Lyrup is a town in South Australia's rural Riverland area. Lyrup is located on the banks of the Murray River. It is 267 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia and 25 kilometres from Renmark.
| Lyrup South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Lyrup Ferry | |||||||||||||||
  Lyrup | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°10′S 140°44′E / 34.167°S 140.733°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 346 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5343 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Renmark Paringa Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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Lyrup is accessible by ferry. It was established in 1894 by the South Australian government as a part of the creation of a communal land system (one of twelve settlements). 243 people originally settled in Lyrup. The town was gazetted on 24 September 1896 and was named after "Lyrup's Hut", a boundary rider's shack.
Lyrup still maintains a communal land system. It has a community club, general store and picnic areas. The area around it produces grapes, stone fruit, citrus, almonds, apricots and some corn.
Notes and references
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lyrup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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