Hartley, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 35°11′00″S 139°00′11″E / 35.1832929°S 139.0030330°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1856 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 149 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5255 | ||||||||||||
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Hartley is a ghost town located in South Australia, along the Bremer River on the Strathalbyn-Callington Road.
Founded in 1853 as a small rural settlement, it once boasted a Methodist church (1856), post office (opened 1869 and closed 1981), school (opened 1919 and closed 1970) and creamery. Now the town is little more than a series of ruins and farm houses.