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Aroona Hut - SA

Aroona

Aroona Valley

Aroona Ruins

Aroona Homestead

Aroona Valley

Aroona Ruins

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -31.277386 138.579422

DMS: 31º 16' 38.59" S 138º 34' 45.92" E

UTM: 54 J 6537128mN 269557mE

Altitude: 402.4m

Address & Contact

Heysen Trail
Flinders Ranges SA 5434

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Information

The Aroona Hut was built in 1925 as an outstation for Eddie Pumpa. It consisted of a 4 roomed dwelling with a stone fire-place and a verandah running along three sides. The kitchen and washroom were enclosed at separate ends of the back verandah. The house is typical pug and pine construction. Slabs of native pine from this area were cut and errected vertically side by side. Chicken wire was nailed to this framework and mud (or pug) was flushed up to fill the gaps. The floor was rammed earth and the roof was corrugated galvanised iron sheets.

The famous Australian painter Hans Heysen stayed here at Aroona in 1927 and began the first of many sketches and paintings.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Hawker at 01/09:00am CST

Distance from Aroona Hut 68.84km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
14.3°C	11.0°C	67%	8.2°C	1030.4hPa	0.0mm	E	15km/hr 8knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Hawker

Distance from Aroona Hut 68.84km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	34.3	33.4	30.1	25.5	20.0	16.4	15.9	17.8	21.7	25.7	29.3	31.8
Mean Min. °C	18.0	18.0	14.9	11.0	7.1	4.4	3.7	4.3	6.8	9.8	13.6	15.8
Mean Rain mm	19.9	21.0	16.7	19.4	30.6	38.2	33.7	31.8	27.7	24.6	23.2	22.0