Lyrup, South Australia

Lyrup, South Australia

Lyrup is a town in South Australia's rural Riverland area. Lyrup (about (coord|34|10|S|140|44|E|type:city(300)_region:AU-SA)) 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. As of 2000, the population of Renmark (combined with the neighbouring settlement of Lyrup) is 8,054. The town itself has about 300 residents.

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 September 24, 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 and citrus, almonds, apricots and some corn.

ee also

*Murray River Crossings

External Links and References

* [http://www.murrayriver.com.au/regions/berri.htm/ Murray River Towns]
* [http://www.kesab.asn.au/tidytowns/reports_2003/week_1/LYRUP.htm/ Tidy Towns Report - Lyrup]
* [http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownId=8098/ Travelmate - Lyrup]


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