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.

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

History

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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

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stone Hut (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  
  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.
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Curious campers: Stone Hut