# Farrell Flat

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{{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](/source/Electoral_district_of_Frome), [Stuart](/source/Electoral_district_of_Stuart)
| fedgov = [Grey](/source/Division_of_Grey)
| dist1    = 151
| dir1     = N
| location1= Adelaide
| dist2    = 20
| dir2     = E
| location2= [Clare](/source/Clare%2C_South_Australia)
| dist3    = 22
| dir3     = SW
| location3= [Burra](/source/Burra%2C_South_Australia)
| near-n              = [Gum Creek](/source/Gum_Creek%2C_South_Australia)
| near-ne             = [Hanson](/source/Hanson%2C_South_Australia)
| near-e              = [Porter Lagoon](/source/Porter_Lagoon%2C_South_Australia)
| near-se             = [Black Springs](/source/Black_Springs%2C_South_Australia)
| near-s              = [Manoora](/source/Manoora%2C_South_Australia)
| near-sw             = [Mintaro](/source/Mintaro%2C_South_Australia)
| near-w              = [Clare](/source/Clare%2C_South_Australia)
| near-nw             = [Hill River](/source/Hill_River%2C_South_Australia)
}}
'''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](/source/South_Australia). The town is located {{convert|20|km|mi}} east of [Clare](/source/Clare%2C_South_Australia) and {{convert|22|km|mi}} southwest of [Burra](/source/Burra%2C_South_Australia).

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](/source/The_Advertiser_(Adelaide))|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](/source/Hanson%2C_South_Australia) 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](/source/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](/source/James_Farrell_(priest)) (26 November 1803 – 26 April 1869)

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==See also==
* [Stanley Football Association](/source/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==
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{{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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