Hartley South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Hartley entrance sign | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°11′00″S 139°00′11″E / 35.1832929°S 139.0030330°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 149 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1856 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5255 | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[2] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Heysen | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | [3] |
Hartley is a ghost town located in South Australia, along the Bremer River on the Strathalbyn-Callington Road.
Founded in 1853 as a small rural settlement, it once boasted a Methodist church (1856), post office (opened 1869 and closed 1981), school (opened 1919 and closed 1970) and creamery. Now the town is little more than a series of ruins and farm houses.