Olary, South Australia

Olary South Australia
Olary Hotel
Olary
Postcode:	5440
Elevation:	285 m (935 ft)
Location:	330 km (205 mi) NNE of Adelaide 110 km (68 mi) SW of Broken Hill
LGA:	Outback Areas Community Development Trust
State District:	Stuart
Federal Division:	Grey

Olary is a settlement on the Barrier Highway in South Australia.^[1] It is situated near Olary Creek and is one of the easternmost settlements in South Australia.

This small settlement was established in the late 1880s to service the highway and the railway which pass through here. O'Lary Post Office opened on 12 October 1886, was renamed Oolarie around 1888 and Olary around 1896.^[2] After the modernisation of transport which travelled between Adelaide and Broken Hill the village population declined. However it still has a hotel and general store to cater for the transient road and railway workers and travellers.^[3]

The Flinders-Olary NatureLink includes the mountainous Flinders and Olary Ranges together with the connecting plains country to cover 6% of the South Australian state.^[4]

In 2010 the historic Bimbowrie Cobb and Co coach house near Olary became the scene of a traditional restoration operation with almost 20 tradespeople attending a five-day training course in stonemasonry restoration techniques. Low-security prisoners from the Port Augusta gaol were among those that assisted with the project.^[5]

References

1. ^ "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/2905.0Appendix82006?opendocument&tabname=Notes&prodno=2905.0&issue=2006&num=&view=. Retrieved 08 December 2009. 
2. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=SA&country=. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
3. ^ Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places. Sydney, NSW: Reader's Digest. 1993. pp. 526. ISBN 0 86438 399 1. 
4. ^ "Flinders-Olary NatureLink". Nature Links. Department for Environment and Heritage. http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/naturelinks/flinders-olary/fo-corridor.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
5. ^ "Historic building rekindles stonemasonry skills". ABC News. ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/01/3026848.htm?site=news. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 

Coordinates: 32°16′48″S 140°19′34″E / 32.280°S 140.326°E / -32.280; 140.326