Pyap, South Australia
| Pyap South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Pyap | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°27′S 140°29′E / 34.45°S 140.49°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 175 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5333 | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Chaffey | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [2] | ||||||||||||||
Pyap is a locality in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is on the left (south) bank of the Murray River about 7 km downstream from Loxton. It includes both flat land near the river and higher land away from it. The environment is dry, so vineyards and orchards are irrigated from the river. It lies on the Kingston Road from Loxton, at the junction with the Stott Highway towards Swan Reach.
Pyap was first settled as a Village Settlement in March 1894 with 94 members and 187 children on 9,145 acres (3,700 ha) and a total population of 388. The founding chairman was A. H. Brocklehurst and the secretary J. W. Rawnsley.[3]
Most of the village settlers abandoned the settlement and it was sold again by the government, eventually landing with C. J. DeGaris in 1913.[4]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pyap (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Placename Details: Pyap (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 14 September 2012. SA0057256. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "THE IRRIGATION COLONIES". The Advertiser. Vol. XXXVI, no. 11098. South Australia. 14 May 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 5 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PYAP". The Mildura Cultivator. No. 2197. Victoria, Australia. 3 March 1920. p. 10. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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