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Tiny town turns old hall into opportunity shop, opening the doors of Mount Mary to all comers

In a quiet South Australian corner, just off the Thiele Highway, the residents of a tiny town are banding together to revive their community and create new opportunities to grow.

Mount Mary, 145 kilometres north east of Adelaide, was once the centre of a busy railway line, until the last train ran along its tracks in 1969.

It is now home to 36 people, a historic hotel, a mobile tower and — its latest addition — an op shop in the old town hall, which has been more than four years in the making.

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