Farrell Flat

33°50′0″S 138°48′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.80000°E / -33.83333; 138.80000Population201 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)5416Location

• 151 km (94 mi) N of Adelaide
• 20 km (12 mi) E of Clare
• 22 km (14 mi) SW of Burra

LGA(s)Regional Council of GoyderState electorate(s)Frome, StuartFederal division(s)GreyWebsiteFarrell 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.

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)

• Stanley Football Association

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  Farrell Flat Hotel in 2013
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  Farrell Flat Railway Station in 2013
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  Silos
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  Farrell Flat Institute 1912
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  Railway Water Tank