Tyrendarra () is a locality in south west

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, Australia. The locality is split between the

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and the

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local government areas, with most being in the former. It is on the

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, south west of the state capital,

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. The Tyrendarra township lies within a bend of Darlot Creek, before it enters the Fitzroy River—which also flows through the locality. At the , Tyrendarra and the surrounding area had a population of 198. The area was settled in the 1870s and a Post Office opened around February 1879 and closed in 2000. Tyrendarra is well known for the Tyrendarra Pastoral and

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held each year at the Tyrendarra sports reserve. The Tyrendarra

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has, since 2017, been replaced with the Tyrendarra Beer Fest. The town has an

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team playing in the

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. Unusually for Australian towns, Tyrendarra has no hotel. The town does, however, contain two churches. The

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, which lies on the Tyrendarra lava flow from the extinct volcano

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lies between the Fitzroy River and Darlot Creek close to the township.

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised

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for the area in which Tyrendarra sits are the

Gunditjmara The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal people of southwestern Victoria in Australia. They are the Traditional Owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. ...

People who are represented by the

Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal people of southwestern Victoria in Australia. They are the Traditional Owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. T ...

People from Tyrendarra

Noel Fulford Learmonth Noel Fulford Learmonth (pronounced LAIR'muth) (1880–1970) was an Australian writer, sheep farmer, naturalist, amateur historian and amateur ornithologist. For most of his life he lived in Portland, Victoria or nearby at Tyrendarra. With other ...

, (1880–1970) writer * Noel's son Wing Commander Charles Learmonth, (1917–1944) DFC and bar

References

* Learmonth, Noel F. (1970). ''Four Towns and a Survey.'' Hawthorn Press: Melbourne

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