Saddleworth is a small town in the

Mid North The Mid North is a region of South Australia, north of the Adelaide Plains and south of the Far North and the outback. It is generally accepted to extend from Spencer Gulf east to the Barrier Highway, including the coastal plain, the southern ...

region of

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. The town is situated on the Gilbert River and along with neighbouring towns of Riverton, Rhynie and Tarlee the local area is known as the Gilbert Valley. The town is bisected by the

Barrier Highway Barrier Highway is a highway in South Australia and New South Wales, and is designated part of route A32. The name of the highway is derived from the Barrier Ranges, an area of moderately high ground in the far west of New South Wales, through w ...

. At the , Saddleworth had a population of 470. Saddleworth was originally established as one of many settlements on the road to Burra, and was named after ''Saddleworth Lodge'' pastoral station, a local landholding which itself was named after a civil parish on the edges of the Pennines in Yorkshire, England, part of which is in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham near Greater Manchester,

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. Joseph Dunn applied for a Publican's Licence to open a new Saddleworth Lodge in March 1846, and it was granted on the 14th of March 1846. The Burra railway line passed through the town from 1870 until the early 2000s. An old store on the Barrier Highway has been converted into a museum which focuses on the history of Saddleworth and the nearby towns of Waterloo, Marrabel, and Manoora. Saddleworth is in the

District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys The Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council is a local government area located in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council was founded on 1 July 1997 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Clare, the District Council of ...

local government area, the state electoral district of Frome and the federal Division of Grey. The town has a 3 km long Heritage Walking Trail which provides an insight into the history of the area. . In May 2016 the local store burned down. The store was also home to the town's Post Office.

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File:Gilbert River bridge at Saddleworth.JPG, Gilbert River Bridge File:SaddleworthLutheranChurch.JPG,

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Church File:SaddleworthChurch.JPG,

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References

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