Stone Hut
Town in South Australia
33°06′11″S 138°17′53″E / 33.103°S 138.298°E / -33.103; 138.298- 7 km (4 mi) north of Laura
- 7 km (4 mi) south of Wirrabara
Localities around Stone Hut: | ||
Wirrabara | ||
Stone Hut | ||
Laura | ||
Stone Hut is a small town in the Mid-north of South Australia, situated on the Horrocks Highway (section of Main North Road) midway between Laura and Wirrabara.
History
Stone Hut was founded in 1874 as a subdivision of part section 3522, Hundreds of Booyoolie and Appila by Robert Hall of Jamestown and John Henderson of Glen Osmond. It was named for a four-room hut built in the early 1850s by stonemason Thomas Long,[3] which served as a shelter for shepherds and later as a mail coach station for Cobb and Co on the route between Clare and Port Augusta.[4]
The town received a boost when the Wheatley's "Old Bakery" moved thence from Wirrabara around 2005.
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Localities of the Northern Areas Council
- Andrews
- Beetaloo Valley
- Belalie North
- Belalie East
- Broughton River Valley
- Bundaleer Gardens
- Bundaleer North
- Caltowie
- Caltowie North
- Caltowie West
- Canowie Belt (part)
- Euromina
- Georgetown
- Gladstone
- Gulnare
- Hacklins Corner
- Hornsdale
- Huddleston (part)
- Jamestown
- Laura
- Mannanarie
- Mayfield
- Narridy
- Spalding
- Stone Hut (part)
- Tarcowie (part)
- Washpool
- West Bundaleer
- Yacka
- Yatina (part)
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stone Hut (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Notes". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXI, no. 18, 590. South Australia. 13 June 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Geoff Manning. "Manning Index to South Australia: Stockade – Strathalbyn". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
External links
Curious campers: Stone Hut