Stone Hut Explained

Type:town
Stone Hut
State:sa
Coordinates:-33.103°N 138.298°W
Postcode:5480
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Timezone-Dst:ACST
Utc-Dst:+10:30
Dist1:7
Dir1:north
Location1:Laura
Dist2:7
Dir2:south
Location2:Wirrabara
Lga:Northern Areas Council
County:Victoria
Region:Yorke and Mid North[1]
Stategov:Stuart
Near-N:Wirrabara
Near-S: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,[2] 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.[3]

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

External links

Curious campers: Stone Hut

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yorke and Mid North SA Government region. Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  2. News: Notes . . LXXI . 18,590 . South Australia . 13 June 1906 . 22 April 2023 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: Manning Index to South Australia: Stockade – Strathalbyn . . State Library of South Australia . 22 April 2023.