Stone Hut

Stone Hut
South Australia
Stone Hut is located in South Australia
Stone Hut
Stone Hut
Coordinates33°06′11″S 138°17′53″E / 33.103°S 138.298°E / -33.103; 138.298
Population30 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5480
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Northern Areas Council
RegionYorke and Mid North[2]
CountyVictoria
State electorate(s)Stuart
Federal division(s)Grey
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]

Old bakery, Wirrabara

The town received a boost when the Wheatley's "Old Bakery" moved thence from Wirrabara around 2005.


References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stone Hut (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Geoff Manning. "Manning Index to South Australia: Stockade – Strathalbyn". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

Curious campers: Stone Hut