Hansborough, South Australia

Hansborough
South Australia

Ruins located at Hansborough
Hansborough
Coordinates 34°15′04″S 139°01′30″E / 34.251°S 139.025°ECoordinates: 34°15′04″S 139°01′30″E / 34.251°S 139.025°E
Established 1865
Postcode(s) 5374
Location
  • 100 km (62 mi) NE of Adelaide
  • 18 km (11 mi) NE of Kapunda
  • 9 km (6 mi) NW of Eudunda
LGA(s) Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Wakefield

Hansborough is a locality along the former Morgan railway line adjacent to the Thiele Highway, in South Australia's Mid North region. It is situated 9 kilometres south-west of Eudunda and 18 kilometres north-east of Kapunda. The Light River runs through the locality.

The town was originally surveyed in July 1865 and is named after early pastoralist and overlander Frederick Hansborough Dutton (1812-1890), who founded Anlaby Station, near Kapunda.[1] Today it is virtually a ghost town, with a number of ruins at the site.

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