Bute, South Australia

Bute
Bute Hotel
Bute
Coordinates: 33°51′0″S 138°00′0″E / 33.85000°S 138.00000°E / -33.85000; 138.00000
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
LGA
Location
  • 40 km (25 mi) east of Wallaroo
  • 24 km (15 mi) west of Snowtown
  • 142 km (88 mi) from Adelaide
Established13 March 1884
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total228 (UCL 2021)
Postcode
5560
Localities around Bute
Port Broughton Wokurna Snowtown
Alford Bute Barunga Gap
Thomas Plain Ninnes Lochiel

Bute is a town in the Northern Yorke peninsula 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. It was the original site of the Yorke Peninsula Field Days in 1895; they are now held outside Paskeville.