April 2021 | archive-date=7 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407042306/https://yorkepeninsula.com.au/getting-here-and-around | url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2006, Sea SA operated the first [[ferry]] service across the Spencer Gulf, between Wallaroo and [[Lucky Bay]], near [[Cowell, South Australia|Cowell]] on [[Eyre Peninsula]], and this service continued until at least late 2015.<ref>{{cite web| title=About Us |url=http://www.seasa.com.au/about/about-us.php |publisher=Sea SA Pty Lty |access-date=24 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017040720/http://www.seasa.com.au/about/about-us.php |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> {{as of|2021}} a daily ferry service is operated by Spencer Gulf Searoad.<ref>{{cite web | title=Timetable | website=Spencer Gulf Searoad | date=6 April 2021 | url=https://spencergulfsearoad.com/timetable/ | access-date=7 April 2021 | archive-date=7 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407041356/https://spencergulfsearoad.com/timetable/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Balaklava-Moonta railway line]] ran across the upper Yorke Peninsula from 1878 until the 1980s.

==Flora and fauna==

A programme, "Baiting for [[biodiversity]]", involving making discounted fox baits available to landowners, in order to reduce the threat of introduced foxes to native fauna, has been running across {{convert|170,000|ha}} of the peninsula since 2014. The programme has been successful in helping to protect native species, such as the [[western pygmy possum]], [[tammar wallaby]] including [[threatened species]] such as the [[hooded plover]], [[mallee fowl]] and [[fairy tern]]. [[Bush stone-curlew]]s had returned to the peninsula after not being seen there for 40 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yorke Peninsula natives thrive with fox numbers down |url=https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/news-hub/news/articles/2019/02/baiting-for-bio |website=Environment SA |publisher=South Australia Department for Environment and Water |access-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224205434/https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/news-hub/news/articles/2019/02/baiting-for-bio |archive-date=2024-02-24 |date=14 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=dew2019>{{cite web | title=Yorke Peninsula sanctuary for iconic and threatened species | website=Department for Environment and Water | date=1 February 2019 | url=https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/news-hub/news/articles/2019/02/great-southern-ark | access-date=7 April 2021 | archive-date=6 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406091814/https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/news-hub/news/articles/2019/02/great-southern-ark | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2003, the [[Monarto Zoo]] temporarily housed 85 mainland tammar wallaby from New Zealand, awaiting reintroduction to the [[Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park]],<ref>{{cite web|title= Tamar Wallaby Reintroduction: To breed and reintroduce Tamar wallabies into their former range in Australia|publisher= [[World Association of Zoos and Aquariums]]|url= http://www.waza.org/en/site/conservation/waza-conservation-projects/overview/tamar-wallaby-reintroduction|access-date= 10 January 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151027201916/http://www.waza.org/en/site/conservation/waza-conservation-projects/overview/tamar-wallaby-reintroduction|archive-date= 27 October 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref> after they had been [[locally extinct]] there for some time.<ref name=dew2019/> By 2012, four releases had been made, and the population increased to 100–120 animals.<ref name="ABC">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-14/wallabies-mainland-tammar-warrawong/3828346 |title='Extinct' wallaby goes back on show |publisher=ABC News |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214105723/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-14/wallabies-mainland-tammar-warrawong/3828346 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Protected areas===

