Farrell Flat

Farrell Flat
South Australia
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Farrell Flat is located in South Australia
Farrell Flat
Farrell Flat
Coordinates33°50′0″S 138°48′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.80000°E / -33.83333; 138.80000
Population201 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5416
Location
LGA(s)Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s)Frome, Stuart
Federal division(s)Grey
WebsiteFarrell Flat
Localities around Farrell Flat:
Hill River Gum Creek Hanson
Clare Farrell Flat Porter Lagoon
Mintaro Manoora Black Springs

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.

Farrell Flat 1912

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)


  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Farrell Flat (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Farrell Flat Archived 1 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. South Australian History. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED". The Advertiser. South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b Towns and other places in the District, www.burrahistory.info Retrieved on 8 November 2014