Farrell Flat

Farrell Flat
South Australia
Farrell Flat; South Australia
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	Farrell Flat
Coordinates	33°50′0″S 138°48′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.80000°E
Population	201 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)	5416
Location	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 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.

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)