Lyrup, South Australia
Town in South Australia
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 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 and picnic areas. The area around it produces grapes, stone fruit, citrus, almonds, apricots and some corn.
01External links and references
- Murray River Towns, Lyrup
- Tidy Towns Report, Lyrup
- Travelmate, Lyrup
Sources and credits
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- Ferry at Lyrup, South Australia.jpg by Dwayne Madden, CC BY 2.0
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