{{more citations needed|date=May 2009}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox Australian place| type = town | name = Farrell Flat | state = sa | image = Farrell Flat shops.JPG | caption = Shops in Farrell Flat | coordinates = {{coord|33|50|0|S|138|48|0|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = top | lga = Regional Council of Goyder | postcode = 5416 | est = | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | elevation= |url=https://farrellflat.com/| maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Frome, Stuart | fedgov = Grey | dist1 = 151 | dir1 = N | location1= Adelaide | dist2 = 20 | dir2 = E | location2= Clare | dist3 = 22 | dir3 = SW | location3= Burra | near-n = Gum Creek | near-ne = Hanson | near-e = Porter Lagoon | near-se = Black Springs | near-s = Manoora | near-sw = Mintaro | near-w = Clare | near-nw = Hill River }} '''Farrell Flat''' (formerly '''Hanson''')<ref>[http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/farrellflat.htm ''Farrell Flat''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401212644/http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/farrellflat.htm |date=1 April 2018 }}. South Australian History. Retrieved 1 April 2018.</ref> is a town in South Australia. The town is located {{convert|20|km|mi}} east of Clare and {{convert|22|km|mi}} southwest of Burra.
thumb|left|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47205687 |title=NEW TOWN NAMES APPROVED |newspaper=The Advertiser|location=South Australia |date=26 July 1940 |access-date=5 September 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> The name Farrell's Flat had been in use for some time, this being the name of the railway station.<ref name=burrahistory/> The nearby town of Davies was officially renamed to Hanson on 19 September 1940.<ref name=burrahistory>[http://www.burrahistory.info/BurraPlaceNames.htm ''Towns and other places in the District'', www.burrahistory.info] Retrieved on 8 November 2014</ref>
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)
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==See also== * Stanley Football Association
==Gallery== <gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"> File:Farrell Flat Hotel in 2013.jpg|Farrell Flat Hotel in 2013 File:Farrell Flat Railway Station.jpg|Farrell Flat Railway Station in 2013 File:Farrell Flat silos.JPG|Silos File:Farrell Flat Institute.JPG|Farrell Flat Institute 1912 File:Farrell Flat steam engine water tank.JPG |Railway Water Tank File:Silo farrell flat.jpg|Painted Silos at Farrell Flat File:Painted Silos viewed from the Pub at Farrell Flat.jpg|Painted Silos at Farrell Flat </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Regional Council of Goyder localities}} {{District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys localities}}
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Category:Towns in South Australia
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