A post office opened at Mannanarie in March 1874 , and a Primitive Methodist church opened later the same year , with a store and private school also opening by 1875 . A township was surveyed as a private subdivision in 1877 . The Mannanarie Hotel was granted a license in 1879 . An Anglican church and a new Primitive Methodist church were built in 1880 , and a blacksmith , more stores and a school in 1882 , and a racing club in 1891 . The Anglican church closed in 1896 and was demolished , but the Mannanarie Institute ( later Mannanarie Public Hall ) was built on the site in 1912 . The hotel 's license was not renewed in 1917 . In 1918 , the township consisted of a " hall , school , post-office , three residences , store and blacksmith " . It was severely affected by the Black Sunday bushfires in 1955 . Regular Methodist services ceased at Mannanarie in 1966 , with the church disposing of the building in 1983 . The school closed in 1970 . The 1970 realignment of the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line saw the new line routed through Mannanarie
Black Sunday bushfires
Black Sunday bushfires
Mannanarie, South Australia