Hill River South Australia
HILL RIVER plaque at junction of Weckerts Road and Clare-Farrell Flat Road, South Australia
Hill River
Coordinates	33°48′21″S138°41′14″E / 33.805730°S 138.687090°E /-33.805730; 138.687090
Population	98 (SAL2021)[1]
Established	2001[2]
Postcode(s)	5453[3][2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	127 km (79 mi) N ofAdelaide city centre[3]
LGA(s)	Clare and Gilbert Valleys[2]
Region	Yorke and Mid North[4]
State electorate(s)	Frome[5]
Federal division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 21.3 °C 70 °F 9.0 °C 48 °F 541.9 mm 21.3 in
Localities around Hill River: Barinia[6][2] Hilltown[6][2] Gum Creek[6][2] Stanley Flat[2] Spring Farm[2] Clare[2] Hill River Gum Creek Farrell Flat[6][2] Sevenhill[2] Polish Hill River[2] Stanley[2] Stanley[2]
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Climate[7]

Hill River is a locality in theYorke and Mid North region ofSouth Australia, about 127 kilometres (79 miles) north of theAdelaide city centre. It is bisected by theHill River, an ephemeral stream from which it derives its name.^[3][4] Its boundaries were created in January 2001 for the “long established name.”^[2]

Hill River is located within the federaldivision of Grey, the stateelectoral district of Frome and the local government area of theDistrict Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys.^[6][8][5]

Prior to European settlement it was the traditional home of theNgadjuri people. The first European explorer to discover theHill River area wasEdward John Eyre on 5 June 1839. He named the river after explorerJohn Hill because he was "the gentleman who discovered its twin river, the Hutt".^[9] Eyre described the area as "a fine chain of ponds taking its course through a very extensive and grassy valley, but with little timber of any kind growing near it."

The first pastoralist of Hill River wasCharles Campbell (1811–59), anoverlander who established a sheep run there in 1842 in connection withHenry Strong Price (1825–89). He took out an occupation licence in January 1843. Their resident stock-keeper was William Roach.^{[citation needed]}

In 1844overlanderWilliam Robinson (1814–1889) establishedHill River Station along the upper reaches of the waterway, near Clare.^[10] The artistS.T. Gill visited in 1846 as part of the ill-fatedHorrocks expedition.^[11] Gill prepared several watercolours of the thriving homestead, which was at that time perhaps the most advanced pastoral establishment in theMid North.^[12]

Hill River Station went on to become one of the great South Australian pastoral properties of the 1800s, being subsequently owned 1855–76 byC.B. Fisher and then byJohn Howard Angas, setting numerous records for its production of wool and sheep.^{[citation needed]}

A 1600mm gauge railway line, theSpalding railway line, which closed in 1984 and is now removed, ran as a spur line from Clare, through the Hill River valley, parallel to the river, with stations atBarinia,Hilltown,Andrews and Spalding (the terminus).

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