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The small town of Olary, is located on the Barrier Highway between Burra and Broken Hill. The town is essentially a highway service town offering the bare essentials for motorists and a break in the extremely sparse scenery encountered in this region of South Australia.

This small settlement was established in the late 1880s to service the highway and the railway which pass through the area. The name "Olary" was first given to a nearby well or waterhole by pastoralists Duffield, Harrold and Hurd.

• Population: 4 1
• Postcode: 5440
• Location: 400 km northeast of Adelaide
• Main Roads: Barrier Hwy A32
• Radio Stations: FM: ABC Classic (103.7 MHz), ABC News on Radio (104.5 MHz), ABC RN (102.9 MHz) and Triple J (102.1 MHz). AM: 2BH (567 kHz), ABC Broken Hill (999 kHz), ABC North and West SA (639 kHz), ABC Radio Adelaide (891 kHz), ABC Riverland (1062 kHz) and ABC Wimmera (594 kHz)

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	Village Centre: Barrier Hwy (A32) passing through the village of Olary, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census Quickstats

Last updated: 23-Dec-2020 12:51

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