The following statutory reserves are located within the peninsula or immediately adjoin its coastline:
*[[Protected areas of South Australia#National Parks|National parks]] - Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park<ref>{{cite web | title=Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park | website=National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia | url=https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/innes-national-park | access-date=6 April 2021 | archive-date=5 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405100555/https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/innes-national-park | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Protected areas of South Australia#Conservation Parks|Conservation parks]] - [[Althorpe Islands Conservation Park|Althorpe Islands]], [[Bird Islands Conservation Park|Bird Islands]], [[Carribie Conservation Park|Carribie]], [[Clinton Conservation Park|Clinton]], [[Leven Beach Conservation Park|Leven Beach]], [[Minlacowie Conservation Park|Minlacowie]], [[Point Davenport Conservation Park|Point Davenport]], [[Ramsay Conservation Park|Ramsay]], [[Thidna Conservation Park|Thidna]], [[Troubridge Island Conservation Park|Troubridge Island]], [[Warrenben Conservation Park|Warrenben]] and [[Wills Creek Conservation Park|Wills Creek]].<ref name=Parks>{{cite web|title=Parks Guide 2013 - Yorke Peninsula and Clare Valley|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/195bcef6-5798-40f0-9113-9e4f00b476d0/parks-pdfs-guide-yorke-clare.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|access-date=31 October 2014|pages=73–74|year=2013|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418061607/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/195bcef6-5798-40f0-9113-9e4f00b476d0/parks-pdfs-guide-yorke-clare.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=SAGG>{{Citation | title = National Parks and Wildlife (Thidna Conservation Park) Proclamation 2017 | journal = The South Australian Government Gazette | page = 5132 | date = 19 December 2017 | url = https://legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/V/P/2017/NATIONAL%20PARKS%20AND%20WILDLIFE%20(THIDNA%20CONSERVATION%20PARK)%20PROCLAMATION%202017_19.12.2017%20P%205132/19.12.2017%20P%205132.UN.RTF | access-date = 31 December 2017 | archive-date = 31 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171231155354/https://legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/V/P/2017/NATIONAL%20PARKS%20AND%20WILDLIFE%20(THIDNA%20CONSERVATION%20PARK)%20PROCLAMATION%202017_19.12.2017%20P%205132/19.12.2017%20P%205132.UN.RTF | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Protected areas of South Australia#Aquatic reserves|Aquatic reserves]] - [[Coobowie, South Australia#Coobowie Aquatic Reserve|Coobowie Aquatic Reserve]]<ref>{{Citation| author1=Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)| title=Aquatic Reserve: Coobowie| publication-date=2007| publisher=Primary Industries and Regions South Australia| url=http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/65411/6._AqResWeb_update.pdf| access-date=31 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405180415/http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/65411/6._AqResWeb_update.pdf| archive-date=5 April 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Yorke Peninsula also hosts two [[Important Bird Area]]s (IBA): the [[Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area]] and the [[Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area]].  The Gulf St Vincent IBA covers a strip of intertidal land from Ardrossan to the head of Gulf St Vincent and onto the east coast of the gulf.  The Southern Yorke Peninsula IBA covers most of the southern western tip of the Peninsula and overlaps Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park and Warrenben Conservation Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gulf St Vincent|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=25116|publisher=BirdLife International|access-date=21 October 2014|year=2014|archive-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020023235/http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=25116|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Important Bird Areas factsheet: Southern Yorke Peninsula|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=26480|publisher=BirdLife International|access-date=30 October 2014|year=2014|archive-date=30 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030205633/http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=26480|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Marna Banggara===
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Marna Banggara, formerly known as the Great Southern Ark,<ref>{{cite web | title=Great Southern Ark project renamed Marna Banggara | website=[[WWF-Australia]] | date=27 November 2020 | url=https://www.wwf.org.au/news/news/2020/great-southern-ark-project-renamed-marna-banggara | access-date=6 April 2021 | archive-date=4 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404154422/https://www.wwf.org.au/news/news/2020/great-southern-ark-project-renamed-marna-banggara | url-status=live }}</ref> is a grand project starting in 2019 to restore the landscape and [[ecology]] of the southern Yorke Peninsula, by reintroducing around twenty [[locally extinct]] species. The {{convert|25|km|adj=on}} fence across the peninsula, isolating a  {{convert|170,000|ha|adj=on}} "mainland island", will limit predation of both native species and livestock such as lambs by [[feral cats in Australia|feral cats]] and [[red fox]]es. Some work on controlling foxes had been carried out around 2006, in preparation for the return of [[tammar wallabies]] to Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, but the fence will expand the area of control.<ref name=marnalandscape>{{cite web | title=Marna Banggara: Creating a safe haven for native species | website=Landscape South Australia | series=Northern and Yorke | date=24 December 2020 | url=https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/ny/projects/Marna_Banggara_A_safe_haven_for_native_species | access-date=6 April 2021 | archive-date=18 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418074952/https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/ny/projects/Marna_Banggara_A_safe_haven_for_native_species | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Kilvert | first=Nick | title=Rewilding project to create 'great southern ark' over former mine, farmland | website=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | date=31 January 2019 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-31/rewilding-yorke-peninsula-innes/10762182 | access-date=6 April 2021 | archive-date=4 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404053452/https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-31/rewilding-yorke-peninsula-innes/10762182 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Controversial wire fence splits peninsula to keep native animals in, pests out|first1=Shannon|last1=Corvo|first2=Luke|last2=Radford|first3=Gary-Jon|last3=Lysaght|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-07/great-southern-ark-fence-splits-yorke-peninsula/11680870|date=7 November 2019|access-date=3 September 2020|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-date=10 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910213040/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-07/great-southern-ark-fence-splits-yorke-peninsula/11680870|url-status=live}}</ref>

