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| Farrell Flat South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Farrell Flat | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°50′0″S138°48′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.80000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 201 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5416 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Regional Council of Goyder | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Frome, Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Farrell Flat | ||||||||||||||
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Farrell Flat (formerly Hanson) [2] is a town in South Australia. The town is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Clare and 22 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Burra.
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Once the heart of a thriving farming community, Farrell Flat today is largely a satellite town to the larger towns nearby. It has retained its own identity, with a functioning hotel, cafe and meeting house, engineering business and grain silos.
The town was surveyed as Hanson in 1870 and did not officially become Farrell Flat until 19 September 1940. [3] The name Farrell's Flat had been in use for some time, this being the name of the railway station. [4] The nearby town of Davies was officially renamed to Hanson on 19 September 1940. [4]
Farrell Flat was on the Roseworthy-Peterborough railway line. The last train ran through Farrell Flat in 2004.
Farrell Flat was named for Colonial Chaplain and Dean of Adelaide, James Farrell (26 November 1803 – 26 April 1869)
