Hansborough (Region)

Hansborough is a locality on the shared with the Light Regional Council and the Southern edge of the Regional Council of Goyder adjacent to the Thiele Highway.

A town was surveyed in July 1865 and named after Frederick Hansborough Dutton (1812–1890), an early pastoralist and an overlander, who founded Anlaby Station, near Kapunda. (ref: Wikipedia).
Anlaby still operates today, view the current Anlaby website here.

It’s was busy during early years as a railway siding on the Adelaide, Kapunda, Eudunda to Morgan Railway line.

The below photo is one taken during an historic run. The photo is from Phil Tilbrook who’s Grandfather Perce Holding was Station Master mid 60s.

520 Steam Locomotive passing through Hansborough on way to Eudunda then Robertstown 4th May 1975
520 Steam Locomotive passing through Hansborough on way to Eudunda then Robertstown 4th May 1975

Wikipedia has more information that you can reference here

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