Blyth, South Australia

Blyth, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Blyth
state = South Australia


caption =
lga =
postcode =
est = 1875
pop = 306 "(2006 Census)" Census 2006 AUS
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name = Blyth (Urban Centre/Locality)
accessdate = 2008-06-01
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elevation =
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov =
fedgov =
dist1 = 132
dir1 = north
location1 = Adelaide
near-e = Clare

Blyth is a small town in the mid-north of South Australia. It is considered the "gateway" to the Clare Valley. It has a population of 306. Altitude is 189 metres, and rainfall is approximately 440 mm per annum.

Located approximately 132 km north of Adelaide, the town's main produce is wheat, barley, legumes, sheep, cattle and pigs.

The township was proclaimed in 1860 and named in honour of Sir Arthur Blyth, who arrived in South Australia as a teenager with his parents in 1839 and went on to become a businessman and parliamentarian. The township of Blyth was founded in 1875.

In 1876, it was the terminus of the narrow gauge railway to Port Wakefield. This line ultimately was extended to Gladstone and converted to broad (1600 mm) gauge. ["Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper" Callaghan, W.H. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January;February, 2002 pp9-27;46-63]

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