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Hanson is a town in South Australia, located north-east of Clare and south-west of Burra at the intersection of the Barrier Highway and the Hanson-Farrell Flat Road in the Regional Council of Goyder. The town was survey in 1865 〔(''The churches'', www.burrahistory.info ) Retrieved on 8 November 2014〕 and originally known as Daviestown, Davieston, or Davies Town, named after Sir Richard Davies Hanson (1805-76), a Chief Justice of South Australia and acting Governor of the then colony from 1872 to 1873.〔(''Towns and other places in the District'', www.burrahistory.info ) Retrieved on 8 November 2014〕 A decision was made around 1890 to rename the town Hanson, although the name was not officially changed until 19 September 1940.〔 The change brought the town's name into line with that of the nearby Hanson railway station.〔 On the same date, the nearby town known as Hanson officially became Farrell Flat, also aligning that town's name with that of its railway station.〔 Over the years Hanson has comprised a church, a hall, a school, a shop, a railway station and a few houses.〔 For some years it was also the location of the Council Chamber for the Hanson District Council.〔 File:Methodist Church at Hanson.jpg|Former Hanson Methodist Church (2013) File:School House at Hanson.jpg|Former Hanson Primary School building (2013) ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hanson, South Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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