Farrell Flat

Farrell Flat (formerly Hanson) is a town in South Australia. The town is located 20 km east of Clare and 22 km 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. 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.

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)