The geography of the southern tip of the peninsula makes it an excellent location for [[species reintroduction]], as it is surrounded by the ocean on three sides. The area already possesses good native vegetation, and the area is isolated. Marna Banggara is funded through the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, the federal government’s [[National Landcare Program]], the South Australian [[Department for Environment and Water]], [[WWF-Australia]] and the [[Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife]], and many organisations have been actively involved in developing the project.<ref name=marnalandscape/>

Twenty [[woylie]]s, or brush-tailed bettongs, were the first species reintroduced in the area, translocated from [[Wedge Island (South Australia)|Wedge Island]] in June 2021,<ref name="Stephens 2021">{{cite web | last=Stephens | first=Kate | title=Meet the woylie, an eco-engineer bringing life back to degraded ecosystems | website=ABC News | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=4 April 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-04/woylie-helps-to-bring-life-back-to-degraded-ecosystems/100044930 | access-date=6 April 2021 | archive-date=4 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404053435/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-04/woylie-helps-to-bring-life-back-to-degraded-ecosystems/100044930 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=marnalandscape/><ref name="Johnson 2022">{{cite web | last=Johnson | first=Sarah | title=Endangered bettongs complete 2,000km journey to new home in South Australia | website=Marna Banggara | date=28 July 2022 | url=https://marnabanggara.com.au/whats-happening/endangered-bettongs-complete-2-000km-journey-to-new-home-in-south-australia | access-date=3 August 2022 | archive-date=3 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803080844/https://marnabanggara.com.au/whats-happening/endangered-bettongs-complete-2-000km-journey-to-new-home-in-south-australia | url-status=live }}</ref>  with another 80 to follow over time. The woylies will be the first of about 20 [[locally extinct]] species which will be moved there by around 2040.<ref name="Stephens 2021"/> Other species to be reintroduced as part of the project include [[western quoll]]s and [[southern brown bandicoot]]s, as well as native predators including the [[Barn-owl|barn owl]], [[red-tailed phascogale]].<ref name=dew2019/>

==In the arts==
The work ''Guuranda'', directed by [[Narungga]]/[[Kaurna]] man Jacob Boehme, premiered at [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide]], as part of the 2024 [[Adelaide Festival]]. The work, which comprises three sections, each relating to a local creation story, includes dance, puppetry, and songs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baleen Moondjan and Guuranda |website=Australian Stage Online |date=4 March 2024 |first=  Nicholas| last= Routley|url=https://australianstage.com.au/2024/03/04/reviews/adelaide/baleen-moondjan-and-guuranda-%7C-adelaide-festival-2024.html |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
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===Politics===
* [[Harry Bartlett (Australian politician)|Harry Bartlett]] (1835–1915) MHA for [[Electoral district of Yorke Peninsula|Yorke Peninsula]] 1887–1896, dubbed "Father of the West Coast".
* [[Cecil Hincks]] -  MHA for the [[Electoral district of Yorke Peninsula]] 1941-63
* [[John Olsen]]  - former Premier of South Australia
* [[Leslie Heath]] - South Australian Member of Parliament and Horse Racing Administrator.

