Farrell Flat

Farrell Flat
Farrell Flat
Town
	Shops in Farrell Flat
	Farrell Flat
	Coordinates: 33°50′0″S 138°48′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.80000°E
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
LGA	Regional Council of Goyder;
Location	151 km (94 mi) N of Adelaide; 20 km (12 mi) E of Clare; 22 km (14 mi) SW of Burra;
Government
• State electorate	Frome, Stuart;
• Federal division	Grey;
Population
• Total	201 (SAL 2021)
Postcode	5416
Website	Farrell Flat
	Localities around Farrell Flat

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)