Stone Hut

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
Coordinates	33°06′11″S 138°17′53″E
Population	30 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5480
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	7 km (4 mi) north of Laura 7 km (4 mi) south of Wirrabara
LGA(s)	Northern Areas Council
Region	Yorke and Mid North[2]
County	Victoria
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal division(s)	Grey
Localities around Stone Hut: Wirrabara Stone Hut Laura

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.