===Sports===
* [[Hannah Button]] - [[Adelaide Football Club#AFL Women's team|Adelaide]] footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/75996/pick-no-51-hannah-martin|title=AFLW: Martin joins the ranks at Adelaide|publisher=[[Telstra Media]]|work=[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]|date=23 October 2018|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=31 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331152629/https://www.afc.com.au/news/75996/pick-no-51-hannah-martin|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Richard Champion (footballer)|Richard Champion]] - former AFL footballer
* [[Adam Goodes]] - former AFL footballer and dual [[Brownlow Medal]] winner
* [[George Hewett (footballer)|George Hewett]] - [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] footballer<ref name="Hewett">{{cite web |url=http://www.ypct.com.au/index.php/sport/item/9481-brothers-make-afl-debut |title=Brothers make AFL debut |author=Sonny Coombs |date=23 February 2016 |work=[[Yorke Peninsula Country Times]] |access-date=4 June 2016 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805034942/http://www.ypct.com.au/index.php/sport/item/9481-brothers-make-afl-debut |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Malcolm Karpany]] - [[West Coast Eagles]] footballer
* [[Sarah Klau]] - [[Adelaide Thunderbirds]] netballer
* [[Sam Jacobs (footballer)|Sam Jacobs]] - [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] footballer
* [[Scott McMahon]] - [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] footballer
* [[Jarrad Redden]] - former AFL footballer
* [[Jamie Tape]] - former AFL footballer 
* [[Jay Schulz]] - former AFL footballer
* [[Bernie Vince]] - [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] footballer

===Other people===
* [[Mary Anne Lockwood]] - first president of the Yorke Peninsula District [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]]
* [[Alby Mangels]] - adventurer and documentary-maker
* [[Fiona O'Loughlin (comedian)|Fiona O'Loughlin]] - Comedian
* [[Emily Taheny]] - actress
* Air Chief Marshal [[Sir Richard Williams]], commonly referred to as "Father of the RAAF" was born at Moonta Mines

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Stenhouse Bay Jetty, Northwest view 20230208.jpg|Stenhouse Bay Jetty
File:Hughes Enginehouse, Moonta Mines, North view 20230210 1.jpg|Moonta Mines
File:MoontaSchoolOfMines.JPG|School of Mines, Moonta
File:Wattle Point windmill.jpg|Wattle Point Wind Farm, near Edithburgh
File:ArdrossanJetty2.JPG|Ardrossan Jetty
File:Night photograph of the beach at Black Point, Yorke Peninsula, Australia.jpg|Black Point beach at [[dusk]]
</gallery>

==See also==

=== Copper Coast ===
{{Further|Copper Coast}}
Since the discovery of Copper on Yorke Peninsula over 150 years ago, the towns of [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]], [[Moonta, South Australia|Moonta]] and [[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]] have been collectively known as the Copper Coast.

=== Kernewek Lowender ===
{{Further|Kernewek Lowender}}
The world's largest Cornish Festival takes place every 2 years (in odd-numbered years) in the Copper Coast towns of [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]], [[Moonta, South Australia|Moonta]] and [[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Yorke Peninsula}}
{{Wikivoyage|Yorke Peninsula}}
*[http://www.yorkepeninsula.com.au/ Yorke Peninsula Tourism Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100215181022/http://www.southaustralia.com/Yorke_Fishing_Guide.pdf Yorke Peninsula Fishing Guide]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071027073912/http://www.southaustralia.com/YorkePeninsula.aspx SouthAustralia.com Yorke Peninsula - Travel Guides, Accommodation, Tours, Online Booking, Maps etc] 
*[http://www.harvestcorner.com.au Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre at Minlaton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235428/http://www.harvestcorner.com.au/ |date=30 December 2013 }}

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