Farina Transport

Transport in it’s many forms was critical to Farina given its separation from other parts of the state, with the need to procure supplies for not only the people living at Farina but for the people and workers on the many pastoral stations in the district. The pastoral stations also relied on transport to take their produce such as sheep, cattle and wool, to Port Augusta and Adelaide and many other parts of Australia.

Early transport relied on horses and camels, sometimes supplemented by walking, cycling and mules. The Cameleers are woven richly in the history of Farina and in fact the whole outback of Australia, and even with the arrival of the railway in 1882 provided an important link from the pastoral stations to the railway for supplies and produce.

The arrival of the railway to Farina in 1882 heralded an enormous change to Farina and district, bringing Farina much closer in time to the rest of South Australia. Instead of many days travel by horse, the journey to Adelaide could be accomplished within a day.

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