Farrell Flat

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{{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

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|url=https://farrellflat.com/| maxtemp =

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| 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

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Farrell Flat (formerly Hanson)[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. 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.

File:Bullock Team, Farrell Flat, South Australia, 1911.jpeg

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.{{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}}

The name Farrell's Flat had been in use for some time, this being the name of the railway station. The nearby town of Davies was officially renamed to Hanson on 19 September 1940.[http://www.burrahistory.info/BurraPlaceNames.htm Towns and other places in the District, www.burrahistory.info] Retrieved on 8 November 2014

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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